SCORED LOWER ON MCAT RETAKE...WHAT ARE MY CHANCES NOW?

[dtan5457]

1. cGPA and sGPA as calculated by AMCAS or AACOMAS cGPA: 3.723, sGPA:3.636 (strong uptrend in cGPA especially in last 3 years from a 3.1 slow first semester)
2. MCAT score(s) and breakdown
   1. First attempt – 505 (127/122/128/128)
   2. Second Attempt- 500 (125/123/126/126) <<<really not sure how this happened. I was working full time but I did study a decent amount after work every day. Practice exams at worse were around my old score. AT WORST, I expected to replicate my old score....
3. State of residence or country of citizenship (if non-US) NY
4. Ethnicity and/or race Asian
5. Undergraduate institution or category Baruch College
6. Clinical experience (volunteer and non-volunteer)
   1. Non-volunteer: 1000 hours as a clinics informatics specialist/scribe (projected 3000 more before potential matriculation),
   2. 2000 hours as a direct support professional
7. Research experience and productivity
   1. 120 hours as a Crisis counselor for crisis text line (180 projected more)
   2. 160 hours as an intern for virtual mentoring in medicine program
   3. 48 hours as a psych research assistant (which lead to a publication)
   4. 152 hours as a psych research assistant for another professor
8. Shadowing experience and specialties represented
   1. 72 hours virtual shadowing, 124 more anticipated
9. Non-clinical volunteering
   1. 128 hours as a volunteer for national alliance on mental illness
10. Other extracurricular activities (including athletics, military service, gap year activities, leadership, teaching, etc)
    1. over 4000 hours of going to the gym for personal fitness goals and training clients
11. LOR from a DO, NP, and committee letter from pre health department

I haven't submitted my scores to AACOMAS yet and I plan to do that tonight....

I already received secondaries that I have worked on and are ready to send out probably whenever aacomas officially receives my MCAT scores from:

A.T Still
ACOM
AZCOM
CCOM
DMU
MSU
Rowan
PCOM georgia/philly/south georgia
UNECOM
NOVA
NYITCOM

I also received emails from MUCOM, TUNCOM , LECOM BRANDETON that haven't sent me secondaries until I send out my official mcat scores.

I got my MCAT score today and now my confidence for even DO scores just went through the floor. My first MCAT was around the average for most schools but I'm afraid they'll look at my down trend and cut me off immediately. I wish I didn't retake it but I couldn't imagine on my worst day i'd score that low...

Am I screwed?

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[dtan5457]

@Goro @Faha

 

[Faha]

I suggest these DO schools with your stats:
UNECOM
NYITCOM (both schools)
LECOM (all schools)
PCOM (all schools)
MU-COM
WVSOM
UP-KYCOM
VCOM (all 4 schools)
ACOM
WCU-COM
LMU-DCOM
UIWSOM
TUNCOM
ATSU-SOMA
Noorda-COM
ARCOM
BCOM

 

[dtan5457]

I suggest these DO schools with your stats:
UNECOM
NYITCOM (both schools)
LECOM (all schools)
PCOM (all schools)
MU-COM
WVSOM
UP-KYCOM
VCOM (all 4 schools)
ACOM
WCU-COM
LMU-DCOM
UIWSOM
TUNCOM
ATSU-SOMA
Noorda-COM
ARCOM
BCOM

Do I have any shot at dmu

 

[Faha]

Do I have any shot at dmu

Their MCAT average is 507 so your 2 scores are more than 4 points below. It is worth trying.

 

[dtan5457]

Their MCAT average is 507 so your 2 scores are more than 4 points below. It is worth trying.

Do you know if they typically average the scores?

 

[Faha]

Do you know if they typically average the scores?

I do not know the policy at that school.

 

[dtan5457]

I do not know the policy at that school.

Or like how schools generally view multiple scores? thanks for your help and input by the way.

 

[Goro]

Or like how schools generally view multiple scores? thanks for your help and input by the way.

It's cool specific, but amcas recommends the squares be averaged, because this gives the most accurate prediction of people's performance in medical school. My school will average scores

 

[thelittlechica]

It's cool specific, but amcas recommends the squares be averaged, because this gives the most accurate prediction of people's performance in medical school. My school will average scores

[mention]Goro [/mention] Does your school average scores 4-5 years apart?

 

[Dr Meow]

Add a lot of new schools as backup. Your list has a lot of top DO schools. Might as well apply anyways but not likely to get those. Apply to as many DO schools as you can

Bad decision to retake mcat. That 505 killed your chance at MD anyways (unless you expected 515 which might give you a chance. But if you were aiming for a 510, the average won't save you for MD) and retaking is risking the DO.

 

[Goro]

[mention]Goro [/mention] Does your school average scores 4-5 years apart?

Yes, but we can see all scores and each interviewer or Adcom member will judge accordingly. We do look down on knowledge decay.