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Secondaries while waiting for MCAT score

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I have a question about my wife who is applying this cycle and is filling out secondaries. Her first score was low (23: 8BS, 6PS, 9VR) and she is going to be taking the MCAT again around late August/September but everything else is in. She is verified and is receiving secondaries from the non-screening schools. She has the option of either filling out the secondaries when they come and sending updates to the adcoms, or to hold onto them and complete them once the better score comes in. We don't want a premature rejection before the next score comes, but at the same time don't want to seem like we're being lazy with the secondaries.

We have applied to both MD and DO, any insight is appreciated.