I spoke to ABP last Friday. Here is what I learned:
1. Only FIRST ROUND offers have been sent out for UCD and UCC. Even though some people seem to have heard weeks before others, the person at ABP states they are still all FIRST ROUND.
Second round will come out at end of May - it may be 1 or 2 spots or 10 or none. It is impossible to know and depends on too many factors.
2. Until you hear about a rejection, you can assume you're still in the game. People in USA may be waitlisted and get in to a school off the waitlist in June or July at which time a spot might become open.
3. In terms of MCAT -> 60% on each section is considered a minimum desirable score. If you have a section where you score less than 60%, this is likely why you haven't heard anything or are being rejected. Why Trinity seems to have accepted people with MCATs in the low 20s (as per these forums anyway), is beyond me.
4. In terms of GPA. Your marks in science pre-req courses are most important, so if you have a lower overall GPA (say due to tough engineering courses as part of your program) but your prerequisitite bio, chem, physics grades are good, then this will have higher value in the admission process.
I will assume, if by this point you have heard nothing - you're not really a "competitive applicant" this time around, and the person on the phone said they had an unusually high number of applications this year, making it a more competitive year.
Lastly, for anyone who has been out of school - I have talked to advisors and been told numerous times that schools want to see recent coursework. If you graduated 3 years ago and now are deciding to reapply, you better have been taking some night courses in the last 3 years. If you haven't been doing so, this might be the roadblock in your application. If you're serious about reapplying, I would suggest enrolling in some classes at your local university and doing these while you work. Schools want to make sure you can still study and succeed academically. Some people wonder about this, but honestly for me it took some getting used to being in class again with homework, assignments, labs, due dates. It really is a different mental process than working. Schools won't gamble on someone who can't show that they are still capable of academic success.
