What are my chances for med. school?

[RiceEater]

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Hello all,

I am a finance major from University of Connecticut.
GPA = 3.500
MCAT scores = 11 Physical
10 Biological
7 🙁 Verbal
S Writing

Any suggestions to where I should apply?

Thanks.

 

[blz]

well your stats are about average. so i guess you have an average chance of getting in.

 

[SaltySqueegee]

Hello all,

I am a finance major from University of Connecticut.
GPA = 3.500
MCAT scores = 11 Physical
10 Biological
7 🙁 Verbal
S Writing

Any suggestions to where I should apply?

Thanks.

Not too bad. Except for the 7. What will probably happen, is that you will get the automatic reject from the schools that you apply to that put the verbal bar in the 7-9 range.

So, apply to many schools, you'll probably get some interviews. Nail those interviews, and hope that you get an accept. Chances of getting an automatic waitlist might be higher because of the 7 in VR.

If it seems like I'm speaking in ambiguities, it's cause I am. Try your best in the application game, and see where your tokens lay in the end. 👍

 

[velo]

exactly, and i stress EXACTLY 43.168 %.....you can take that to the bank

 

[skiz knot]

who the fuk gets an "S" in the writing sample and a 7 in VR?

Take the MCAT again, practice verbal this time.

 

[SaltySqueegee]

who the fuk gets an "S" in the writing sample and a 7 in VR?

Take the MCAT again, practice verbal this time.

Hmmm...

IMHO, an S in the writing sample shows creativity and synthesis of outside information to problem solve in an essay.

The 7 can easily be reflected as:
1) ESL
2) Lack of Humanities courses to train for this god-forsaken section
3) If someone has a creative mind, it can work against them on the Verbal section (no outside information)

👍

 

[Thearchitect]

Are you kidding me? The essay is about as ability-predictive as palm reading. Your other scores suggest you could pull it up some, seems you have the ability.

 

[JohnnyJ]

I got a T and was surprised because I treated the writing sample as a siesta time before the bio section. Could not have cared less.

All you need to do is write three paragraphs, fill up at least a page and half, make up some quotes by famous people and follow the instructions for organization. Theres no skill involved in scoring high.

 

[skiz knot]

IMHO, an S in the writing sample shows a firm grasp of the english language. To perform better than 99.8% of some of the brightest minds from our nations universities suggests, to me, that the poster should have been able to score better than average in the verbal reasoning section. VR is intimitely intertwined with one's own writing ability. Without the ability to understand, and extrapolate information from a difficult, complex piece of literature, there is no way to create a complex piece of writing on your own. I would imagine (I've never seen an S writing sample) that it is more than just following the instructions and adding a few quotes. The S essay is likely to be well thought out and executed using perfect grammer, spelling, excellent transitions, etc... In effect, it would be nothing like my rambling nonsense.

 

[jtorres]

skiz i got an S on the WS and even lower on VR than the OP. i can write like you wouldnt imagine, flow like a poet, but darn was that VR on for AG in april hard!

 

[bigdan]

Back to the question, I'd say that your chances are hampered by the Verbal score. Rumor has it that many schools use the 7 as a mimimum cutoff as they try to weed out applicants; you'll be on that fine line. You're GPA won't keep you out and won't get you in, but it doesn't do anything to mitigate the 7 verbal.

I'd say apply, personally. No one here can accurately predict what the AdComs will do. But do know that there are some red flags.

dc

 

[bigdan]

oh yeah... you may be, score wise, a good DO applicant.

dc