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I need some advice after receiving my score! I took the exam for the first time on 1/26 and got a 511 (129/126/128/128), which is lower than what I was hoping for. I'm trying to gauge my chances at East Coast schools, especially the DMV area. I am Asian, so that might be another factor to consider. Is it worth retaking the exam during my last (and busy) semester of undergrad or do I have a good chance of getting accepted somewhere decent with my score?
- I have a 3.94 overall GPA (likely same sGPA) at a university that is known to be academically challenging
- Biology major and public health minor
- Graduating in 3 years (1 year early)
- Have a paid gap year position lined up as a medical assistant in a pediatrics office after graduating
- I have 2 leadership positions in college clubs
- 2.5 years research experience and soon to be published
- Diverse service experiences
- Several public health/clinical experiences (hospice care and free clinics)
- LORs from Spanish professor (definite), 2 biology professors (need to ask), public health professor (need to ask), and my PI (need to ask, but almost definite)
My very preliminary college list after going through MSAR:
- I have a 3.94 overall GPA (likely same sGPA) at a university that is known to be academically challenging
- Biology major and public health minor
- Graduating in 3 years (1 year early)
- Have a paid gap year position lined up as a medical assistant in a pediatrics office after graduating
- I have 2 leadership positions in college clubs
- 2.5 years research experience and soon to be published
- Diverse service experiences
- Several public health/clinical experiences (hospice care and free clinics)
- LORs from Spanish professor (definite), 2 biology professors (need to ask), public health professor (need to ask), and my PI (need to ask, but almost definite)
My very preliminary college list after going through MSAR:
School | Fit or Reach (MCAT) | MD/MPH Offered? | |||||
Albert Einstein | Mid - 90th percentile | Yes | |||||
Boston University | Reach | Yes | |||||
Columbia | Reach | No | |||||
Cooper | Fit - 75th percentile | No | |||||
Drexel | Fit | Yes | |||||
Duke | Reach | No | |||||
EVMS | Fit | Yes | |||||
Emory | Mid - 90th percentile | Yes - direct | |||||
Geisel at Dartmouth | Mid - 90th percentile | No | |||||
George Washington | Fit | Yes | |||||
Georgetown | Fit - 75th percentile | Yes | |||||
Harvard | Reach | Yes | |||||
Johns Hopkins | Reach | No | |||||
Temple | Fit | Yes | |||||
South Carolina | Fit | Yes | |||||
Penn State | Fit | Yes | |||||
Perelman UPenn | Reach | Yes | |||||
SUNY | Fit - 75th percentile | Yes | |||||
Brown | Mid - 90th percentile | No | |||||
Tufts | Mid - 90th percentile | Yes - direct | |||||
UC Davis | Fit | No | |||||
UCLA | Fit - 75th percentile | Yes | |||||
UConn | Fit - 75th percentile | Yes | |||||
UMD | Fit - 75th percentile | Yes - direct | |||||
UNC Chapel Hill | Fit - 75th percentile | Yes | |||||
UPitt | Reach | Yes | |||||
UVA | Reach | Yes | |||||
UWashington | Fit | No | |||||
VCU | Mid - 90th percentile | Yes | |||||
VTech | Fit - 75th percentile | Yes | |||||
Yale | Reach | Yes |