Reapplicants who have applied more than 2 times - I need your opinion!

[PsychoLulu]

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[MoosePilot]

Totally opinion, because I'm not a pre-med advisor and don't really know anything more than you do, but I would fill our your AMCAS application. Take the time to do it right, with multiple drafts of your personal statement and all that good stuff. Get your LORs brewing. Then wait for your MCAT scores. They will only delay your app by two to three weeks, which isn't bad. If they're better than your old ones, I'd apply this year, because like you say, you've improved your app. Your grades are higher, your MCATs are higher/newer, and you have more volunteer.

YMMV, good luck!

 

[Mr Reddly]

There are schools that "greatly discourage" on even the 3rd app (ucla for example).
Also, one of the chicago schools will not allow you to apply unless you first write them a letter explaining why you feel you should be allowed to apply again (pritzker I think, it's on their website). Then they will decide if you are good enough to apply... I wasn't 🙁

If it helps, this was #4 and I received 12 interview invites (turned down 6 of them). That's more than the other 3 years combined.

 

[PsychoLulu]

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[Nebmuse]

Just because you don't get into a school one year or aren't invited for an interview doesn't mean that you shouldn't reapply to that school. After not receiving an invitation to interview the first time, I was accepted into a school shortly after my interview the second time I applied to that school. This year was the third time I applied to the school I will attend in August, which is my first choice. I was interviewed there but not put on the wait list the first two times.