I think it can be quite debatable. In one hand, the rise of new schools across the nation gives the opportunity for more applicants to be admitted. With more seats available, the less competition there is to get in. However, IMO with the change from paper-based to CBT MCAT, the scores will start to rise a little before it falls. With 22 administered tests per year vs. the old 2, more people have the opportunity to take, re-take, or re-re-take the medical college admissions test. In an ideal normal distribution group, this would not matter but as this is not the case the average matriculate stats can sway either way. However, there are also other factors to consider. There is fear of socialized medicine, pressure on well-rounded applicants, new field opportunities opening in every direction, and lower physicians salaries that can change this recent trend in matriculation. I don't think it will ever go as far as 35+, but I could see it go as high as 32.5 before it drops down to say 28.5 (when we will start saying, remember the time when it was actually hard to get into med school). But I think it's good to some degree. I would not want to see medical schools becoming more like law schools.
