Honestly I don't think this is completely true. If you have incredible letters, amazing PS, super duper charismatic interviewing skills and a wideeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee array of extra-curriculars... maybe... your GPA isn't horrible. It's average. Wish it were much higher to balance out your MCAT. What I'm saying is that 99% of people with your stats will need retake the MCAT. But that 1-2%, if your application is incredible in every single other category other than your MCAT, you might get an interview or two at the newest schools with MCAT averages of 22-26 (old scores, idk what that is in new MCAT).
Like the post above me said, it is a
gamble. If you can afford to spend thousands of dollars to apply to 20+ DO schools, and feel VERY confident that the rest of your application is extremely complete and well-written, you could possibly get in to a newer "lower" tier school.
With your
LizzyM score, 3.25% of applicants had a LOWER score, 96.74% of applicants had a HIGHER score to give you perspective.
I am all for the underdog. But I mean it when I say your chances are 1-5% max, especially with you having to retake many (8) classes in order to get your GPA only up to average. Seeing that you had to retake 8 classes might be a red flag, barring any special circumstances of course. And I'd say, with that MCAT, you cannot have more than 1 additional red flag in your application for most schools.
