He Had to Take the MCAT 4 Times, But He Got Into Med School | Mission: Accepted S1 E1

We break down the full AMCAS application of a successful med school applicant, who overcame multiple Cs in organic chemistry, 3 MCAT retakes, a misdemeanor, and multiple application cycles before he got his acceptance to med school.

Mission: Accepted features successful med school applicants. We dive into their full applications, looking at specifically what worked well, along with what they could've done even better.

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Our student this week applied as a nontraditional student. He knew he wanted to be a doctor early on, but he kept postponing, took a gap year, and knew he still wasn't ready to apply.

He first applied during grad school. Then after an unsuccessful application cycle, he did a premed postbac in his hometown. Eventually he ended up getting accepted to medical school there!

We discuss things like:

• What it felt like to finally get accepted to medical school.
• What improved in his application between his unsuccessful and successful attempts.
• How better storytelling improved his application.
• Why he was considering quitting after this application cycle (if he didn't get in).
• How he dealt with a misdemeanor from a speeding ticket on his application.
• What led him to get quite a few Cs throughout college, including in o-chem (twice!).
• Why he took a premed postbac AFTER his public health graduate program.
• How he got a 4.0 GPA in his postbac program.
• What it was like discussing his GPA in interviews (3.23 sGPA, 3.58 cGPA).
• How I'd recommend discussing past bad grades in your med school essays.
• Why your MCAT score doesn't need to be perfect but merely "good enough"
• His biggest tip for improving your MCAT score.
• How he could've documented his "clinical research coordinator" position better to illustrate the shadowing side of it.
• His unusual choice of major for a premed student.
• How he blew a big opportunity at the beginning of his personal statement.
• My full critique of his personal statement—what he did well, and what he could've done better.
• How he prepared for virtual medical school interviews.

Overall, this student illustrates that you don't need to be a perfect premed. If you do the key things well enough, and if you tell your story well, you can absolutely get into medical school with a below-average MCAT and some Cs on your transcript!

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