two bad MCAT scores: which is less bad?

[DucksDucksDucks]

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Hello, I just received another disappointing MCAT score.
I was not sure which I should be submitting as my score. And I was hoping to hear your opinion.
I am an in province student, which allows me to have 8's (7 as long as total goes above 24).
Option 1: VR 7 PS 12 BS 11 total 30
Option 2: VR 8 PS 13 BS 9 total 30Q
Which would be better? Or less bad?
Thank you.

 

[darkjedi]

AMCAS sees all scores. A 30 is also not "bad" despite the unbalanced nature of it.

 

[pachewisc]

Hello, I just received another disappointing MCAT score.
I was not sure which I should be submitting as my score. And I was hoping to hear your opinion.
I am an in province student, which allows me to have 8's (7 as long as total goes above 24).
Option 1: VR 7 PS 12 BS 11 total 30
Option 2: VR 8 PS 13 BS 9 total 30Q
Which would be better? Or less bad?
Thank you.

Neither is exceptionally desirable because of the unbalanced nature of them, but a 30 as a score is solid. Some schools (don't know which) will take your best subsections to make a superscore. For you that'd be a 32 (8/13/11).

And as darkjedi said above, AMCAS sends all scores that haven't expired to schools. Scores expire after 36 months. Unless one of those test is from before July 2010, schools will see both. There's no way around it.

 

[Radon XP]

The 7 is what would worry me. Otherwise, your score is fine.

 

[DucksDucksDucks]

Thank you very much for your replies.
I am applying to Dalhousie (NS, Canada), and they allow me to choose the score to be considered.

 

[sliceofbread136]

Thank you very much for your replies.
I am applying to Dalhousie (NS, Canada), and they allow me to choose the score to be considered.

Go for the one without the 7 in verbal imo

 

[gyngyn]

AMCAS sends all scores that haven't expired to schools. Scores expire after 36 months. Unless one of those test is from before July 2010, schools will see both. There's no way around it.

Actually all scores are visible to all US schools to which you apply. They never disappear.

I have seen scores 20 years old in an application with more than a dozen tests.

 

[Spinach Dip]

I have seen scores 20 years old in an application with more than a dozen tests.

 

[bigdogrob4284]

Option 2 is better. Some schools screen out subsection scores of 7.

 

[SilverCat]

Actually all scores are visible to all US schools to which you apply. They never disappear.

I have seen scores 20 years old in an application with more than a dozen tests.

There's someone who's taken the MCAT more than 12 times? 😱 The poor thing.

Did they get accepted at your school?

 

[A7X]

Option 2, but that 9 in BS isn't good either

 

[gyngyn]

There's someone who's taken the MCAT more than 12 times? 😱 The poor thing.

Did they get accepted at your school?

No. There is a group of applicants that just keep taking the MCAT and applying, over and over...