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I'm curious what "very slightly higher" MCAT is.
The op's score is roughly equivalent to a 28 in the old system.
Agree with tr, this will be below most cutoffs. Most schools won't tell you their cutoff or if they have a cutoff.
Retake the MCAT is my advice.
I know someone who got in to a top 10 program with a 29 MCAT this cycle. BUT...Hey guys! So I'm in a really weird situation and I'm looking for some application advice as I try to game plan! So here's the story...
The Ugly: I just got some MCAT scores back and I got a 505 (126/127/126/126), which is a 67% and equivalent to a 28/29 on the old MCAT. Yes, I know very very very low for MD/PhD.
The Okay: My GPA is a 3.7, with a massive upward trend (3.9+ after sophomore year, and A's in all upper level science electives)
I'm super niche. Biology and Math major, wanting to go into Biomedical/Health Informatics. Research passion is to use statistical techniques to analyze healthcare data and subsequently make new data-driven diagnostics and screening tools for early intervention in pediatrics. It's such a new, but innovative field. High impact faculty seem to all have an MD and PhD and to me, this seems like the best way to get a well-rounded education that will give me all the training and access I need in the future.
I've also been super involved at my school (cofounded 2 organizations, tons of hospital volunteering, shadowing, other service)
The good: I've got 4 years of research experience, with 3 co-author papers and a bunch of posters and presentations under my belt. My shining research achievement was giving a talk at a big neuroscience conference when I was a sophomore. Also wrote a chapter (focused more on the clinical/personal side of a specific pediatric disorder) for a book to be published in September. Been dedicated to this lab for so long, and I have a lot of experience and passion to show for it.
I just graduated from a state school and as a part of my gap year, I won a prestigious fellowship (Fulbright research grant) partially in the field I want to pursue in the future.
Any advice is welcome! I'm trying to finalize a school list and parse out schools that will reject me off the bat versus those who will give me a second glance.