Moving the MCAT from 04/28 to 06/21, is it too late????

[qatralnada]

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Hey;
I was planning on studying hard for the MCAT and registered for the 4/28th one but I am not even 1/3 through the material. IS 06/21 too late to take it considering the scores will be released on 07/21 or after? I am applying this cycle (2012). I already have one publication as a first author and working on the second and third ones. I have some clinical shadowing but planning on doing more during these three months. My gpa combined from community college and 4-year institute is 3.7. I am graduating in May 2012 and therefore I can't improve my gpa at the 4-year institute which is 3.4. I will be working as an engineer in my gap year although it hasn't been confirmed yet. PLEASE help me out with any advice for the application or for gap year or suggestions on the aforementioned things. THANKS A LOT
QATRALNADA

 

[Slev]

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[Catalystik]

Hey;
I was planning on studying hard for the MCAT and registered for the 4/28th one but I am not even 1/3 through the material.
1) IS 06/21 too late to take it considering the scores will be released on 07/21 or after? I am applying this cycle (2012).

2) I already have one publication as a first author and working on the second and third ones. I have some clinical shadowing but planning on doing more during these three months.

3) My gpa combined from community college and 4-year institute is 3.7. I am graduating in May 2012 and therefore I can't improve my gpa at the 4-year institute which is 3.4. I will be working as an engineer in my gap year although it hasn't been confirmed yet.
4) PLEASE help me out with any advice for the application or for gap year or suggestions on the aforementioned things. THANKS A LOT
QATRALNADA

1) If you wait to submit your AMCAS application until you know your score, it will take about another month to get your transcripts verified. So submit early, as suggested above, maybe just to one school until you know how competitive you will be. When you add more schools after the score is known, they will get the entire application within a business day. If you use this strategy, and maybe even prewrite your Secondary essays from prompts found here on SDN, you will be Complete at each school in plenty of time.

2) Shadowing is one expected categoy, but most schools will also expect clinical experience where you actively interact with sick people, rather than just passively observe a physician.

The research is looking good.

3) If you don't have a recent steep upward grade trend, you might consider some additional upper-level science coursework, either by delaying graduation, or by taking postbac classes.

4) Be sure to list any leadership or teaching, hobbies or artistic endeavors, and nonmedical community service you've engaged in as well.

 

[qatralnada]

Thanks for the replies. As for clinical experience with sick people, I will be taking on an interpreter job at the hospital through the IRC (international rescue committee) as a part time interpreter. I will be paid but this is an NGO, does that count? I will have at least worked with them for like a month and a half before I turn in my application. thx

 

[Catalystik]

Thanks for the replies. As for clinical experience with sick people, I will be taking on an interpreter job at the hospital through the IRC (international rescue committee) as a part time interpreter. I will be paid but this is an NGO, does that count? I will have at least worked with them for like a month and a half before I turn in my application. thx

It wouldn't be considered volunteerism, but it would be clinical experience which you would enter in the Employment-nonMilitary category. Be sure to mention it again in update letters through the cycle as you accumulate more hours.

 

[TriagePreMed]

No, it's not too late. Get your AMCAS submitted as soon as you can so that when your scores come out, you're already verified and ready to be reviewed by schools. You'll probably even get some secondaries before you get your scores back and can complete those while you're waiting for your MCAT score.

I submitted AMCAS July 1, took MCAT July 6, and things turned out fine. Had plenty of September/October interviews.

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Just don't fail to mention you had a 3.9/37.

 

[Catalystik]

Just don't fail to mention you had a 3.9/37.

With stats like that, one could apply a month later and still do fine.

 

[Alejandro]

Any idea how the diagnostic went for you?

 

[gmcguitar4]

It is definitely worth delaying the test until you feel you are ready for it. All your EC's and GPA mean squat if you bomb the test.

 

[qatralnada]

Thanks for the replies everyone. I haven't taken the MCAT yet. I tried to take a diagnostic but couldn't finish it and got stressed out so I am waiting till I finish reviewing everything.