mcat

The 24Q MCAT is pretty low. It’s not unheard of to get in with that score, especially with a 4.0 GPA, but the rest of your application (your personal experiences, essays, etc.) has to be very good. Admissions Committees may look at your coursework and your college to figure out if that 4.0 is an “inflated” GPA. If you apply to a lot of lower tier schools you should probably get into a couple, but your MCAT score is going to limit your options. Retaking the MCAT and scoring higher will give you more options in terms of where to go. On the flip side, if you retake it and get lower or even only improve by 1-3 points overall it’ll be a stronger point to go on than your GPA. Retaking the MCAT is probably a good idea for you – but you should plan to try and get at least a 28 or 29, if not higher. If you are weak on volunteer/clinical/extracurricular/research experience, you’ll definitely need to either apply to 30 schools or retake the MCAT.

I would think that all that would help you a lot, especially if in those extracurriculars you took some leadership roles. My worry for you is that a lot of top 50 med schools are just going to be turned away by the 24 on the MCAT. With a 4.0, good clinical experience, and other good personal experiences, you can probably get into a couple lower tier schools, but if you can bring your MCAT up closer to 30 you’ll have so many more options at stronger schools. So, if you just want to go to med school anywhere, you probably have a shot of getting in if you make your application really nice and polished (especially essays), but since you’re going to be spending most of the next four years involved in your med school I would recommend trying to maximize your choices and opportunities.