Secondary or Interview

[samkell]

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Anyone have opinion on when to discuss a low MCAT score? Should you do it in the essays on the secondaries or in the interview (when I'm sure I'll be asked about it)? I know its a silly question but I'm new to all this.
Thanks.

 

[AustinFinklea]

The last thing you want to do is to give excuses for poor performance, no matter what it is. Adcoms will see right through this. There are ways that you can incorporate your experiences and how maybe there were some extremely difficult circumstances that may have pinched your focus during a period of study in school, etc, but never give any excuses like: the reason I got a bad MCAT score was because of this, or I got really sick. Although it very well may have been really tough for you, many will not see things the way you do. I would not even bring it up in an interview, unless the interviewers specifically asked it of you, or you some how tied it into an answer to another question.

The bottom line is that many many students get looked at with bad MCAT scores. If you get an interview with a bad MCAT score, then it would be pointless to bring it up again.

Good luck to you.

 

[Dr.Inviz]

The last thing you want to do is to give excuses for poor performance, no matter what it is. Adcoms will see right through this. There are ways that you can incorporate your experiences and how maybe there were some extremely difficult circumstances that may have pinched your focus during a period of study in school, etc, but never give any excuses like: the reason I got a bad MCAT score was because of this, or I got really sick. Although it very well may have been really tough for you, many will not see things the way you do. I would not even bring it up in an interview, unless the interviewers specifically asked it of you, or you some how tied it into an answer to another question.

The bottom line is that many many students get looked at with bad MCAT scores. If you get an interview with a bad MCAT score, then it would be pointless to bring it up again.

Good luck to you.

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[samkell]

Thanks guys!