<p>Hey ccers</p>
<p>Considering one would want to take the MCAT spring of junior year, do you recommend having completed 2 semesters physics before the MCAT? Or, is taking physics starting junior year enough prep (1 semester)?</p>
<p>What are disadvantages of applying to med school senior year?</p>
<p>Also, does anyone know MCAT scores and their nat'l percentiles?</p>
<p>thanks 82</p>
<p>1.) Recommend? Sure. Necessary? Nah. I didn't have any.</p>
<p>2.) ... during senior year? As opposed to when?</p>
<p>3.) AAMC:</a> MCAT: Examinee Data</p>
<p>As opposed to junior year</p>
<p>You pretty much can't apply to med school junior year (with only 4 semesters under your belt). Applying during senior year is the traditional route that most premeds take. The other ones apply later, after graduation.</p>
<p>Applications should go out during the summer between junior and senior year, so that interviews will be during the fall of your senior year.</p>
<p>There are some med schools (or at least one since I know that Wake Forest does it) that have an early decision program where you can apply junior year (with no requirement that you take the mcats, I believe) and you can be admitted in your junior year. But it's binding.</p>
<p>As for the number of semesters of physics before the mcat, I think it depends on how much physics you've had prior to college. If you know basic (very basic) electricity and lens stuff you'll probably be okay without having taken second semester physics. When would you be taking the second semester of physics? If you were in it at the same time that you took the MCAT, you'd almost certainly have no problem (but again, depending on when the course covered basic lenses and mirrors, you might have to teach some of it to yourself).</p>
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<li>An asterisk to BDM's lack of physics courses - he did take Kaplan in order to get focused review on important physics topics, as well as a lot of practice. It's not like he went in there cold.</li>
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<p>R u two brothers or something?</p>
<p>God I hate physics. It singlehandedly brought down my GPA.</p>
<p>Lol .</p>
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<p>^ you created an account just so you could do that?</p>
<p>What the heck was up with that?</p>
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