suggestions? great app minus 7 in verbal :(

[puffylover]

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august 2009: 9v, 10p, 11b q studied during the summer
april 2010: 7v, 11p, 11b p studied all semester (A LOT- almost full time)

my averages for the aamc tests were around 32-33 first time around (and 37ish second time around, obviously a bit skewed)
i took ALL the aamc, princeton review, and kaplan tests

i freaked out during the april exam- up until the last second my heart was pumping. but yea... i definitely coulda been muchh calmer and focused. i dunno how to explain my scores..i've definitely overstudied for the mcat- can't really study any more than i have.

3.8 gpa
top 20 school
great ecs- research, clinical, volunteering
good to great recs


7 in verbal is 30th percentile 🙁


so my question: i was planning on submitting my primary early june... should i take the test over on the june 17th? i'm ok with lower-middle tiered schools... i just don't know if schools will be ok with the 7. i called 2 schools in cali and they said they consider the most recent...

 

[bonsaitree1]

august 2009: 9v, 10p, 11b q studied during the summer
april 2010: 7v, 11p, 11b p studied all semester (A LOT- almost full time)

my averages for the aamc tests were around 32-33 first time around (and 37ish second time around, obviously a bit skewed)
i took ALL the aamc, princeton review, and kaplan tests

i freaked out during the april exam- up until the last second my heart was pumping. but yea... i definitely coulda been muchh calmer and focused. i dunno how to explain my scores..i've definitely overstudied for the mcat- can't really study any more than i have.

3.8 gpa
top 20 school
great ecs- research, clinical, volunteering
good to great recs


7 in verbal is 30th percentile 🙁


so my question: i was planning on submitting my primary early june... should i take the test over on the june 17th? i'm ok with lower-middle tiered schools... i just don't know if schools will be ok with the 7. i called 2 schools in cali and they said they consider the most recent...

Yes, a 7 might be a bit low, cuz your composite is only a 29. If you rewrote on June 17th, and in the meantime..while waiting for your scores, you completed everything else (i.e. your primary, and your secondaries), then you'd be waiting for your MCAT score for mid july and be complete near the end of July. I think with your GPA + ECs, it'll turn out great as long as you do you well on the MCAT.

 

[brahmabull786]

august 2009: 9v, 10p, 11b q studied during the summer
april 2010: 7v, 11p, 11b p studied all semester (A LOT- almost full time)

my averages for the aamc tests were around 32-33 first time around (and 37ish second time around, obviously a bit skewed)
i took ALL the aamc, princeton review, and kaplan tests

i freaked out during the april exam- up until the last second my heart was pumping. but yea... i definitely coulda been muchh calmer and focused. i dunno how to explain my scores..i've definitely overstudied for the mcat- can't really study any more than i have.

3.8 gpa
top 20 school
great ecs- research, clinical, volunteering
good to great recs


7 in verbal is 30th percentile 🙁


so my question: i was planning on submitting my primary early june... should i take the test over on the june 17th? i'm ok with lower-middle tiered schools... i just don't know if schools will be ok with the 7. i called 2 schools in cali and they said they consider the most recent...

Retake... dont let this one score be the reason for not gettin accepting, especially since everything else on ur app is great.
U only have the verbal to fix... practice practice n practice... in the end its not too bad especially since u got a 9 the first time

 

[SpaceDementia]

Any sub-8 section will hurt significantly. For some schools it will be a threshold for consideration. Do a ton of verbal passages, practice reading high-level articles or essays on your computer, and retry when your practice tests consistently reflect the improvement—at least IMO. By the way, you really don't want to apply when your latest MCAT regressed from a previous one; the first is significantly better because of the 9 vs. 7.

An MCAT improvement will be incomparably more helpful than submitting early. If you take the June 17 test and still manage to submit the AMCAS in reasonable time, you won't be late.

 

[FluffyRabbit]

Unfortunately, as many others have mentioned, the 7 will probably hold you back a significant degree. However, it's one of those things that's definitely fixable.