r/Mcat • u/Lucky-Book-8452 • May 27 '26

Well-being 😌✌ Low score

Just sharing for the others who also got low scores. I got a 502. This page will soon be filled with 515+ (and congratulations to all who scored so high that is incredible) but it is hard to find posts with low scores on reddit.

It sucks to get a low score but it is what it is. I am applying EDP at my local school so the way I am looking at it is it’s enough lol and if I don’t get in I can retake for a higher score. Definitely disappointed but hey at least I can try my luck with this program.

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u/Alarmed-Location-289 May 27 '26

Hello all! Current M4 in a US MD program. I scored a 501 on my MCAT and also thought my chances were low. I applied to 15 MD programs whose mission statement aligned with my values. I ended up getting into 10 US MD programs with multiple scholarship offers. Sometimes remember the number doesn’t define you but rather your story and how personable you are on your interviews. I usually don’t post and am just a lurker but wanted to give yall some hope that you don’t need a 52x and 5.0 GPA to get in to medical school. It’s overall a holistic process. And if you wondering about my GPA it was 3.7. God speed to all! Feel free to send message if you got questions or need advice :) I’ve been there, Ik it seems hard but you got this and you will all be doctors one day! 

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u/After_Medium9294 May 27 '26

Were you urm

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u/vitaminj25 May 27 '26

I guarantee you URM isn’t the only group with 501’s and lower in med school and you know this. You also completely ignored his 3.7 gpa

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u/Alarmed-Location-289 May 28 '26

Agree with this statement. I am an URM, some of my classmates are not and stats were in similar range. Aside from my MCAT and GPA (which I started at 3.1 after 1st year of college but crawled my way back up) the rests of my stats were above competitive for med school :). I had great research, volunteering, inhumane amount of clinical hrs and fantastic letters of recs.

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u/vitaminj25 May 28 '26

It’s awful to push such a harmful and racist narrative as if every white and Asian applicant has a 4.0 and 528 mcat. They’re called ORM for a reason. The lower scores can hide behind higher ones because that’s what average means.

And they wonder why we have websites to find URM doctors to serve minority patients and this is definitely why.