Originally Posted by paradise_kiss87

Hiya everyone~ Ran across this forum on google while researching possible future in medicine. This choice was last minute and as a result I never really had any clinical experience or even THOUGHT about the MCATs during my undergrad years:

-No MCAT (Are there any students accepted without having taken the MCATs??)
-3.9 GPA -- Was a film/Asian studies double major but I've taken all the "required" science courses -- Approximately 60 credit hours -- I think my Science class GPA is about 3.5??)
-The closest thing to clinical experience for me was probably I volunteered at a nursing home where I played piano for the elderly. Altogether I have over 200+ hours and there was a doctor who was an AUC graduate

Sorry I know this isn't alot info to go off on but I appreciate all the help!!

Originally Posted by nshams

Saba has an excellent reputation in the Carib - they don't require the MCAT but strongly recommend it - but you might give it a try ...

Originally Posted by kauquah

I thought they had changed their policy to include the mcat as part of admissions requirement.

Originally Posted by valuemed2006

Yes English is my second language.

Originally Posted by flickingoffidioticdrivers

your mcat is really low. it'll be difficult to get in. was english your first language?

Originally Posted by kauquah

SGU has an "English Medical Communications course" available through their Department of Education Services. I saw it on their website. I'll try to find it again and post the link.

Does AUC have something similar?

Oh, can't post the link, my post count isn't high enough.

Originally Posted by slevit1

Does it matter? Lets just be generous and assume a 4 on the verbal section since english is a second language. Still, the average on the other two sections would only be a 6.5! Assuming they did the same on the verbal, if english was not a second language, it would only be an MCAT of 19 or 20...still probably too low for here.

Originally Posted by flickingoffidioticdrivers

yes it does matter. people have gotten in with an extremely weak mcat score b/c english was not their first language.

Originally Posted by slevit1

Well it shouldn't...not with that combined score. If the verbal score were low and the rest were ok, it would be one thing. But, to do poorly on the whole exam is another thing entirely.