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Basic question: Do reapplicants face more scrutiny than first time ones? How hard is it to overcome that, if so?
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Work/family have presented certain challenges to med school prep as a nontraditional applicant. My sciGPA was 3.67 and my MCAT was a 506. (I was in 95th and 92nd percentiles for CARS/psych, 60th for bio, but I never had time to properly drill for chem and bio questions, beyond knowing the material.)
I'm considering taking time off work and just studying MCAT to really nail it and then reapply. I think I'm capable of being a top MCAT scorer, but I'm wondering if just improving MCAT will be enough and whether it's worth the huge amount of effort, time, money, and relationships sacrifices.
(My extracurriculars, letters, and statements have been praised by top program interviewers. I think my stats are what holds me back. Also, I wasn't premed as an undergrad, so I went back to school and took some of the prereqs later while working. Thus, I don't think postbac is a realistic option to try to improve at this point.)
Details:
Work/family have presented certain challenges to med school prep as a nontraditional applicant. My sciGPA was 3.67 and my MCAT was a 506. (I was in 95th and 92nd percentiles for CARS/psych, 60th for bio, but I never had time to properly drill for chem and bio questions, beyond knowing the material.)
I'm considering taking time off work and just studying MCAT to really nail it and then reapply. I think I'm capable of being a top MCAT scorer, but I'm wondering if just improving MCAT will be enough and whether it's worth the huge amount of effort, time, money, and relationships sacrifices.
(My extracurriculars, letters, and statements have been praised by top program interviewers. I think my stats are what holds me back. Also, I wasn't premed as an undergrad, so I went back to school and took some of the prereqs later while working. Thus, I don't think postbac is a realistic option to try to improve at this point.)
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