Will having taken the LSAT before hurt my application to Med School?

[yeahhyeahyeah]

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If I have taken the LSAT before I decided that I wanted to do medicine instead- will that hurt my application or show ambivalence or lack of committment to Medical schools?

Is it better if I took the LSAT way earlier than the MCAT? or would it have been better if I had taken the MCAT first?

I did well on the LSAT. Med school is not my fallback (as if it could be)

 

[CyclistOK]

HAHAHAHAHA. How would Med Schools even know you took it?

Fact is they won't know or care enough to affect your chances at all.

 

[jonessoda]

Maybe if you put it in your activities on the AMCAS, but otherwise, how would they know?

 

[yeahhyeahyeah]

Oh, lol, oops. For some reason, my friend told me they could see... I guess I wasn't really thinking...

Thanks!

 

[Mattabet]

You can list it under other standardized tests, and I think there's a good case to be made for doing so. The LSAT is a hard test that requires a largely different skill set than the MCAT. To knock both out of the park is a great accomplishment.

I would list it, and have a darn good reason prepared as to why Medicine in lieu of Law for your interviews. It would highlight an important accomplishment, and allow you a good vehicle to tell them why medicine is the perfect fit for you.