Should I re-apply this year?

[HereWeGo43]

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First of all, thank you to anyone who is reading this and can give me some advice.

As we are approaching June, I need to figure out what to do with my life since I cannot rely on acceptance anymore. I am currently waitlisted at three schools (top part of the waitlist at one)...

Last cycle, I applied with a cGPA of 3.83 and science GPA of 3.79... MCAT of 30 (PS 8, BS 11, VB 11), and major in health policy and administration with minors in Spanish and Biology. I have countless hours of shadowing physicians in multiple specialties, worked as a surgical assistant, and had a summer position at the hospital working with physicians and administrators, and have plenty of other extracurriculars. I also had to re-take my MCAT in August, so didn't finish my applications until late August early September (although I submitted the AMCAS in June).

This year, everyone would be the same on my application except that I have the summer position, yet again and worked heavily with the Autism Speaks foundation at my school. Should I just re-apply with the same things, but do it as early as possible (although I would change my personal statement, etc.) or should I retake the MCAT, which at this point couldn't be done until late July?

I could really use some help here. Thank you in advance.

 

[gnu]

I'm in the same boat, waitlisted at 4 schools. I worked full-time over the last year in addition to doing all of the applications so I didn't add much to my app as I would have liked to, but I'm getting a new application together now. One of the more important things you have added this last year is that you have previously applied.

I wrote a new personal statement and talked about all the things I learned about during the last year through the application cycle. Use that to your advantage and call the schools that waitlisted you and find out why you were waitlisted. If anything you'll learn something and it can probably be easily fixed. Besides you have everything ready to go, it would be a waste of a year if you didn't at least try.

Edit: I would apply early and if you feel like you should retake the MCAT later this summer you should.

 

[Roboninjacoffee]

I'm kind of startled by the similarity of our stats and situation. I, too, am on the wait-list for two schools and have similar stats (cGPA 3.8, sGPA 3.77, MCAT 30R with exactly same distribution). My plan B right now is to take another year off and withhold applying this next cycle. I figured that I will retake the MCAT next March, receive more research experience (currently in a iPSC research laboratory), and gain more clinical exposure through volunteer work (I'm volunteering at a children's hospital). I also plan to show schools that I am an avid learner by taking classes through an extension school. That's what I'm doing and I hope it can be of help. I personally don't think a SMP would help us, and that it is mainly our MCAT as well as applying late that held us back. Hope this information was of use to you and lets stay hopeful that we'll matriculate off the wait-list. Please let me know what you will be doing as your input can be very valuable in helping me shape my decision too.