I'd say that if you retake and get 28+ you should apply broadly to US schools, and apply in June.

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I finally got my interview invite! I don't know how important interviews are to SGU, but doing well obviously can't hurt.

they're very important.

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Steph
If you get a warning, put on yer manpants and stop whining about it.

i had similar stats to you and i got in for the aug 08 semester. good luck!

Oh wow! I have 3.6-sci and 3.5-overall and 21L [9 6 6]. Should i just retake the Mcat again and shoot for jan admissions or is it worth trying for August admissions?

you should take the mcat again and try for a US school. you should not be trying offshore.

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Steph
If you get a warning, put on yer manpants and stop whining about it.

CA school
3.2 overall gpa
Research, possible pub
Volunteer work
Two Degress B.A. Chem and B.S. Biochem
Two Letters of Rec.
Great personal statement.....


any chance at all for AUG 08 ?

i am takin the mcat in a month.

gpa looks good

up to the mcat score

There's always a chance although the term is more competitive closer to start date. You'll need a good score on the mcat as your gpa is slightly lower than average. Here's the link to SGU's entrance stats Medical Sciences Student Statisitcs - School of Medicine - St. George’s University

All the best with your application.

Yet another "what are my chances" post.....

- 3.2 GPA from Stanford University - I got sick sophomore year and went on AMA leave fall of junior year after getting hospitalized. So, my sophomore year grades screwed my GPA but I did bring it back up junior year and got great grades in the organic chem classes I took after graduation (3.7 GPA from orgo).
- 33T MCAT from June 2007
- first-authored & published astrophysics poster from summer research at Lockheed Martin (although this was in 1999)
- author (not first) on neurobiology paper published last fall in Journal of Neuroscience
- 3+ years of work in biotech (2 years as research associate/lab tech, 1+ year of project coordination)
- volunteer medical relief work in Vietnam one summer in college
- summer research biotech internships 3 summers in college
- I think good LORs, including one from Donald Kennedy (editor of Science and former pres. of Stanford) - they're confidential so I can't be completely certain they're good

I'm worried because my GPA is below average (and my sGPA is a bit lower than my cGPA), but my MCAT scores, work experience, publications, and LOR I'm hoping will make up for it. Do you think they will? Otherwise I'm going to have to consider Ross and I'd DEFINITELY prefer SGU.

Sent in my materials this week, hopefully my application will be complete next week. Keeping my fingers crossed.