mcat score release

Pre-Med & Medical School Pre-Med Topics
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<p>so the april 7 scores are out.</p>

<p>Im pretty upset although not suicidal.</p>

<p>vr-9
ps-11
bs-13
ws-R</p>

<p>Total: 33R</p>

<p>if i had scored one point higher on the vr i would be satisfied. I don't know what to do. I CANT retake it, i can't go through that again. But im not happy. omg i could cry :/</p>

<p>btw:</p>

<p>UVA 3rd year Bio major</p>

<p>GPA: 3.931
MCAT: 33R</p>

<p>Do i stand a chance at ivy league medical schools?</p>

<p>i don't know what to think anymore, maybe i'll just shave myself and cluck like a chicken :(</p>

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<p><a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=213924%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=213924&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>You should be happy with your score! In my book, 33+ is great! Remember, not all 4.0 and 45 MCAT can get into top medical schools. Just apply and see what happens. Just to be safe, apply to other schools as well. Don't be too hard on yourself. Good luck!</p>

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<p>Why is everyone so preoccupied with getting into Ivy League med schools. It's not the end of the world if you don't.</p>

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<p>yeah, seriously - what about Stanford?! ;)</p>

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<p>Well, I imagine that with a 3.9+ gpa you would have your goals set pretty high. I don't think that there is anything wrong with that provided your rational about it.</p>

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<p>If for some bizarre reason you're actually interested in any medical school with a football team that plays in the Ivy League, Dartmouth's median is straight 11's, and Brown's is 11-10-11.</p>

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<p>my real goal of this was to see everyone's opinions about retakes. Should i retake? I think i could score higher based on my previous practice tests and i knew the vr didn't go so hot bc of nerves etc.</p>

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<p>ignore my ivy league chances comment im really not that concerned about that i was just curious if i would actually be competitive at the best. My real concerns are if i should retake this summer. </p>

<p>I really don't want to go through that hell again but i feel that maybe i should? i don't know, im really confused.</p>

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<p>With a 3.9 GPA I don't think you should retake a 33. In fact, when I took the test, I set the bar at 30 on whether or not to retake.</p>

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<p>1.) If that was your real goal, you should have said so.</p>

<p>2.) Sure, some of that lower score may be because of nerves -- but are those nerves going to go away on your second try? Doubtful.</p>

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<p>From the retester's data provided by the AAMC</p>

<p>% of students with your scores in each section whose score either remained the same or increased:</p>

<p>VR: 66% (but 29% stayed the same and only 13% gained 2 points, and only 1% gained 3 points)
PS: 45% (20% stayed the same)
BS: 27% (18% stayed the same)</p>

<p>Just from pure numerical data, I think that any gains you get in VR are likely to be matched by losses in one or both of the other sections. However, that would bring better balance to your scores, which is supposed to be a "stronger" score. That said, I think that VR is probably the hardest section to gain points in, especially for science majors (at least in my experience teaching Kaplan).</p>

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<p>if i would have just scored a 10 on the vr i would be satisfied, but the 9 looks so bad. </p>

<p>also i know(well am very confident) i could score higher on the ps, but my bs score probably would decrease with a retake. </p>

<p>Thanks for all the advice. I have read each comment and have taken them seriously.</p>

<p>Retakes look bad but so do uneven scores....i could kill myself for missing those few extra vr questions that threw off my score.</p>

<p>My last question is this:
Will my W.S. score help to offset my lower V.R. score?
Once again thanks for all the input.</p>

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<p>Generally it's held that WS doesn't matter an awful lot, which is odd because it's also shown to be the most useful section if only people would pay attention to it.</p>

<p>It's my opinion that the AAMC should start including it in there numerically. But, hey, what do I know.</p>

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<p>Here are the med schools im interested in:</p>

<p>Matches:
Georgetown
UNC
Wake Forest
Boston U.
Dartmouth</p>

<p>Reaches:
Upenn(#1 choice)
Duke
Cornell
NYU
Columbia</p>

<p>Safties:
East Carolina
I need more suggestions</p>

<p>BTW im a NC resident</p>

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<p>Oh add George Washington U, and Emory to that list, totally forgot those two</p>

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<p>and Northwestern U</p>

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<p>There is no such thing as a safety in med school admissions.</p>

<p>ECU had 765 students apply for admission in 2006 and matriculated 72. All the applicants were NC residents. That's one of the poorer instate resident rates I've seen outside of CA. By contrast UNC is taking closer to 17% of in-state applicants.</p>

<p><a href="http://www.aamc.org/data/facts/2006/2006school.htm%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.aamc.org/data/facts/2006/2006school.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>well our career services premed advisors call them "safties" but yes they aren't really safties in the traditional undergrad sense but they are in the sense that your odds are better.</p>

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<p>I would think that your scores are fine and now it would have more to do with what makes you a good med school candidate beyond academics. Have you volunteered? Do you have clinical exposure? Have you participated in research? Do you have good communication skills? </p>

<p>Reach, Match, Safety? I would think any school should be considered an accomplishment. Good luck.</p>