poor physical science score!!!

[mdaishik2001]

Hey guys. I just got my MCAT scores yesterday and I'm very dissappointed by my physical science score. I got an 11V 8P 10B Q. I took kaplan and was getting 10s on PS consistently. funny thing was that i felt that my verbal would be the worst b/c i didnt get to one whole passage on the MCAT. Am I totally out of the running for an MD seat? I have two years of research experience and publications at a medical school. I also have a master's in management from a well known new england school. But I feel like my low PS will kill any chances of getting into med school. I've thought about DO school and the Caribbean but I dont think id be happy with those options. Anyone with a poor PS get into medical school? and if so which ones. thanx.

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[none]

Calm down! People get in with 29's believe me and your scores are as balanced as they can be. The verbal is particularly nice.

 

[sandflea]

i agree--relax! an 8 is hardly a 'poor score'. the MCAT is only one part of the picture and it sounds like you've made the most of everything else. so you'll be fine!

 

[MorningLight2100]

mdai, please don't worry. My PS score was also less than stellar...I did well on the other sections, but panicked in the middle of the test and didn't even get to 3 whole PS passages. I am actually in the midst of the admissions process, so I can't vouch for "getting in" despite that subscore...but I have received six interview invitations, among them Yale, Columbia, & Cornell.

As long as the other areas of your application are very strong (and it helps if you did well in your physics & g-chem CLASSES), you still most defintely have a shot...and possibly a very good one!

 

[Resident Alien]

I was asked to explain why i got an 8 on verbal today (OSU). Perhaps it was in the right context, since i received an L on the writing sample.

 

[Doctor Wyldstyle]

To the original poster,

Don't sweat it too much man. Better to have the eight in physical than in verbal, trust me. In terms of not getting in ANYWHERE, I think that is less likely than you believe. If you have a great application overall and recs, you're sure to have your foot in the door somewhere. Still alot of time...

Even though 2 schools lost my application last year, I got into 2 med schools out of 8 applied not including the out-of-state public schools. One was a CA public school and the other was a private Jesuit.

Oh yeah, by the way my scores were lower. 10V 8P 11B N. Non-URM

 

[mdaishik2001]

Thanks for the advice wyldstyle. I too live near Los Angeles. However, im not a california resident yet. just curious but what is the jesuit school you speak of....Loyola or St Louis Univ?