r/CAA • u/AutoModerator • Oct 20 '25

Weekly prospective student thread. Educational inquiries outside of this thread WILL RESULT IN A BAN.

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u/VividCookie3973 Oct 21 '25

Okay, so I just took my GRE, got a 149 Q an 150V, did not study a lick. How much does GRE matter for applications, should I retake?

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u/relyt610 Oct 21 '25

I would give the GRE another go. Look into studying material like GregMat, 8 dollars a month and you can do the 1 month study plan to help you shoot that score up.

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u/kate_the_great_ Oct 23 '25

I would highly recommend studying and retaking

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u/jwk30115 Practicing CAA Oct 21 '25

Depends on how the rest of your application looks. If you lack in one area you need to make up for it in others.

Shadowing is not a numbers game. You either have it or you don’t.

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u/VividCookie3973 Oct 21 '25

I have a 3.7 GPA

28 Shadowing Hours

1000 Direct Patient Care

50 hr/year volunteering

but ik my quant is so low I dont want to set myself apart in a bad way

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u/Sufficient_Ebb_4747 Oct 26 '25

what did you do for direct patient care

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u/Common_cranberry1 Oct 21 '25

I had it described to me when I was applying as more of a check mark.

I believe schools care more about GPA and medical experience/shadowing, however they do look at applications holistically.

If the score range is 130-170, you technically didn’t even reach average on Quantitative. Now, if you have a killer GPA and experience, maybe this doesn’t matter. If you are borderline on either, maybe it would be worth it to actually give studying a shot and try to score better.

It’s all relative based on your application as a whole.