<p>Would he be eligible for a true post-bacc given that he has done all the pre-med requirements? Won’t he have to do some kind of master’s if he wants more coursework to improve his GPA? Even if he could do a post-bacc, wouldn’t a master’s look better?</p>
<p>I agree 100% with working with the pre-med adviser. If he has been, has he been following the advice given? It sounds like your son’s biggest weakness has been his approach to applying more so than anything about him.</p>
<p>I was out for business off and on for last few weeks.
wowmom, I find your statements/comments very disturbing. </p>
<p>“P.S. In other posts, you (or someone using your account name) has asked about low MCAT verbal scores.”</p>
<p>Why do you make these statements without asking? Do you assume a policing role in the CC?
And even I did or someone did, do you take the responsibility to correlate all the comments/questions across the CC forums?
Pls stay on this post and I thank you for all the answers/info again. If you want to answer that post separately, that’s fine too.</p>
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<p>:confused: OP, I find this response “very disturbing”. WOWMom’s post was right on topic. Perhaps you might want to reconsider using a public forum to seek advice.</p>
<p>OP- what WOWmom is asking in posting that is whether or not the MCAT scores are evenly balanced or if one area is low. This makes a difference and would affect our advice. If you want good advice and information, the more facts people have the more accurate the adivce.</p>
<p>Yes, it is a bit startling the first time you realize people look at your old posts, but that is the price of posting on a public forum.</p>
<p>I’m not a policeman, but having more info about a particular circumstance (like a MCAT score) will better enable posters to answer your question with the most accurate information. </p>
<p>Looking up a poster’s history is pretty much SOP. </p>
<p>For good or ill, once you post anything on the internet, it’s publicly available essentially forever. You can delete it and the information still available if an individual knows how and where to look. (And it isn’t too hard to do either.)</p>
<p>A question about the low verbal score on a MCAT is extremely relevant to the question you asked and could be a reason (not the only the reason, but at least a partial reason) for your son’s lack of success in his last year’s application cycle.</p>
<p>A low verbal score (<10) on his current MCAT could undercut the value of his otherwise excellent score.</p>
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<p>As others have stated, this is a public forum and everyone’s posting history is open for others to see. It’s a perfectly legitimate practice, and actually shows diligence on the part of the member to gather all pertinent information.</p>
<p>Please note this part of CCs Terms of Service:</p>
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<p>As an effort to avoid ■■■■■■, any form of misrepresentation is not permitted. The ability to see posting histories adds to the credibility of individual members and CC as a whole.</p>
<p>I also assume you are taking offense to WOWMom’s parenthetical about you potentially being more than one person. I think WOWMom’s question is reasonable since in this post: <a href=“Postbacc admission?? - Applying to College - College Confidential Forums”>Postbacc admission?? - Applying to College - College Confidential Forums; you speak in the 1st person while in your original post on this thread you speak about your son. It’s fine to “pretend” to be your son, but as has been said, it’s pretty common for us to look around your history to try and get more info and when we notice an inconsistency like that we’re going to ask about it.</p>
<p>D.O. schools might be another possibility for OP’s S. I think they have later deadlines and they might look more favorably on ECs, MCAT, and overlook the lower GPA.</p>