Retaking MCAT and notifying #1 choice school of that?

[wahoo2010]

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I applied to medical schools this year, and I was very fortunate to get an interview at my first-choice school. However, I'm still very worried that it would reject me based on my low MCAT verbal score due to my experiences with other medical schools. In fact, although I had an interview at other schools, most of them either wait-listed or rejected at these schools. I asked their admission committees and they all responded that they wouldn't be able to accept me because of my MCAT score. I am in love with my first choice school, and I would do anything to get in. I'm retaking MCAT this spring for not only my first choice school but also other schools that have waitlisted me. To be on the safe side, I'm considering to let my first choice school, which is non-rolling and will inform me of their decision in March, know that I'm retaking MCAT. I'm hoping that they would hold my application and wait for my score in May instead of outright rejecting me. Is this a bad move?

 

[DRIN]

I applied to medical schools this year, and I was very fortunate to get an interview at my first-choice school. However, I'm still very worried that it would reject me based on my low MCAT verbal score due to my experiences with other medical schools. In fact, although I had an interview at other schools, most of them either wait-listed or rejected at these schools. I asked their admission committees and they all responded that they wouldn't be able to accept me because of my MCAT score. I am in love with my first choice school, and I would do anything to get in. I'm retaking MCAT this spring for not only my first choice school but also other schools that have waitlisted me. To be on the safe side, I'm considering to let my first choice school, which is non-rolling and will inform me of their decision in March, know that I'm retaking MCAT. I'm hoping that they would hold my application and wait for my score in May instead of outright rejecting me. Is this a bad move?

I don't know of any schools that take MCAT scores from the same year in which you plan to matriculate. There might be some that will take January scores, but they don't have to. With that said, I think it's ridiculous that they'd reject you for your low VR score after offering you an interview. If they were going to reject you based on that alone, it probably would have been done pre-interview...but it doesn't matter what I think.

Edit: How low of a VR are we talking here? 5? 6?

 

[J ROD]

Almost all med schools will not accept a Jan MCAT for the same yr you are trying to be accepted. Call the school and ask!!

 

[red10]

you must have seriously tanked if they're rejecting you based on your verbal score alone. Better to wow them with other things such as ECs and service than retake at this point. Maybe do some mock interviews as well so that if you do get an interview somewhere, you rock it