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Hey everyone!
About myself... I'm a recent graduate (can't believe it's over) and I'm retaking the MCAT this summer! I took the MCAT last summer in late May (got a 26) and didn't get a chance to retake. I sorta choked on this test. I was scoring in the low 30s consistently on practice tests and was expecting a similar score. I also felt that I wasn't ready due to lack of shadowing hours and cold feet.
Fast forward to this summer. I'm unsure of when to take it. Right now I'm thinking about mid-July. The only problem is I have this awesome internship opportunity at the local hospital to shadow 7 different specialties for 4 weeks and really get an in depth look at the medical profession (hallelujah!).
I'm so excited but this internship will be 8 - 4 Mon-Friday... so it'll be time consuming. I'm going to try to do late study sessions after I get back and go hard on the weekend as much as possible. I'll be done by the end of June so I can get back to studying for a couple of more weeks before my MCAT (~2.5 weeks).
I guess my question is do you think taking it later than mid-July would negatively effect my chances? My instate schools MCAT scores are around ~30 so I'm reallllllllly trying to break that 30 barrier and make myself competitive. I know from my past experience that rushing the MCAT is not the way to go, but I also don't want to hurt my chances.
Would it help to finish up all my AMCAS information and get that verified and submit that? If I push back the test date say to late July do you think this will hurt my chances? I'm working on getting my LOR and it's going well so far. Do I need to have those ready to have my AMCAS verified? I feel like sort of a noob so any advice would be greatly appreciated.
THANKS!
P.S: GPA is 4.0 and I have a lot of great volunteering and extra curricular activities as well as a 2 years of research experience (not published or anything fancy haha).
About myself... I'm a recent graduate (can't believe it's over) and I'm retaking the MCAT this summer! I took the MCAT last summer in late May (got a 26) and didn't get a chance to retake. I sorta choked on this test. I was scoring in the low 30s consistently on practice tests and was expecting a similar score. I also felt that I wasn't ready due to lack of shadowing hours and cold feet.
Fast forward to this summer. I'm unsure of when to take it. Right now I'm thinking about mid-July. The only problem is I have this awesome internship opportunity at the local hospital to shadow 7 different specialties for 4 weeks and really get an in depth look at the medical profession (hallelujah!).
I'm so excited but this internship will be 8 - 4 Mon-Friday... so it'll be time consuming. I'm going to try to do late study sessions after I get back and go hard on the weekend as much as possible. I'll be done by the end of June so I can get back to studying for a couple of more weeks before my MCAT (~2.5 weeks).
I guess my question is do you think taking it later than mid-July would negatively effect my chances? My instate schools MCAT scores are around ~30 so I'm reallllllllly trying to break that 30 barrier and make myself competitive. I know from my past experience that rushing the MCAT is not the way to go, but I also don't want to hurt my chances.
Would it help to finish up all my AMCAS information and get that verified and submit that? If I push back the test date say to late July do you think this will hurt my chances? I'm working on getting my LOR and it's going well so far. Do I need to have those ready to have my AMCAS verified? I feel like sort of a noob so any advice would be greatly appreciated.
THANKS!
P.S: GPA is 4.0 and I have a lot of great volunteering and extra curricular activities as well as a 2 years of research experience (not published or anything fancy haha).
