Plan if I dont get into MD

[rx001]

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I will be graduating this spring and plan to apply for 2020 MD admssions in may june 2019.
Stats:
MCAT: 512(Balanced)
CGPA:3,87
SGPA:3.83
State:colorado
ECs: 2000 Hours in Wet lab research( Hope to get strong LOR from research Prof)
Leadership positions: 600 hours worth spanning over 3 years of time( should be getting strong LOR from coordinator)
10-15 Poems published
500 Hours Clinical volunteering
300 Hours of non clinical volunteering
Few of my professors agreed to write me a strong rec letter.

With New MSAR out, the medians have gone up across the board. there is danger that I may not get into any school next application year.

In such case is it a good idea to Write MCAT again in March or April 2020 try to bump it up and apply again for the next next cycle.

Another worry some thing about colorado medical school msar stats is more matriculants from oos than instate. That hurts. Hopefully it is better this year.

Eagerly waiting for AAMC data to be released for current cycle and check it out.

 

[907914]

I will be graduating this spring and plan to apply for 2020 MD admssions in may june 2019.
Stats:
MCAT: 512(Balanced)
CGPA:3,87
SGPA:3.83
State:colorado
ECs: 2000 Hours in Wet lab research( Hope to get strong LOR from research Prof)
Leadership positions: 600 hours worth spanning over 3 years of time( should be getting strong LOR from coordinator)
10-15 Poems published
500 Hours Clinical volunteering
300 Hours of non clinical volunteering
Few of my professors agreed to write me a strong rec letter.

With New MSAR out, the medians have gone up across the board. there is danger that I may not get into any school next application year.

In such case is it a good idea to Write MCAT again in March or April 2020 try to bump it up and apply again for the next next cycle.

Another worry some thing about colorado medical school msar stats is more matriculants from oos than instate. That hurts. Hopefully it is better this year.

Eagerly waiting for AAMC data to be released for current cycle and check it out.

No, don't retake a 512. The overall GPA and MCAT averages are the same. There was a bump in the selectivity of the T5 schools which trickled down to a slight bump in the selectivity of the rest of the T20 schools - but the uplifting fades out beyond recognition at that point.

You are fine.

 

[JohnDenver]

WedgeDawg's Applicant Rating System (Updated Jan 2017)

Consider reading through this, especially the school list. Your MCAT may keep you from schools that like higher scores, but that post gives a really good breakdown of schools you should consider applying to.

 

[rx001]

No, don't retake a 512. The overall GPA and MCAT averages are the same. There was a bump in the selectivity of the T5 schools which trickled down to a slight bump in the selectivity of the rest of the T20 schools - but the uplifting fades out beyond recognition at that point.

You are fine.

Dont intend to take it now. If I dont get any acceptances till April 2020 then will consider taking it. Late april kind of thing.

Also I have observed MCATs have gone up for most schools by 1 point not just the top schools. Thats where I am worried.
Because the current cycle stats are not out. and Mine will be 2 cycles from the current posted stats on MSAR.

 

[puahate]

Continue what you are doing and improving app. If you can get a flexible job then do that

 

[907914]

Dont intend to take it now. If I dont get any acceptances till April 2020 then will consider taking it. Late april kind of thing.

Also I have observed MCATs have gone up for most schools by 1 point not just the top schools. Thats where I am worried.
Because the current cycle stats are not out. and Mine will be 2 cycles from the current posted stats on MSAR.

The scores went up not because of increased selectivity for higher scores, it is because of shifting year-on-year percentile rankings. A 512 3 years ago was supposed to be a 90%, 2 years ago it was an 88%, now it is an 86%. It is not that schools are inherently selecting higher percentile students, it is that the percentiles/rankings shift.

We are only 4 years in to a new test, the more data points we get the more accurate the system gets. However, now that we know what is actually on the new MCAT, it is actually a lot easier to study for this test than the old one so the testing companies are finally catching up with the material. It isn't that scores are getting higher, but that students with resources know how to better game the test.

 

[rx001]

The scores went up not because of increased selectivity for higher scores, it is because of shifting year-on-year percentile rankings. A 512 3 years ago was supposed to be a 90%, 2 years ago it was an 88%, now it is an 86%. It is not that schools are inherently selecting higher percentile students, it is that the percentiles/rankings shift.

We are only 4 years in to a new test, the more data points we get the more accurate the system gets. However, now that we know what is actually on the new MCAT, it is actually a lot easier to study for this test than the old one so the testing companies are finally catching up with the material. It isn't that scores are getting higher, but that students with resources know how to better game the test.

I observed score vs percentile got moved significantly during the last 2 years. We should be getting the new percentiles vs scores in april end. Need to see if there will be significant movement on that.

Bottomline, need higher scores to get same percentiles. and Medians too are increasing.

 

[Walter Raleigh]

Do you have primary care shadowing? Get that. As for retaking the MCAT: are you consistently scoring north of 517 on your practice tests? Go for it.

 

[Goro]

I will be graduating this spring and plan to apply for 2020 MD admssions in may june 2019.
Stats:
MCAT: 512(Balanced)
CGPA:3,87
SGPA:3.83
State:colorado
ECs: 2000 Hours in Wet lab research( Hope to get strong LOR from research Prof)
Leadership positions: 600 hours worth spanning over 3 years of time( should be getting strong LOR from coordinator)
10-15 Poems published
500 Hours Clinical volunteering
300 Hours of non clinical volunteering
Few of my professors agreed to write me a strong rec letter.

With New MSAR out, the medians have gone up across the board. there is danger that I may not get into any school next application year.

In such case is it a good idea to Write MCAT again in March or April 2020 try to bump it up and apply again for the next next cycle.

Another worry some thing about colorado medical school msar stats is more matriculants from oos than instate. That hurts. Hopefully it is better this year.

Eagerly waiting for AAMC data to be released for current cycle and check it out.

If you don't get into med school, it won't be due to your MCAT.

Simply have a good list.

 

[Walter Raleigh]

Agreed.

 

[907914]

Do you have primary care shadowing? Get that. As for retaking the MCAT: are you consistently scoring north of 517 on your practice tests? Go for it.

If you don't get into med school, it won't be due to your MCAT.

Simply have a good list.

Don't retake your MCAT - it is good'nuff. Build a solid list and you should be golden.

 

[Walter Raleigh]

Yep. If you were going to retake, do it for this cycle, and only do it if you think you can beat your old score by four points or better. Good luck!

 

[rx001]

Don't retake your MCAT - it is good'nuff. Build a solid list and you should be golden.

Thanks goro. Building the list. Will be applying to all the low/medium range private schools adding few niche ones.

 

[rx001]

Yep. If you were going to retake, do it for this cycle, and only do it if you think you can beat your old score by four points or better. Good luck!

Too little time I have on hand want to apply at the begining of the cycle. Plan to write again only incase if I dont get in 2020 cycle.
Also thinking of DOs. Not sure if I want to go thru DO route.

Any opinions DO vs MD welcome. As I have seen lately both streams will be equivalent in near future.

 

[Walter Raleigh]

Apply to state MD schools and mid-tier schools, good luck.

 

[NITRAS]

Some residencies are not available to DOs. That’s a fact. Will it be that way forever? Probably not. In 4 years? Probably.

There is a lot of weeping and nashing of teeth on the changes being made on this forum....I don’t know what to think. I didn’t apply to a DO school, and this forum has lots of very cynical people.

 

[907914]

Use wedgedawg. You may qualify for a couple of the upper schools.

 

[Peter Pan.]

I will be graduating this spring and plan to apply for 2020 MD admssions in may june 2019.
Stats:
MCAT: 512(Balanced)
CGPA:3,87
SGPA:3.83
State:colorado
ECs: 2000 Hours in Wet lab research( Hope to get strong LOR from research Prof)
Leadership positions: 600 hours worth spanning over 3 years of time( should be getting strong LOR from coordinator)
10-15 Poems published
500 Hours Clinical volunteering
300 Hours of non clinical volunteering
Few of my professors agreed to write me a strong rec letter.

With New MSAR out, the medians have gone up across the board. there is danger that I may not get into any school next application year.

In such case is it a good idea to Write MCAT again in March or April 2020 try to bump it up and apply again for the next next cycle.

Another worry some thing about colorado medical school msar stats is more matriculants from oos than instate. That hurts. Hopefully it is better this year.

Eagerly waiting for AAMC data to be released for current cycle and check it out.

If someone doesn’t get into at least one MD school with a balanced 512, 3.87 cGPA, 3.83 sGPA it means they have a bad school list, bad at interviews, an IA, didn’t do a good job on secondaries, or have little to no ECs. Your neuroticism is through the roof right now.

According to AAMC with those numbers you have a 76% chance of getting in.