The average MCAT for current NYIT med students is 506. That’s the 66th percentile. Definitely do-able.
While the correlation between SAT and MCAT is only fair to middling, a 1380 shows that you ought to be able to achieve that score if you prepare hard for the exam. (Preparing includes about a solid 4-6 intensive weeks of reviewing the content material, and taking practice exams so you can get the timing down and learn how to interpret the questions on the exam. The MCAT tests reasoning skills, not factual recall or other rote learning. It will be different from any other standardized test you’ve ever taken. It will also be longer–7.5 hours in one sitting. )
Medicine is a career that’s constantly filled with career-determining, high stakes exams. (The MCAT is just the first and easiest of these exams.) There will be NMBE exams in med school. There will be COMLEX and USMLE exams. There will be ITE exams in residency and specialty board exams after you graduate. The specialty boards have to be repeated every 3-10 years (depends on the specialty) as a condition of your medical licensing. The testing never stops.
If you want to be a doctor, NYIT is your best chance. You’ve been accepted–that means the admissions board thinks you can do this. It’s not going to be easy. It’ll be a ton of very hard work and will require sacrifices on you part. But the adcomm thinks you can do this, maybe you ought to believe you can also.
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A couple of words of advice–go to the academic support center as soon as classes start and make appointment to get tutoring in any subject (be it chemistry, math or freshman writing) you feel anxious/worried about. You want to stay ahead of the material and not play catch-up with it. Don’t feel ashamed to get a tutor from the school’s tutoring center–that’s why they’re there. To help students like yourself. Your tuition is paying their wages --use them.
I will also note that PA student have to take most of the same classes that pre-meds do. So don’t think the classes at Hofstra will be any easier than the ones you’ll be taking at NYIT.
Good luck. Wishing you much future success!
Late edit: Once you start the professional portion of the program (i.e. med school), you will absolutely need to live on or near campus. As a professional student, you will be eligible to borrow up to the full cost of attendance in students loans and Grad Plus loans. That COA includes an allowance for living expenses/rent/meals. Please don’t try to save money by commuting back & forth to home. Your days will be very long, demanding & exhausting. Don’t add a commute on top that. Also, it’s helpful to be around other people/students who understand the kind of time commitment that med school requires and don’t expect too much from you. As much as your love your family, they have no concept of the grind that is med school and they will intentionally or unintentionally put expectations on your time that you simply cannot afford.