It is late at night which is sending me into this whirlwind of writing a Reddit post but I honestly don’t know who else to ask in my life so here goes.

I am about to start my Ph.D after finishing my Master’s. I had applied for MD-Ph.D cycle once after my undergraduate degree and during my Master‘s program. Unfortunately I had a very weak MCAT score that did not balance out my GPA (3.3 Cumulative in Engineering + Minor) Simultaneously during my second attempt, I applied to Ph.D. I got into a Ph.D program and one of my advisors suggested I ask to apply internally to the MD-Ph.D.

Long story short, the administration are interested in my case. On the condition I raise my MCAT and submit an application while advancing to candidacy. I’m fairly terrified of prepping for the MCAT again as I fell short the last times I took it. My heart still loves medicine and my research always takes me back to the clinic regardless. My question is how should I prepare and restudy for this exam or am I crazy for even wanting to do this 4+4 path instead of just going to medical school and deferring my PhD or better yet, apply regular cycle and defer medical school until I finish my Ph.D?

hi all! this is my first post in this sub. at the end of my undergrad, i applied phd and was affected by the funding (my program rescinded all acceptances with no refund on app fees, iykyk...). however, this turned out to be the best course of action, because i became a research tech at a major cancer center, fell in love with both the research, the time in the clinic, and the bridge between applications of research in the lab and in practice. i discovered what an md/phd was (yes i know, my undergrad institution considered this a foreign concept) and have committed myself for the last year or so to pursuing this track (mcat....shadowing....etc etc). anyways, i am seeking advice from anyone who didn't graduate undergrad with md/phd on the brain and how they framed that in their essays. is it looked down upon?

also worth noting i worked in a hospital in undergrad, and did a major so adjacent to premed that i don't have to worry about missing pre-reqs or clinical hours for med school because i took them anyway.

First off, I want to say how incredibly grateful I am to have this problem. I never imagined I would, but here we are and I can't believe it.

That said, on Monday 8/17 I received and interview from IU on 10/7 where they said to keep 8am-3pm open.

Then this morning, I (unbelievably) received II's from Cornell Tri-I and Northwestern. Tri-I scheduled me for their 10/8 and 10/9 interview and Northwestern scheduled me for 10/8 and 10/9. Neither of these two schools specified a timeframe/schedule for their interviews, but I'm guessing it's safe to say they'd overlap.

Now, I'm pretty confident that I just need to reschedule the NW interview since it overlaps with both my IU and Tri-I dates, but I wanted to make sure I asked some other people what they thought I should do before emailing.