July 1, 2010
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7.1/2010
So far, I have completed my MCAT and the AMCAS application. Right now I'm beginning to fill out secondary applications as they come to my email.
I definitely feel like I'm making progress on getting to medical school. My MCAT score was not as good as my best score on the mocks I'd taken, but it was still good and respectable nonetheless. I'm still a bit upset that it doesn't entirely reflect what I'm capable of, but its should be good enough to get into where I want to go. Despite being upset about not scoring as high as I wanted to, I'm glad that I don't have to take that dreaded exam over again. Some people didn't make it out so lucky. Their scores were much lower than they anticipated and have to go back in a second time. The problem I foresee is that they may have forgotten information in the time between the last MCAT and the next one they take. Thus, they could come back weaker and possibly score lower than before.
I guess that's the problem with the MCAT... schools look at your most recent scores, not your highest scores. Thus, if I went back to take it again, I could potentially score lower, and have to take it again to cover up the most recent scores. Taking this into consideration, the MCAT is a gamble. Part of me actually worries about the people who have to retake the MCAT.
Anyway... Right now I'm completing secondary applications. Something makes me think that secondary applications, for some schools, are not used as just a filtering device. I think that some use it simply, and deviously, to make money. I think they send out applications to everyone that applies, regardless of scores or grades, so that they can increase their own funds. How? Well, secondary applications are not cheap. GW's Medical School secondary application costs one-hundred and twenty-five dollars alone. One can easily see how this could add up, given that thousands of people apply.
Oh well... anyway, I'm going to get up, grab something to eat and get to work on the secondary applications again.
Sigh... almost there.
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