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[Mobius1985]

It will be difficult, especially if there is a disparity in your stat profiles. You might do better to only apply in large cities where there are multiple programs (eg Chicago, St Louis, etc). I do know of one instance where a medical school gave consideration to a non-married couple and accepted both (one had an MCAT of 43 and requested reconsideration for the other). If you were married, it might be easier.

 

[chewsnuffles]

It will be difficult, especially if there is a disparity in your stat profiles. You might do better to only apply in large cities where there are multiple programs (eg Chicago, St Louis, etc). I do know of one instance where a medical school gave consideration to a non-married couple and accepted both (one had an MCAT of 43 and requested reconsideration for the other). If you were married, it might be easier.

Agreed. Look into cities like St. Louis (Wash U vs SLU), Boston (Harvard vs Tufts) (BU is a crapshoot...), New York (Columbia vs. NYU).

None of those schools are easy to get into, but if you are still a top dog, you could go to the one on the left, and she could go to the one on the right.

 

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[chessknt]

We plan to get married in the summer before school starts if we get accepted into the same school

This is a bad plan if you want to receive finaid since most schools will automatically assume that you=married=being provided for by a spouse and summarily reduce any free aid they may give you.

As for shooting for high 30s low 40s, that is less than 2% of all people that take the test, so dont bank on it.

You both also need to start accumulating clinical experience asap if you want to have any shot (no clinical=sunk application almost 100% of the time).

 

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[chewsnuffles]

Take AAMC 4R next to a construction site with a constant water drip on your desk. If you score a 38+, then we'll believe you...

I'm serious here, you can replace construction site with "Master of Puppets" by Metallica on replay with the volume close to maxed out (scientifically proven in a double blinded, placebo controlled test, p-value .05).

You've gotta find a water drip tho...

 

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[Myuu]

Can we not make the discussion on the premise that I do get the score I want? I am not wanting to make you believe my ability or anything that I said. I just want to know what do you think if that were the case.

I want to know if there is any kind of consideration for married couple, I been told by med students that there is consideration for residency for married couple. Early decision for both? But either take both or nothing?

If not then of course I can plug in the number that I "think" i am going to get and see my chance and her chance of acceptance then multiply to get the probability of our combined acceptance.

If it were a clearly defined and calculable probability, someone would have done that for you already. Sadly, there are far too many unknowns here to give you a response with any reasonable degree of certainty.

 

[Handy388]

I would say apply to schools in philly. isn't there like 5 Med schoosl in the city? Let me see, Temple, Jefferson, Drexel, U Penn, and PCOM?

a nice range of competitive to not as competitive schools.

 

[chessknt]

Can we not make the discussion on the premise that I do get the score I want? I am not wanting to make you believe my ability or anything that I said. I just want to know what do you think if that were the case.

I want to know if there is any kind of consideration for married couple, I been told by med students that there is consideration for residency for married couple. Early decision for both? But either take both or nothing?

If not then of course I can plug in the number that I "think" i am going to get and see my chance and her chance of acceptance then multiply to get the probability of our combined acceptance.

Dont get all butthurt bro.

And the straight answer to your question is no, not for 2 married applicants. If she was working in X city, it might ve given consideration, but married applicants would probably not. Furthermore it is illegal for them to grant you favor or disfavor based on your marital status. And you also managed to ignore the financial aid disadvantage aspect I warned you about.

 

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[chewsnuffles]

Well, a bit of this is focusing on whether you are going to be an all-star applicant or just an average one, because a 3.9 and a 31 doesn't guarantee any specific school, while with a 3.9 and a 38, you would have many doors open for you, and you could just apply to the same schools your gf is applying to, get into almost all of em, and then pick the best one she gets into.

So take my advice and do the 4R with some sort of distraction, and see for yourself just how well you would do on the real thing (who cares if you haven't studied yet, if your a good test taker like me, it won't make a terrible amount of difference really)

 

[UVAbme2009]

This is a bad plan if you want to receive finaid since most schools will automatically assume that you=married=being provided for by a spouse and summarily reduce any free aid they may give you.

You want to explain that further? When FAFSA forms are submitted, if your spouse is making just enough to keep herself afloat financially, how would your package be lowered because of that?

 

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[flip26]

I just dont want to waste a "real" test as diagnostic, I will be taking August 25 test in 192 days 🙂 , which still leaves almost a year to decide where to go. Also, we know we can get into our in state school easily. In state school is cheap so all the outstate school we are going to apply for are going to be for better (more prestigious school) and around the same price range, which makes it pretty hard. So yea if nothing works we do have a backup

Since you have it all figured out, why are you bothering us about this?

 

[cpants]

Your state school is your best bet, both because it will be easier for both to get into and because it will give you the least debt graduating.

As for your respective MCATs, don't count your chickens before they hatch. Take some diagnostics, set up a study plan, and consider a prep course. Most people with 4.0s do not score in the high 30's. Keep that in mind.

 

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[flip26]

because it is a back up plan, we want to go to somewhere else better

Better?

No such thing as a "backup plan" when it comes to med school admissions.

 

[chewsnuffles]

Step 1: Lurk around here a bit more before posting...
Step 2: Take one of the ****ing tests if you actually want to know "what your chances are", otherwise, everyone here is talking out of their asses.

 

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[chad5871]

I cant figure out how to delete the thread so if admin see this please remove it.

No longer is this helpful.

You have to be a donor in order to delete threads. If you do donate, just delete the first post in the thread and the thread will be deleted.

 

[chessknt]

You want to explain that further? When FAFSA forms are submitted, if your spouse is making just enough to keep herself afloat financially, how would your package be lowered because of that?

Most schools will look at your marital status, then at how much she makes. If she doesnt make a lot (or anything for that matter), you will receive some aid, but nowhere near as much as if you were single. FAFSA is not the only thing that goes into calculating aid for the vast majority of schools.

OP kinda ran away when comments werent to his liking eh? Build up moar intarnet skin.

 

[flip26]

Most schools will look at your marital status, then at how much she makes. If she doesnt make a lot (or anything for that matter), you will receive some aid, but nowhere near as much as if you were single. FAFSA is not the only thing that goes into calculating aid for the vast majority of schools.

OP kinda ran away when comments werent to his liking eh? Build up moar intarnet skin.

FAFSA also takes into consideration the number of people in your "family" pursuing a degree, and if you are a hubby and wife headed to med school, it would seem that your expected family contribution would be cut in half...if that even matters...

 

[chessknt]

FAFSA also takes into consideration the number of people in your "family" pursuing a degree, and if you are a hubby and wife headed to med school, it would seem that your expected family contribution would be cut in half...if that even matters...

Your EFC goes to 0 when you go to grad schools anyways (assuming you dont have a FT job), so it doesnt matter.

 

[UVAbme2009]

Most schools will look at your marital status, then at how much she makes. If she doesnt make a lot (or anything for that matter), you will receive some aid, but nowhere near as much as if you were single. FAFSA is not the only thing that goes into calculating aid for the vast majority of schools.

OP kinda ran away when comments werent to his liking eh? Build up moar intarnet skin.

I guess I'll have to ask about that in two weeks. I really fail to see the logic behind it (not saying you're wrong).

 

[chessknt]

I guess I'll have to ask about that in two weeks. I really fail to see the logic behind it (not saying you're wrong).

Make sure you frame the question correctly. Ask them if you would receive exactly as much aid as you would if you were single, because often they try to dance around it by saying you still qualify for aid etc etc.

And it makes some vague sense since they presume even if your spouse is in school, she has to take out loans for her living costs, which you can/should leach off of to alleviate your school's debt responsibility for you.

 

[megamega]

Make sure you frame the question correctly. Ask them if you would receive exactly as much aid as you would if you were single, because often they try to dance around it by saying you still qualify for aid etc etc.

And it makes some vague sense since they presume even if your spouse is in school, she has to take out loans for her living costs, which you can/should leach off of to alleviate your school's debt responsibility for you.

Both my wife and I are in school together and we both gets lots of money from fafsa. There are only a few sections in fafsa where they ask about spouse income, so it really doesn't affect how much you receive if you both have low or no income. Married couples in med school together will most likely not have jobs, so they won't affect each other in regards to fafsa. So, they will get the same thing as if they were single.