Originally Posted by
mike868y
good luck man! if you don't mind me asking why are you taking it so late? a lot of the people I know took it immediately after biochem/cell bio.
Don't mind at all!
I knew I wanted to work for a few years after graduating since my GPA was sub par for med school. I graduated with a 3.56. Would have been .1 higher but I had a bad semester after my crash. First semester frosh year sucked for me too, but I never held that against myself since I made up for it fine.
The test expires in 3 years, so if I took it senior year, it would just have been valid now. I honestly didn't have the time for it, during the summer before sr year. If I was going to apply right away, I would have done that. A lot of the people you know are probably shooting to get in right after undergrad. A lot of my friends did the same.
If I get in this cycle, I'll have worked for 3 years after graduating, so test wouldn't have been valid.
Realistically, with my stats, I should have atleast a 33 to be 'safe-ish' based on the numbers. Shooting to make that happen and hoping that the rest of the app makes up for everything else.
Fun fun.