99%? Bro you just applied this cycle and haven't started 1st year yet, when and where did you get this wealth of information about med school admissions lol
My undergraduate university had a health advising office that actually provides a ton of external advising resources, application reviews, interview/MMI preparation, etc. so I took full advantage of that before and during the cycle. I also have relationships to former admissions members, recently graduated physicians, and family friends in admissions that mentored me during my third and fourth year of university (I didn’t apply to those schools).
The 99% is just a metaphoric phrase I threw out there for having superb or completely different EC’s that cannot be found in a majority of applicants and clearly define your unique mission-fit. Such things would include being a veteran who has served in Iraq, founder of a non-profit impactful organization and continuation of it, having a publication in
Nature, having published a NY Times best seller series, etc.; essentially, something no other applicant would have on their application except you that would still boost your application to make you better mission-fit or unique, in a short summary.
Sorry for straying off-topic to the OP, but I wanted to clarify this aspect just to clear up any confusions, but essentially, postpone the MCAT until your AAMC FL exams are giving you results that you are happy with, which
may (not always) lead to applying next cycle instead, as you only want to take the MCAT once. Some schools average MCAT scores so you don’t want that happening and lowering your chances at any schools you apply to.
