Hello!
I originally applied during the 2016-2017 cycle which landed with 3 WLs. I am going to wait another year before re-applying to boost my clinical/shadowing/volunteering experiences. HOWEVER, I took the new MCAT in August 2015 and scored a 515 (128-127-130-130). This score would be "expired" for a lot of the schools I want to re-apply to for the 2018-2019 cycle, which ask for scores to be no older than 3 years by matriculation.
Obviously, there is no going around the fact that I will have to retake the exam. I believe I can do as well, or at least not score too drastically different. Of course, you never know. So I was wondering how bad does it look to have a lower MCAT score than the original, expired one? For example, a new score of 510/511 (idk, I'm throwing numbers out there, hopefully I'd stay consistent and I wouldn't score <510). I want to be prepared for the worst. Thank you!
I originally applied during the 2016-2017 cycle which landed with 3 WLs. I am going to wait another year before re-applying to boost my clinical/shadowing/volunteering experiences. HOWEVER, I took the new MCAT in August 2015 and scored a 515 (128-127-130-130). This score would be "expired" for a lot of the schools I want to re-apply to for the 2018-2019 cycle, which ask for scores to be no older than 3 years by matriculation.
Obviously, there is no going around the fact that I will have to retake the exam. I believe I can do as well, or at least not score too drastically different. Of course, you never know. So I was wondering how bad does it look to have a lower MCAT score than the original, expired one? For example, a new score of 510/511 (idk, I'm throwing numbers out there, hopefully I'd stay consistent and I wouldn't score <510). I want to be prepared for the worst. Thank you!