Do most schools group their applicants' GPAs as follows?

[ayjaystudent]

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• 4.00-3.90
• 3.89-3.80
• 3.79-3.60
• 3.59-3.40
• 3.39-3.20
• 3.19-2.80
• Below 2.80

I saw this grouping when looking for statistics here. Or is this kind of grouping is not really how admission works?

 

[Goro]

This is classic, delusional pre-med thinking. No med school works off of a single admissions parameter.

• 4.00-3.90
• 3.89-3.80
• 3.79-3.60
• 3.59-3.40
• 3.39-3.20
• 3.19-2.80
• Below 2.80

I saw this grouping when looking for statistics here. Or is this kind of grouping is not really how admission works?

 

[sullen-burger]

• 4.00-3.90
• 3.89-3.80
• 3.79-3.60
• 3.59-3.40
• 3.39-3.20
• 3.19-2.80
• Below 2.80

I saw this grouping when looking for statistics here. Or is this kind of grouping is not really how admission works?

So the link you cited is to a neat little chart that many undegraduate schools give out to showcase the self-reported stats of their own pre-meds. Who got in with what scores and who didn't get in with other scores.
As the article itself shows, not all students choose to give their pre-med advisors their info and so these are probably not complete.

To answer your question, these GPA/MCAT ratios are primarily for applicants to use as a quick guide to decide if they stand a chance of matriculation with scores that fall within a comparable range.

Again, these are just from individual schools.

If you're a stats wiz and you like these analysis, AAMC has a great number of data sets that take a look at national averages: https://www.aamc.org/data/facts/applicantmatriculant/

....specifically "MCAT and GPA Grid for Applicants and Acceptees to U.S. Medical Schools, 2013-2014 through 2015-2016" https://www.aamc.org/download/321508/data/factstablea23.pdf



I find these graphs to be stressful, as they don't show a complete picture of the matriculants, but whatever works to soothe your anxiety I suppose 😉

Good luck!

 

[ayjaystudent]

I find these graphs to be stressful, as they don't show a complete picture of the matriculants, but whatever works to soothe your anxiety I suppose 😉

Gawd, I hate it when the interwebz is right.

 

[Turkishking]

• 4.00-3.90
• 3.89-3.80
• 3.79-3.60
• 3.59-3.40
• 3.39-3.20
• 3.19-2.80
• Below 2.80

I saw this grouping when looking for statistics here. Or is this kind of grouping is not really how admission works?

Not necessarily