WAMC, high GPA lower MCAT score

[grapejuice123]

Hi, I just got my second MCAT score back and was hoping for a lot higher. I felt very prepared, but ended up doing worse overall for almost every section. I could really use some advice on if it is worth it to apply this cycle. Thank you in advance!

• cGPA: 3.90 and sGPA: 3.94
• 4/29: 506 (125/126/125/130)
• 7/15: 502 (127/124/125/125) – genuinely don’t know what happened here but devastated by this score
• Pennsylvania
• While male
• Private Liberal Arts
• Volunteer on Neuro ICU floor providing patient comfort and care (100 hours), hospice volunteer (ab 100 hours), and medical assistant in pediatric office (600+ hours and more during my senior year this year)
• Research Internship on lung cancer screening pilot program, undergraduate research (150 hours) on amphipathic molecules as method for drug delivery , plus 400 hours this year for honors research
• Shadowed pediatric orthopedic surgeon, pediatric psychiatrist, neurologist, and electrophysiologist (100 hours total)
• 600+ hours at undergraduate through various programs, including food banks, writing programs for elementary to high school aged students, training future service/therapy dogs, and making matts for homeless out of plastic bags.
• Collegiate soccer player, volleyball club president, band member/manager with friends at school,
• Dean’s list all six semester, academic team for soccer, Biology honor’s society, Neuroscience honor’s society (president), Union League Good Citizenship award
• What are the impacts of the second MCAT score being lower, does that ruin my chances for this cycle? I have all my secondaries prepared was just waiting to press submit for this score hoping it would be higher.

Schools I have sent my primary to:

• Jefferson
• Temple
• Penn State
• Drexel
• Pitt
• Geisinger
• Dartmouth
• Albany
• Loyola
• Rush
• Rosalind Franklin
• GW
• Georgetown
• Emory
• Buffalo
• Tufts
• USF
• Miami
• VCOM
• Wake Forest
• PCOM
• LECOM
• Dusquene
• Rowan

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[Faha]

Your MCAT scores are not competitive for most MD schools though fine for all DO schools.
I suggest these MD schools
Geisinger
Drexel
Temple
Jefferson
Penn State
West Virginia
Oakland Beaumont
Medical College Wisconsin
Rosalind Franklin
Rush
TCU
NOVA MD
Albany
For DO schools I suggest these:
PCOM (all schools)
LECOM (all schools)
Touro-NY
NYITCOM
UP-KYCOM
WVSOM
MU-COM
DMU-COM
KCU-COM
ATSU-KCOM
AZCOM
TUNCOM
CUSOM
VCOM (all schools except Monroe)

 

[Mr.Smile12]

Did your already submit a throwaway? If so, at least go with your mission fit, in state MD and DO.

 

[grapejuice123]

Did your already submit a throwaway? If so, at least go with your mission fit, in state MD and DO.

Yes I already submitted throwaway

 

[grapejuice123]

Your MCAT scores are not competitive for most MD schools though fine for all DO schools.
I suggest these MD schools
Geisinger
Drexel
Temple
Jefferson
Penn State
West Virginia
Oakland Beaumont
Medical College Wisconsin
Rosalind Franklin
Rush
TCU
NOVA MD
Albany
For DO schools I suggest these:
PCOM (all schools)
LECOM (all schools)
Touro-NY
NYITCOM
UP-KYCOM
WVSOM
MU-COM
DMU-COM
KCU-COM
ATSU-KCOM
AZCOM
TUNCOM
CUSOM
VCOM (all schools except Monroe)

Thank you so much! Do you think my chances are significantly hindered by that second mcat being lower? I had family issues the week leading up that may have impacted it but I don’t want to use that as an excuse.

 

[Mr.Smile12]

Thank you so much! Do you think my chances are significantly hindered by that second mcat being lower? I had family issues the week leading up that may have impacted it but I don’t want to use that as an excuse.

Many schools average scores for screening.

 

[grapejuice123]

Many schools average scores for screening.

And a 504 then would be competitive for most DO schools, considering my gpa and extracurriculars as well?

 

[Faha]

And a 504 then would be competitive for most DO schools, considering my gpa and extracurriculars as well?

A 504 is competitive for most DO schools.