<p>so I got an 11 on the biology section. 10 on the physics. Good I guess. BUT...i got a 6 on the verbal :(. Is there an M.D. school thats not in the caribbeans that I could realistically get into? Btw my gpa is projected to be 3.7-3.8. I did one year of undergrad research and i volunteer at the hospital.</p>
<p>Should I have went to an mcat prep course? All i'm going to focus on now is verbal which I suck at. English is not my native language but still a 6 is just embarrassing.</p>
<p>Are you retaking it or trying to apply as is?</p>
<p>You should definitely try to pull that score up - get a copy of the MSAR, which will show you the range of scores for each section that each med school has accepted in recent years. Verbal definitely has more leeway than other sections, but 6 is pretty low. I take it you're not applying right now (hopefully?), so you have plenty of time to prepare and retake.</p>
<p>You're going to have to retake.</p>
<p>You said you choked. Does that imply you were scoring higher on the practice tests? If you consistently did this poorly on verbal, then you'll need to revise your strategies. If not, then take solace that it's likely you'll do better next time around.</p>
<p>Thanks for the reply
I took the mcats as a sopomore so I still have time to review. i'm thinking of getting the examkrackers 101 verbal. Is there anything else thats good practice for the verbal section? I also heard med schools don't really care about your writing grade so I BS'd it and got an O which I think is average. Simultaneously, i'm trying to study for the pcats, mainly the analogies. I'm serious when I say I get like 1/5 of the questions right. I've never see half of the words they test on the pcat used in conversation.</p>
<p>Why did you take the MCAT so early? You should have given yourself more time to review/take classes/etc. Also, you should definitely figure out which career path you want to take before you go too much further. Medicine and Pharm are two very different career choices, both of which require you to know that it is the right choice for you. Don't use the shotgun approach for professional programs.</p>
<p>About the verbal section, I would imagine that just grabbing some review books and doing a lot of passages will be your biggest help. Try to find patterns in what you're missing.</p>
<p>And yes, the writing score doesn't really affect you too much, unless you get a really low score, like in the j-l range. So don't totally discount it.</p>