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Sooooooo, that new MCAT in 2015? Yeah, that's really screwing with me.
So I decided to begin my application process, and came to find out that the new MCAT 2015 doesn't actually start until April (correct me if I'm wrong), and I wouldn't have time to begin my studies for the last MCAT in January, if there's even a spot left for me to snag. Now, I guess I didn't really think about this very well until now, and maybe it's too late for poor ol' me to manage to not take a gap year.
I had a little bump my freshman year, with a cumulative GPA of about 3.0, sGPA being similar. Now, I've gotten over that bump (ROTC) and in all of my fun higher level courses, including orgo, I've done well and my GPA after this semester (junior year, 1st semester), will be around 3.4 (cumulative and science about the same). The remainder of my junior year and senior year will only increase it further (expecting ~3.5 or 3.6 c/sGPA). I was very confident in myself taking the MCAT until I remembered that it's being changed. So, if everything plays out nicely and I begin studying in about a month, and I take the new scary MCAT, well I would probably be okay to apply in June.
But, how long does it take to get scores? From what I can tell, it takes a little bit, and I probably would only have time to take the MCAT that one time before applications open. I don't doubt my abilities to achieve admission somewhere based on my sharp upward trend, but I would really like to apply early (i.e. June 1st) to give me the best chances, and I will probably have to take the MCAT more than once.
So this long, probably annoying story begs the commonly asked question:
Should I take a gap year?
I'd really appreciate some input from some of you guys who may be going through, or have gone through, the same thing. I'd like to not only give myself the best chances of admission but also avoid the possibility of needing to reapply.
Thank you all in advanced.
So I decided to begin my application process, and came to find out that the new MCAT 2015 doesn't actually start until April (correct me if I'm wrong), and I wouldn't have time to begin my studies for the last MCAT in January, if there's even a spot left for me to snag. Now, I guess I didn't really think about this very well until now, and maybe it's too late for poor ol' me to manage to not take a gap year.
I had a little bump my freshman year, with a cumulative GPA of about 3.0, sGPA being similar. Now, I've gotten over that bump (ROTC) and in all of my fun higher level courses, including orgo, I've done well and my GPA after this semester (junior year, 1st semester), will be around 3.4 (cumulative and science about the same). The remainder of my junior year and senior year will only increase it further (expecting ~3.5 or 3.6 c/sGPA). I was very confident in myself taking the MCAT until I remembered that it's being changed. So, if everything plays out nicely and I begin studying in about a month, and I take the new scary MCAT, well I would probably be okay to apply in June.
But, how long does it take to get scores? From what I can tell, it takes a little bit, and I probably would only have time to take the MCAT that one time before applications open. I don't doubt my abilities to achieve admission somewhere based on my sharp upward trend, but I would really like to apply early (i.e. June 1st) to give me the best chances, and I will probably have to take the MCAT more than once.
So this long, probably annoying story begs the commonly asked question:
Should I take a gap year?
I'd really appreciate some input from some of you guys who may be going through, or have gone through, the same thing. I'd like to not only give myself the best chances of admission but also avoid the possibility of needing to reapply.
Thank you all in advanced.