When are you officially a reapplicant?

[icekream]

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hey guys,

i was just wondering when do you officially become a reapplicant, meaning, if i submit my application without my mcat scores, my scores come back and i do not like them, and i withdraw...am i a reapplicant to that school?

im taking my mcat on the 28th, maybe i should wait until the end of june to submit?

any advice or anyone in the same boat?

thanks for reading my post 🙂

 

[aznb0y129]

hey guys,

i was just wondering when do you officially become a reapplicant, meaning, if i submit my application without my mcat scores, my scores come back and i do not like them, and i withdraw...am i a reapplicant to that school?

im taking my mcat on the 28th, maybe i should wait until the end of june to submit?

any advice or anyone in the same boat?

thanks for reading my post 🙂

If you submit your application and then you choose to withdraw it after your MCAT scores, you will be considered a reapplicant next year.

I would advise you to wait until the scores are out before actually submitting it. Just work on the application and make sure that it's complete so you can submit it as soon as the scores come out a month later.

 

[icekream]

ive heard this one technique, tell me what you think about it:

my application is complete as of now. submit on june 2nd to only ONE random school that i know id never go to.

wait for app to be verified.

scores come in, and by this time, i should be verified (end of june-ish). if i like my scores, i can submit to all of my REAL, other schools, if not, i withdraw from that ONE random school.

saves $$ and saves me from having to be a reapplicant.

thoughts, ideas, suggestions? thanks 🙂

 

[funkydrmonkey]

ive heard this one technique, tell me what you think about it:

my application is complete as of now. submit on june 2nd to only ONE random school that i know id never go to.

wait for app to be verified.

scores come in, and by this time, i should be verified (end of june-ish). if i like my scores, i can submit to all of schools, if not, i withdraw from that ONE random schools.

saves $$ and saves me from having to be a reapplicant.

thoughts, ideas, suggestions? thanks 🙂

If you apply to one school, and do not reapply to the same school next year, and apply to completely different schools, you are still a reapplicant...

 

[icekream]

are you sure? because on amcas, it asks you to select (yes/no) in "have you applied to this school before"

 

[aznb0y129]

are you sure? because on amcas, it asks you to select (yes/no) in "have you applied to this school before"

Isn't there a separate question that asks you "have you applied to medical school before?"

I think funky's right on this one. Let's say you apply one cycle to all top-tier schools, get rejected everywhere. Then you come back the following year with more appropriate choices and apply to none of those top-tier schools. Just because your school list is different the second time doesn't mean you're not a reapplicant (double negative).

 

[ih8biochem]

hey guys,

i was just wondering when do you officially become a reapplicant, meaning, if i submit my application without my mcat scores, my scores come back and i do not like them, and i withdraw...am i a reapplicant to that school?

im taking my mcat on the 28th, maybe i should wait until the end of june to submit?

any advice or anyone in the same boat?

thanks for reading my post 🙂

What difference does it make if you don't like your score? The worse that can happen is you get rejected at every school and you have to try again. Withdraw and you guarantee you will not be matriculating. Apply as soon as AMCAS lets you and hope for the best.

 

[aznb0y129]

What difference does it make if you don't like your score? The worse that can happen is you get rejected at every school and you have to try again. Withdraw and you guarantee you will not be matriculating. Apply as soon as AMCAS lets you and hope for the best.

There's also the wasted money spent on primary applications. That's at least several hundred dollars right there.

OP, I would wait for your MCAT scores and submit at the end of June if they're favorable.

 

[mvenus929]

Isn't there a separate question that asks you "have you applied to medical school before?"

It asks if you've matriculated before, not applied before. In the strictest sense, then yes, applying to one school on year, then applying the next year would make you a reapplicant, but not at the individual schools you didn't apply to the first time.

 

[ih8biochem]

There's also the wasted money spent on primary applications. That's at least several hundred dollars right there.

OP, I would wait for your MCAT scores and submit at the end of June if they're favorable.

And if your scores are not favorable? You'd just pass on applying? That's crazy. Listen, I've served as an interviewer for my school and am about to start residency so I think I know a little bit about this. The early submission is really a powerful tool in the application process and I recommend taking advantage of it. Schools will know your score no matter what. If you bomb, you bomb. They'll know even if you exonerate yourself by retaking and scoring >95, but it's not quite the end of the world. Folks have gotten in with pretty crummy scores, believe me. Is retaking and waiting an extra year worth saving a few hundred dollars to you? The cost of applying is an expense to play the game. If you don't play, you can't win.

 

[icekream]

And if your scores are not favorable? You'd just pass on applying? That's crazy. Listen, I've served as an interviewer for my school and am about to start residency so I think I know a little bit about this. The early submission is really a powerful tool in the application process and I recommend taking advantage of it. Schools will know your score no matter what. If you bomb, you bomb. They'll know even if you exonerate yourself by retaking and scoring >95, but it's not quite the end of the world. Folks have gotten in with pretty crummy scores, believe me. Is retaking and waiting an extra year worth saving a few hundred dollars to you? The cost of applying is an expense to play the game. If you don't play, you can't win.

oh no, absolutely not.

im pretty broke but money is NO OBJECT for me right now.

whats the difference between 160k debt and 170k debt? nothing.

im the op, i just wanted to know if id be a "reapplicant" if i had never applied to a school before, thanks for your responses, esp i<3biochem

 

[Rach83]

Is being a reapplicant a bad thing? I always thought that reapplying shows that you are committed to becoming a doctor, and willing to put in the effort but based on this thread (and a few similar ones), it seems that people think it looks bad to have to try for it more than once. 😕

 

[aznb0y129]

And if your scores are not favorable? You'd just pass on applying? That's crazy. Listen, I've served as an interviewer for my school and am about to start residency so I think I know a little bit about this. The early submission is really a powerful tool in the application process and I recommend taking advantage of it. Schools will know your score no matter what. If you bomb, you bomb. They'll know even if you exonerate yourself by retaking and scoring >95, but it's not quite the end of the world. Folks have gotten in with pretty crummy scores, believe me. Is retaking and waiting an extra year worth saving a few hundred dollars to you? The cost of applying is an expense to play the game. If you don't play, you can't win.

I just think that you should have the best application before you decide to submit. Also, regarding applying early, the OP stated that he was taking the MCAT on 5/28, so his scores would be available by the end of June and he could submit his application then.

While I definitely believe in applying early, I don't think submitting your primary at the end of June puts you at a significant disadvantage or will be the difference between getting in/not getting in.

Is being a reapplicant a bad thing? I always thought that reapplying shows that you are committed to becoming a doctor, and willing to put in the effort but based on this thread (and a few similar ones), it seems that people think it looks bad to have to try for it more than once. 😕

It's definitely a good thing that you are committed to becoming a doctor, but reapplicants typically have to explain what they've done to improve over their previous applications, which is just another hurdle in the process.

Having only applied once, I can say that the waiting/uncertainty of my fate was the worst part of the whole ordeal and I would not want to go through it more than once.

 

[Mattabet]

are you sure? because on amcas, it asks you to select (yes/no) in "have you applied to this school before"

It was my understanding that the "this school" question is for the adcoms at that school, so they know if they already have an old file for you (and will add the current application to it) or if they have to start a new file.

The general "have you applied to medical school before" determines your status as a reapplicant (one who has applied in more than one cycle), as was stated above.

 

[icekream]

why are you trying to make things more complicated then they need to be?

to whom are you referring?

 

[icekream]

quite OBVIOUSLY YOU!!!!!!

You want to apply wihtout a score rather then wait a few extra weeks when july is still not late and then withdraw if you don't have the scores. That's stupid. late is when you apply August, sept, oct. and beyond. Not applying in July.

geeze, with 5+ years of experience, you'd think one would have a little more tact and respect towards those not having much experience with applications.

 

[Kaustikos]

Take it from me - WAIT

There is absolutely nothing wrong AT ALL with waiting a year. Don't do anything you might regret because you're in a hurry.