Med School Admissions

[josh81883]

Hi, I’m a rising senior pre-med student at the University of North Carolina. I have a 3.76 GPA with a B.S. in Bio and a B.A. in Chem as well as plenty of extracirricular activites plus volunteering, clincal and non-clincal. The only problem is that I took the MCAT in a April and got a 30M — PS 13, VR 6, BS 11. I had taken a prep course and my verbal scores on the practice tests were never outstanding (usu. 8-9), but not as low as I made on the actual MCAT. My main concern is getting into one of the med schools in North Carolina with UNC first, then WFU next, then ECU or Duke. Should I plan on retaking in August or just take apply now with my current score?

Josh

[vince]

Josh that sucks and I do feel bad for you and that VR score. I’m not sure what to say, but good luck. I’d hope your overall score and good grades in English classes will help you in this regard.

I’m a year behind you and about to enter my jr year. Do you have an opinion on the prep course you took? Any thoughts good or bad are appreciated.

Vince

[y82benji]

That’s really a tough decision to make. You should repost your question under the “Ask Admissions Consultants” thread because they’ll probably have a better idea of exactly how much that VR of 6 will hurt you. A lot of it might depend also on how you’ve done in English and humanities courses. If you have all A’s in those courses that’s good, but if you have a lot of B’s, especially in the English classes, that 6 will stand out a lot.

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