Retake 511?

[ANDYCHARLES]

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Got my MCAT score back today and got a 511 (126/129/126/130)

I'm wondering if I should retake (and still apply this cycle) considering that my two lowest scores are chem and bio, which I believe are the easiest to improve? My GPA is a 3.4 so I really feel like I should try to compensate with a high MCAT score...

Also, if I do decide to retake, would it be best to just submit my application with my 511 on June 1st, and then update my application (around september/october) with my new MCAT score? Because of rolling admissions?

Thanks for your help

 

[mistafab]

Do not retake.

 

[tarheelpenner]

Don't retake.

 

[Yhorm the Giant]

Don't

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[spicysrirachapeas]

Don't do it

 

[softball2344]

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[ANDYCHARLES]

What state are you from? If you are from CA holding out this cycle and retaking it when you are ready wouldn't be a horrible idea depending on your story/ECs...

I'm from Utah. Also, I'm Asian, if that changes anything.

 

[CognitiveSci]

I was just about to post a thread on this! I've got a 510, 126/129/126/129. My GPA is terribly low and I really wasn't satisified with my score, so is the consensus not to retake then? Besides an SMP, I can't think of any other way to improve my academic metrics besides retaking...

 

[Lord Kek]

I was just about to post a thread on this! I've got a 510, 126/129/126/129. My GPA is terribly low and I really wasn't satisified with my score, so is the consensus not to retake then? Besides an SMP, I can't think of any other way to improve my academic metrics besides retaking...

Don't retake it.
Focus your time on an SMP or post bacc. A 510 is high enough for a lot of medical schools, and in Texas it's definitely high enough to get in somewhere.

 

[AnatomyGrey12]

Don't retake.

 

[RogueBanana]

Bruh.

You're in the top 15% of test takers.

 

[hellowalnut]

If you want MD, you should probably retake.

 

[ANDYCHARLES]

Bruh.

You're in the top 15% of test takers.

But my GPA is like the bottom 10% 🙁

 

[Goro]

Got my MCAT score back today and got a 511 (126/129/126/130)

I'm wondering if I should retake (and still apply this cycle) considering that my two lowest scores are chem and bio, which I believe are the easiest to improve? My GPA is a 3.4 so I really feel like I should try to compensate with a high MCAT score...

Also, if I do decide to retake, would it be best to just submit my application with my 511 on June 1st, and then update my application (around september/october) with my new MCAT score? Because of rolling admissions?

Thanks for your help

Do I have to reach through your monitor and smack you upside the head???

do NOT retake. Contrary to pre-med delusions, a high score doesn't balance out a low GPA. A good packet should.

 

[mistafab]

Unfortunately, you can't "make up" for a low gpa by having a high mcat. It does not work this way. Get out of this line of thinking and come up with a plan now. 510+ on an MCAT is excellent already, you have nothing else you can prove by increasing scores in this domain via a retake - except insanity.

If you want MD, you should probably retake.

What state are you from? If you are from CA holding out this cycle and retaking it when you are ready wouldn't be a horrible idea depending on your story/ECs...

I was just about to post a thread on this! I've got a 510, 126/129/126/129. My GPA is terribly low and I really wasn't satisified with my score, so is the consensus not to retake then? Besides an SMP, I can't think of any other way to improve my academic metrics besides retaking...

 

[RogueBanana]

But my GPA is like the bottom 10% 🙁

So either

A- Do an SMP to get that GPA Up

B- Apply now with a good packet to both DO and MD. With those stats you're a shoo-in for DO and with a convincing story/ good ECs can probably net an acceptance to MD

 

[AnatomyGrey12]

But my GPA is like the bottom 10% 🙁

So why would you fix something that doesn't need fixing? If it's your GPA that sucks then fix your GPA.

 

[Dagrimsta1]

Retake, Don't listen to these fools. They are just afraid that you will do better than them.

 

[cactusman]

If you want MD, you should probably retake.

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[hellowalnut]

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LOL, just an opinion. Also, have only been posting on sdn for like a month, pls go easy on me.

 

[Spr1ngrolls]

Idk yall that 512 sure looks mighty tasty