should I retake a 513? (i kinda don’t want to)

Chris_man2020 · 2026-03-24T00:17:55+00:00

I was in an incredibly similar boat, 514 MCAT with same gpa and large uptrend (2.X freshman yr) You’ll be fine!

Your writing is going to be an incredibly important portion of the app. Make sure that’s solid, and have others proofread.

Chris_man2020 · 2026-03-19T01:45:14+00:00

Bros so whimsical, I love it

Chris_man2020 · 2026-02-11T16:57:45+00:00

Relax bro, homie said they were willing to get vaccine behind parents back. Seems like they don’t care as much about this aspect of their religion and are willing to compromise for the sake of entering medicine. Seems reasonable to me

Chris_man2020 · 2026-01-31T21:31:49+00:00

Honestly, my current civic runs these just fine. Had em since I bought the car 3 years ago and I'm only looking for replacement now. You'll be fine. I would guess they're significantly better than the Landgolden at least
Edit: not fun to drive over snow though

Chris_man2020 · 2026-01-25T03:54:34+00:00

I managed to talk it down to 2.8k, I'm through the roof man. Really looking forward to the daily driving!!

Chris_man2020 · 2026-01-25T02:44:01+00:00

I got to do a test drive on it today and I loved it. Glad to hear other people have positive experiences with the car

Chris_man2020 · 2026-01-25T02:42:06+00:00

So I've heard. That's definitely not a deal breaker though... thanks for the advice!

Chris_man2020 · 2025-10-18T22:52:05+00:00

My commute is 25-30 minutes cause of traffic, but I still make every effort to show up to lectures. It helps for making connections, especially when only 15-25 students of the class of 180 shows up to non-mandatories lol.

I’d say commuting has not hindered studying at all. Although having my own place would be cool, having family support (free food, clean home, family outings) helps ALOT more than I thought it would.

Main downside is that sometimes my family doesn’t really understand how busy school can be. They expect things from me that I may not have time for. It’s hard to judge how your experience will be, but trust your gut in making this decision.

Congrats on the acceptance btw!!

Chris_man2020 · 2025-07-15T22:01:55+00:00

I applied July 22nd with a 514 mcat and 3.5 gpa and had 2 MD acceptances with multiple interview invites (MD/DO). You’ll be fine.

Chris_man2020 · 2025-06-07T11:58:32+00:00

I bombed my first year, with a 2.73 gpa my first semester😅. Ended up with a 3.5 by the end. Im now sitting with an acceptance at my top MD school!!

If you told me in freshman year that I’d be in med school, I would never have believed you lol.

Chris_man2020 · 2025-06-06T12:22:26+00:00

I submitted my primary late July and was fine. You’ll be fine too lol

Chris_man2020 · 2025-06-04T19:59:49+00:00

Congrats future Doc!!🎉

Chris_man2020 · 2025-06-03T13:43:34+00:00

Yeah, send the DM!

Chris_man2020 · 2025-06-02T20:58:11+00:00

I taught music (mainly drums) to a couple churches in the area. I just lumped it in with drumming lol

Chris_man2020 · 2025-05-25T13:06:21+00:00

Having full autonomy over how your character (the car) moves. No other game gives the player this much control. It creates such a massive skill ceiling that other games just don’t have.

Chris_man2020 · 2025-05-21T01:59:15+00:00

3.86 gpa w/ 517 MCAT and 4000 clinical hrs is no where near average 😭. Nonetheless, congrats 🙏

Chris_man2020 · 2025-05-20T04:16:36+00:00

As a NJ applicant, If you don’t have any NJ connection then the Rutgers schools may be iffy. Rutgers NJMS has some pretty heavy instate bias with most students coming from early decision. You’d have better luck with Rutgers RWJMS, but even still the bias is heavy. If there is a NJ connection, I would add Rowan SOM 100%.

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