<p>Bumping this up for all the new apps!</p>
<p>Kat</p>
<p>which is school c?</p>
<p>When MCAT says that the “tentative score release date” is May 30th, after 5pm ET…is that often accurate? </p>
<p>I realize that they put “tentative” in case there’s some delay, but are the scores usually released at the “tentative” time?</p>
<p>another mom joining the discussion</p>
<p>D is a junior, bio major, math, chem and theater minors
3.9 sci gpa , 3.9 in all other-one “B” for each, rest A’s
will have 4 years in APO- elected to a couple of chairs- member recruitment and treasurer
2 years-Ultimate team (Frisbee)
2 years volunteering at the med school biochem lab at her UG school- did research assisting a Ph D candidate- spanned freshman to junior years
Cleveland Clinic volunteer- just started in April- will do it senior year also
summer employment- 2 years with the JHU CTY program as a teaching ass’t for bio-medical sciences</p>
<p>LORs should all be fine- </p>
<p>Taking the MCAT May 12- took the Kaplan review and last practice test scored 36- she’s hoping for at least a 34</p>
<p>will be applying to 3 NJ med schools </p>
<p>Good luck to everyone-</p>
<p>cant believe this new cycle has started. time flies.</p>
<p>for me, my score was released on the date they said but hours earlier around 1pm ET.</p>
<p>anyone have info on statistics for receiving an interview based on mcat and gpa?
Seems like about 80% or more of applicants to a given school don’t even get an interview.
Any experience with high scores but no interview?</p>
<p>the amcas/msar guide has the stats of those who are accepted, which can give you a good guide to the numbers that it takes to snag an interview.</p>
<p>@deb09, if you have the time and do the proper searches you might be able to answer your question at this site:</p>
<p>[url=<a href=“http://www.mdapplicants.com/index.php]MDapplicants.com[/url”>http://www.mdapplicants.com/index.php]MDapplicants.com[/url</a>]</p>
<p>good luck.</p>
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High scores could help you get many interview invites, but some other merit besides stats gets you accepted.</p>
<p>Only two data points though: 3.9+/39 and 3.9+/40.</p>
<p>For some med schools (not many this kind of med schools), high stats from some (likely less than a dozen) colleges will guarantee an interview invite. In this area, not all GPAs are treated equal. However, high stats from other colleges may still get an invite; it is just not guaranteed and the interview invite tends to come slightly later.</p>
<p>also, if you have high stats and apply to schools with lower average stats, you might not get an interview.</p>
<p>deb. Welcome. </p>
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Looks good to go if the MCAT score comes in as expected/wanted but…let’s get a few more on that list, just in case there is no in-state love. :eek:</p>
<p>she’ll be applying to about 14 or 15 and crossing her fingers for some interviews- doesn’t want to be in NJ but she’d be happy to get accepted anywhere</p>
<p>I think she is in a good shape and will likely be accepted in the end.</p>
<p>If she did manage to apply to 14 or 15 in the end, she is "wiser and less paranoid’ than DS was. But he whittled down to that number very quickly mostly because of the in-state love of his home state.</p>
<p>The region your D is in may be an advantage, IMO. That is, she is close to many med schools.</p>
<p>being able to apply in the DC to Boston area not too far from home is an advantage- assuming she gets in, there won’t be an adjustment geographically- easier to shop around for housing etc. I’d love for her to be in NYC or within a couple of hours- we’ll see. no reason to apply where interviews are a plane ride away and being OOS would be a disadvantage anyway. a week from now at least the test will be done.</p>
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<p>D1 decided to stay in the NE this next year for this reason, even though she’s IS on the other coast. </p>
<p>In the end it was a good decision job-wise too, a fair number of openings in the DC/NYC/Boston areas. And yesterday…a job offer! So relieved, and now she doesn’t have an excuse to not be working on her Med school application ;).</p>
<p>I have a married daughter with a child who accepted an early offer from a texas medical school last fall and will start this august, 2012! She was heavily grilled in her interviews at 2 out of the three medical schools that she was given interviews! She is an engineer and worked in the corporate world so she is tough! I was shocked at the questions that she was asked! I am a physician who completed medical school in the 1970’s and boy things have changed! I think it is hard to figure these places out! I am very proud of my daughter’s accomplishment and think it is tough getting in these days! I wish everyone luck with the whole process!</p>
<p>I wanted to pop in and update on D2’s friends who had the MCAT 28 with a V=8.</p>
<p>She’s decided not to retake and will be applying widely to MD and DO programs.</p>
<p>Cosmetic, can you eleaborate about the questions your DD was asked? My hat is off to her, btw. Such a long road for her…good she has a strong support system.</p>
<p>Masslou–I can make a guess. D1 had an interviewer who deliberately tried to make her cry by attacking everything she said in response to his questions. Really tried to intimidate her.</p>
<p>Looking for advice on Secondaries!</p>
<p>The send button has been pressed and it’s on to phase 2. I think there’s only 1 screened Sec in the bunch, but we’re unsure about the process for the others. Do they all come out at once or are they released at different times? Would it help to go on SDN to see when they were released in past years?</p>
<p>A list of past Sec questions has been made, so the question is which ones to start on first? Any thoughts for newbies on where to begin would be greatly appreciated.</p>