<p>the harm is that your gap year currently is not one that falls under the “significant improvement.” Reapplicants must be FAR better the 2nd time around and with your school’s accreditation issues, I would try to take as few hits to my application as possible.</p>
<p>does a far better mcat score and foreign experience possibly some mission work not count as far better? what would count as far better?</p>
<p>Here is what IWBB is saying - you will still be finishing college if you are reapplying next year which means you won’t have much to add to your application as improvement. </p>
<p>More courses do not count as improvement. What you would be doing in a gap year will.</p>
<p>I suppose that makes sense, however I would have a large research project under my belt after next year. I would also write about what I intend to do with the time in front of me. i would also have another year of maturity. Do reapplicants really get judged more harshly? Also, aren’t you only a reapplicant for the schools you previously applied to? Like if I apply to MCG this year and get rejected, but don’t apply to Emory, and then next year apply to Emory and MCG, i would be a reapplicant for MCG but not one for Emory?</p>
<p>Med school adcomms really don’t care and won’t consider what your “intend” to do in your future. (Reason: soooooo many potential reasons why it won’t happen.)</p>
<p>Unless you already have plentiful domestic US clinical experience, your foreign clinical experience is going to be discounted. (Reason: you’re going to practice medicine in the US, not South Korea.)</p>
<p>As for whether or not you’ll be considered a reapplicant depends on the school. Some consider you a re-applicant if you’ve ever submitted an application to ANY school. Adcomms are able to see if you’ve been verified in prior years (and thus will assume you’ve applied before). Also many, many secondaries specifically ask if you have applied to medical school before, and if so, where and what outcomes you experienced.</p>
<p>P.S. Simply being a year older is not a guarantee of “additional maturity”. Maturity is matter of personal growth–which really doesn’t happen on a timetable.</p>
<p>You are wasting your time. Have a plan and stick to it. Nobody here can do it for you.</p>
<p>So I talked to some school admins today and basically this is what I have learned about what all this accreditation stuff could lead to. We are safe this year and if I graduate I have graduated from “an accredited institution” which for basically every medical school having a bachelors degree from an accredited institution is a REQUIREMENT. If we in a worst case scenario lose our accreditation, technically the institution I graduated from would not be counted as accredited anymore, and technically would not meet requirements for medical school…meaning this year is my only chance to even get in a medical school period. unless i redo my bachelors which i do not intend to do.</p>
<p>In other words, I would like some suggestions of medical schools I might have a chance at out of state. I will apply to all in state, but just wanted to know what out of state schools I would have a standing chance at. Thanks Miami DAP I needed to hear that because I need to make my own plan and stick to it. I believe that I have no choice but to apply this year and hope for the best. So any suggestions as to what schools will be appreciated. If not, I will just do what I can and pray and know that whatever happens is God’s will. thank you all</p>
<p>^Join the rest of applicants, yes, 100% of them who know very well that only about 43% will gain acceptance to any Med. School. No reason to feel lonely, you are doing the same as others. Best wishes!</p>
<p>For medical school suggestions—spend $25 and get access to MSAR. Or go all out and buy access to both the MSAR and to USNews ($30). The cost will be only the first of a whole lot of expenses that applying to med school entails.</p>
<p>MSAR will list the average accepted MCAT score and GPAs for each school. USN will list the average matriculated MCAT and GPA. </p>
<p>Use your GPA+ MCAT as your first step in creating a list of schools that might work for you. Also read the freely accessible articles at USNWR about which med schools have the lowest acceptance rates. (A number of stats-wise “less competitive” private med schools have surprisingly low acceptance rates. Like under 4%.) Generally applying to OOS publics is a bad idea. Typically the in-state bias is quite high. (There are a few exceptions to this rule of thumb, but for those schools–OSU, UVA, UMich, etc–you’re stats aren’t high enough to be competitive for admission.)</p>
<p>You might also google around and see if you can find a LizzyM spreadsheet. Use your LizzyM score (GPAx10 + MCAT -1) to find school suggestions.</p>
<p>Well yeah, that changes things. Keep in mind that with how late you’re applying, you’ll need to go lower down the list than lizzyM score might otherwise indicate.</p>
<p>I don’t think OP quite got the point.</p>