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Yup, sorry, but this is one of those "i'm screwed for April, should I wait till August? posts"!! please help.
I'm a junior at UCLA.
I have a 3.75 GPA and am a Molecular, Cell, Developmental Biology major and I would like to apply to medical school this coming summer.
I had a really difficult/loaded winter quarter and I had a hard time finding time to study for the MCAT. I just started studying for the MCATs 3 weeks ago.
I have taken around 5 full lengths in the past 2 weeks and am averaging around:
VR: 12
PS: 9
BS: 9
for a avg. total of 31. (My Kaplan Diag was 23)
However I would really like to stay in california for medical school (UCLA, UCSD, UCSF, USC, UCI, Stanford)...which means I will need a very good MCAT score and most likely a 10+ in each of the sections.
With only a couple days left before 4/17 MCAT and my being exhausted from studying 10+hrs/day..I don't have any motivation to raise my PS and BS score right now...for once I would just like to focus on school.
Should I wait till August? I am confident I can raise my score to 11+ in each section for the august MCAT.
Is it better to apply to medical school this year (California ones) with a ~31 (12vr 9ps 9bs) early or is it better to send my application in late with a 35+ (12vr 12bs 11ps)?
I'm a junior at UCLA.
I have a 3.75 GPA and am a Molecular, Cell, Developmental Biology major and I would like to apply to medical school this coming summer.
I had a really difficult/loaded winter quarter and I had a hard time finding time to study for the MCAT. I just started studying for the MCATs 3 weeks ago.
I have taken around 5 full lengths in the past 2 weeks and am averaging around:
VR: 12
PS: 9
BS: 9
for a avg. total of 31. (My Kaplan Diag was 23)
However I would really like to stay in california for medical school (UCLA, UCSD, UCSF, USC, UCI, Stanford)...which means I will need a very good MCAT score and most likely a 10+ in each of the sections.
With only a couple days left before 4/17 MCAT and my being exhausted from studying 10+hrs/day..I don't have any motivation to raise my PS and BS score right now...for once I would just like to focus on school.
Should I wait till August? I am confident I can raise my score to 11+ in each section for the august MCAT.
Is it better to apply to medical school this year (California ones) with a ~31 (12vr 9ps 9bs) early or is it better to send my application in late with a 35+ (12vr 12bs 11ps)?