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Originally Posted by medchick999
overall gpa - 3.1, science - 2.8, mcat - 21Q; strong lors & ecs
i'm retaking the mcat this month, so i'm hoping to bring it up. do you think i have a chance for admission for fall of this year or jan 08? how much emphasis does auc put on things like lors and extracurriculars?
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Your overall GPA is around the average, although the science is a bit low. Your MCAT is a little below average. You'd probably be a pretty borderline candidate. It's difficult for anyone on this forum to tell you how much emphasis the admissions committee puts on LORs and extracurriculars, but probably more than the US schools.
If I were you, I would wait to re-take the MCATs until you see if the 21 is good enough to get you in. Even if you do well on the MCATs the second time around, you're almost certainly not going to get into a US school with that GPA. So, if you can manage to get into AUC without retaking the MCAT, why waste the money, time, and effort. It only takes a few weeks to get a decision, so it's probably worth a try.