elninio Posted August 31, 2009 Report Share Posted August 31, 2009 How does the number of times you've taken the MCAT get into consideration? As a guess (based on things I've read), I think they look at the most recent up to a maximum of 3? Can someone confirm this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayven Posted August 31, 2009 Report Share Posted August 31, 2009 As many times as you like. However, some schools require a letter or permission to write more than 4 times I think. Too many attempts might also be viewed negatively at some American schools. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elninio Posted August 31, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 31, 2009 So ... they look only that the most recent one, except maybe after 4 attempts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayven Posted August 31, 2009 Report Share Posted August 31, 2009 You'll have to check with each school for that... most schools will state that they either look at your most recent or your best which I'm sure you know are two VERY different things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shannn Posted September 2, 2009 Report Share Posted September 2, 2009 McGill states on their website (IIRC) that if you have taken the MCAT more than 3 times and haven't been able to reach a score they find satisfactory, then don't bother applying Queen's openly states it doesn't care (as do the rest of Ontario schools AFAIK) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WaveSense Posted September 2, 2009 Report Share Posted September 2, 2009 Mcgill says: Competitive applicants should have a minimum overall numeric score of 30, with no science section numerical score less than 9 and verbal reasoning section less than 8. Applicants should have written the MCAT no more than three times in order to be considered a competitive applicant. I don't know anything about the 3 write rule. I DO know that back when I wrote the test on paper, if we had to write more than 3-4 (i don't remembre which), we would have to get a letter from some prof or something that said that we did intend to apply to medical school. It wasn't that they wouldn't let you write, they just want to make sure you're writing because you're applying and not to just memorize all the questions to give to some company (princton, kaplan etc). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToHellInAHandbasket Posted September 4, 2009 Report Share Posted September 4, 2009 I haven't written yet and I'm scared Sh!tless. So do med schools always automatically know how many times you have written when you send in your scores? Or do they have to investigate once looking at your file? Unless they state otherwise, they don't care when looking at your score, right? For example, if someone gets a 45T the first time writing, and someone gets a 19J twice and THEN a 40Q, they are still considered equally competitive based on high cutoff scores? The person who did extremely well the first time doesn't get any preference, and the person who bombed twice doesn't get docked, am I right? As long as they both have a high score. Can anyone confirm? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spiderpig Posted September 7, 2009 Report Share Posted September 7, 2009 Oh crap... I didn't know that some schools look at only the most RECENT mcat results. I posted this on another thread, but this year, there was a 2 hour delay before I was allowed to go in to write the test. I know that my marks this year are gonna be much worse than last year, so I was hoping to just use last years marks. Now this may really mess me up. Which schools look at only the most recent results? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmorelan Posted September 8, 2009 Report Share Posted September 8, 2009 Oh crap... I didn't know that some schools look at only the most RECENT mcat results. I posted this on another thread, but this year, there was a 2 hour delay before I was allowed to go in to write the test. I know that my marks this year are gonna be much worse than last year, so I was hoping to just use last years marks. Now this may really mess me up. Which schools look at only the most recent results? Crap! That's not good Unfortunately the majority look only at your most recent one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spiderpig Posted September 8, 2009 Report Share Posted September 8, 2009 Crap! That's not good Unfortunately the majority look only at your most recent one! Shoot! You're right, UofT looks at the most recent. There are others that look at the best score, but my MCAT from last year is only really good enough for UofT - which was my best hope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skp1187 Posted September 8, 2009 Report Share Posted September 8, 2009 I know that Queens, U of C and U of A take your best score Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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