Submit all at once?

[neurodjent]

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I am planning to submit my application July 1st, to give plenty of time for it to get verified before my MCAT on August 4th. I am debating whether to submit to a throwaway school and add the rest after I know my MCAT score or just go all in and submit to all of the schools I would like to attend at once. My MCAT performance is really what this decision is hanging on. If I am going to do well on the MCAT, then I'll submit them all now so I can get verified and get secondaries in ASAP. If I am not going to do well, then having submitted to all of the schools will be a giant waste of money. My latest Kaplan FL was a 505, and that's roughly what I am aiming for on the MCAT (well 505+). cGPA ~3.5, sGPA ~3.65

Would it be wise to go all in or just submit to one? Would waiting until September to add my schools be too late?

Schools on my list:
ATSU- AZ
AZCOM
CCOM
DMU
VCOM- VA and SC
KCUMB
LECOM- Both
DCOM
MUCOM
NYCOM
NOVA
PCOM- Both
RVUCOM
Rowan
Touro CA

 

[chibaddie]

Have you taken an AAMC FL?

 

[neurodjent]

Have you taken an AAMC FL?

No and I wasn't planning to until about a week before my exam. I know that exam would be the best indicator to how well I will do on the MCAT but I wanted to use the AAMC materials closer to the test so that I can get used to their "voice."

I have done the physics, chem, and bio 1 q banks and got 70, 68, and 73% respectively but I did those a while ago as study materials.

 

[chibaddie]

No and I wasn't planning to until about a week before my exam. I know that exam would be the best indicator to how well I will do on the MCAT but I wanted to use the AAMC materials closer to the test so that I can get used to their "voice."

I have done the physics, chem, and bio 1 q banks and got 70, 68, and 73% respectively but I did those a while ago as study materials.

Ah, yes, sorry that was silly of me to ask-- I forgot there's only 1 practice test available for the new mcat.

Have you considered pushing your MCAT date up since you are already hitting your desired score?

 

[miakip]

Throwaway sounds like a good idea.

I guess the question is are you verified? That takes the longest time. Waiting time gets longer the longer you wait due to volume.

Submit to one for verification, wait for your MCAT, and decide if you want to continue with your application depending on your scores.

 

[DrMikeP]

Throwaway sounds like a good idea.

I guess the question is are you verified? That takes the longest time. Waiting time gets longer the longer you wait due to volume.

Submit to one for verification, wait for your MCAT, and decide if you want to continue with your application depending on your scores.

Do this! Read some of my past posts on why if you need to understand why a throwaway school is valuable.

 

[neurodjent]

Ah, yes, sorry that was silly of me to ask-- I forgot there's only 1 practice test available for the new mcat.

Have you considered pushing your MCAT date up since you are already hitting your desired score?

I initially wanted to take the test July 22nd but the testing location that I wanted was full so I had to take August 4th.

Throwaway sounds like a good idea.

I guess the question is are you verified? That takes the longest time. Waiting time gets longer the longer you wait due to volume.

Submit to one for verification, wait for your MCAT, and decide if you want to continue with your application depending on your scores.

Do this! Read some of my past posts on why if you need to understand why a throwaway school is valuable.

I've read up on the benefits of applying to a throwaway school but I am nervous as to how that applies to my situation and how late it could make me in the cycle.

Situation 1: Throwaway school ( lower risk, complete later)

Submit 7/1 - Verified ~8/1 (4 weeks) - MCAT 8/4 - Scores 9/7 - Add additional schools, wait to get and submit secondaries, and wait to be complete. I am nervous this will be too late because I could potentially not be done until October and will be taking classes.

Situation 2: All at once (higher risk, complete earlier)

Submit 7/1 - Verified ~8/1 (4 weeks) - MCAT 8/4 - Secondaries all through August - Scores 9/7 - I will be complete around the release of my MCAT scores and I don't have to write a ton of secondaries while taking classes.

Now that I am writing this out it just seems that I need to base this decision on how well I am doing on practice FL's.

 

[miakip]

I initially wanted to take the test July 22nd but the testing location that I wanted was full so I had to take August 4th.





I've read up on the benefits of applying to a throwaway school but I am nervous as to how that applies to my situation and how late it could make me in the cycle.

Situation 1: Throwaway school ( lower risk, complete later)

Submit 7/1 - Verified ~8/1 (4 weeks) - MCAT 8/4 - Scores 9/7 - Add additional schools, wait to get and submit secondaries, and wait to be complete. I am nervous this will be too late because I could potentially not be done until October and will be taking classes.

Situation 2: All at once (higher risk, complete earlier)

Submit 7/1 - Verified ~8/1 (4 weeks) - MCAT 8/4 - Secondaries all through August - Scores 9/7 - I will be complete around the release of my MCAT scores and I don't have to write a ton of secondaries while taking classes.

Now that I am writing this out it just seems that I need to base this decision on how well I am doing on practice FL's.

Lower risk= winner winner chicken dinner

 

[mediator1]

Regardless of what you choose, submit early and get the verification out of the way! Then once verified, submit all or some up to you.

 

[KaBoom'd]

I hated Kaplan, but I feel like a 505 on their full lengths will get you North of 509, barring a disastrous showing.

I abandoned Kap pretty early and my highest Kap FL was 498. 504 on the real thing.

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[DrMikeP]

I initially wanted to take the test July 22nd but the testing location that I wanted was full so I had to take August 4th.





I've read up on the benefits of applying to a throwaway school but I am nervous as to how that applies to my situation and how late it could make me in the cycle.

Situation 1: Throwaway school ( lower risk, complete later)

Submit 7/1 - Verified ~8/1 (4 weeks) - MCAT 8/4 - Scores 9/7 - Add additional schools, wait to get and submit secondaries, and wait to be complete. I am nervous this will be too late because I could potentially not be done until October and will be taking classes.

Situation 2: All at once (higher risk, complete earlier)

Submit 7/1 - Verified ~8/1 (4 weeks) - MCAT 8/4 - Secondaries all through August - Scores 9/7 - I will be complete around the release of my MCAT scores and I don't have to write a ton of secondaries while taking classes.

Now that I am writing this out it just seems that I need to base this decision on how well I am doing on practice FL's.

A throwaway school means a delay of 1 day, submitting all means potential rejection forever.

 

[neurodjent]

A throwaway school means a delay of 1 day, submitting all means potential rejection forever.

I may be missing something here. If I submit all in July, I'll get verified by August, get my secondaries handed in by September, and be complete on September 7th, when my scores come out. If I submit to one school in July and wait to submit to the rest when I get my scores on September 7th, then my secondaries won't come in until after that and then I won't be complete until closer to October. I am under the assumption that depending on what I do my completion at schools can be altered by an entire month. Please correct me if I am wrong.

 

[DrMikeP]

I did that and put my expected date and everything and had some schools auto eliminate me for no MCAT. After a ton of emails they supposedly fixed it but didn't get an interview at those. So it's up to you, but if I did it over I'd have done a throwaway.

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[neurodjent]

I did that and put my expected date and everything and had some schools auto eliminate me for no MCAT. After a ton of emails they supposedly fixed it but didn't get an interview at those. So it's up to you, but if I did it over I'd have done a throwaway.

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Oh wow, that sucks. You would think that these schools would be used to people submitting before they take the MCAT. I'm sure this happens a lot. It shouldn't even be possible through AACOMAS if schools are just going to reject anyways.

Thank you for the advice and I will keep a look out for that coming up.

 

[neurodjent]

Just one more question. Can I submit my primary before i submit my LORs to AACOMAS?

 

[DrMikeP]

Just one more question. Can I submit my primary before i submit my LORs to AACOMAS?

Yes

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