Long story short I’ve been studying for the MCAT for about 4 months. I haven’t taken a practice test in a while but I am most likely sitting around 505-509 range. I’m not applying until next year, but I don’t want to drag the studying out to where I burn myself out or start forgetting things.
I’m scheduled to test in late July, but am considering pushing to January of next year (all August/September dates this year are booked :(
I’m nontrad, so a high MCAT is key to a well rounded application given I’ve been out of school for a while. I want to take classes this fall, to help boost my mediocre GPA, but I know a high MCAT would also substitute a lackluster GPA.
My question to you is, for those that took a similar path and pushed their MCAT to the “next cycle” how did that go? Do you encourage or regret it for any reason? I’m worried about knowledge retention and losing study momentum, but the extra time may be super helpful.