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My name is Joe and I have been a long time lurker here on SDN. No one from my family has ever graduated from college so this board has always been very informative to me on the whole pre-med process. I've always appreciated everyone's response that I have finally signed up for an account to receive some feedback and insight on a more personal decision I have to make.
For a bit of background information, I am currently an upcoming senior enrolled at a top 20 undergraduate school with a 3.9 cumulative gpa and a 3.8 science gpa with a decent resume.
My original plan was to go to medical school right after college. However, these days I am second guessing my decision primarily because I don't feel satisfied with my application status right now. I ended up voiding my MCAT in June because I just felt an immense pressure that just left me with a blank state of mind during the exam (however, I still signed up for a retake on July 2nd) and I have still not submitted my primary application for verification.
Thus, I have considered reapplying next year because I would have A) more time to prepare for my mcat and B) submit my primary application on time to give myself the best shot in the medical application process. I have worked so hard up to this point with my grades/extracurricular that I don't know if I would regret applying this cycle with a rushed and mediocre application.
However, is delaying this application worth taking a gap year? Since I didn't plan to take a gap year after college, I don't know what I would be doing at all. Additionally, I haven't been doing much this summer other than volunteering at a hospital because I was primarily studying for MCAT and I didn't want any other commitments while I worked on my application/secondaries so if I stop now, it seems as this summer was a waste.
Also I have been averaging 13's on both the PS section and Bio section on my practice AAMC's and an 8 on my verbal section so the extra month of studying would just primarily focus on practicing verbal which I hear from a lot of people is very difficult to increase.
Thank you for reading.
For a bit of background information, I am currently an upcoming senior enrolled at a top 20 undergraduate school with a 3.9 cumulative gpa and a 3.8 science gpa with a decent resume.
My original plan was to go to medical school right after college. However, these days I am second guessing my decision primarily because I don't feel satisfied with my application status right now. I ended up voiding my MCAT in June because I just felt an immense pressure that just left me with a blank state of mind during the exam (however, I still signed up for a retake on July 2nd) and I have still not submitted my primary application for verification.
Thus, I have considered reapplying next year because I would have A) more time to prepare for my mcat and B) submit my primary application on time to give myself the best shot in the medical application process. I have worked so hard up to this point with my grades/extracurricular that I don't know if I would regret applying this cycle with a rushed and mediocre application.
However, is delaying this application worth taking a gap year? Since I didn't plan to take a gap year after college, I don't know what I would be doing at all. Additionally, I haven't been doing much this summer other than volunteering at a hospital because I was primarily studying for MCAT and I didn't want any other commitments while I worked on my application/secondaries so if I stop now, it seems as this summer was a waste.
Also I have been averaging 13's on both the PS section and Bio section on my practice AAMC's and an 8 on my verbal section so the extra month of studying would just primarily focus on practicing verbal which I hear from a lot of people is very difficult to increase.
Thank you for reading.
