Should I Take The Mcat Over Again (3rd Time)

[Jalby]

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Originally posted by Persistence101
wasn't your ugrad gpa a 3.2?

Wow. Great memory. I had a 3.28. ~2.9 for the firs 2 years, then ~3.75 the last two years. I had a good reason for the disparity, too. I wanted to be a football player and didn't care at all about school, and I more than made up for the low overall GPA with my MCAT.

 

[Celestron2000]

Move to KY not Texas!
I also had a 3.3 gpa, but with a 34 MCAT. I applied to 11 schools, was offered 4 interviews, went to 2 and was accepted at 2 (including UK.) A good friend of mine was in the same situation numbers-wise as you are in. He took a graduate level Neuro course on (the reccomendation of an adcom member) got an A and was also accepted at UK (his first choice.)
Moral of the story... you CAN get in with 3.3 gpa and good MCATs, or even without the good MCATs.
The grad course didn't do much to improve my friend's gpa, but it proved to the adcom that he had what it takes to do well in medschool. BTW, he's currently doing very well in medschool (probably the top third of his class.)
Good luck!
They all told me "maybe you should consider osteopathic," too. I've got nothing against the DO, but it was discouraging.

 

[Cafepinay]

Similar, but a little tweaked.

Here's my sit....I too had a 3.3 GPA. And PLENTY of EC's and research.

I took the MCAT a second time and got a 28R. I was content, but not happy.

I applied and out of 30 schools, SLU gave me an interview and a waitlist.

I took the MCAT a 3rd time, studied 3 times harder, and my verbal BOMBED.

Now when I applied this time, no interview (not even from SLU...yet) and my good 28R is now outdated at the other schools...🙁 All they see is that nasty 25N...OUCH.

If you're taking the MCAT a 3rd time...be advised of the timing...most schools have a 3 year old rule (3 years prior to MATRICULATION). Don't wait too long to reapply...and if you don't wait, make sure that your app is worked up...a short increase in MCAT score with nothing else to show from 1 year to the next may not do much.

And...one last thing....be resilient. 🙂

I think I'll go ahead and start a "Should I apply a 3rd time?" thread 🙁