box29 said:
I am just trying to point out that the national average of the MCAT as 24 is just that - a national average. Each school will differ in MCAT averages of each respective class and that is what someone who is applying should take into consideration.
We all know what you're trying to say, but you keep making false statements along the way. It's unclear whether really you don't know how an average is calculated or whether you do not believe the data.
For example, you write, "Eventhough 24 is the average for DO schools as stated by the AACOMAS, each school has their own MCAT averages of matriculants. With each year, it appears as though the averages to individual schools is going up." If you assume the graph is correct, then your statement cannot be correct. That is, if the graph shows the average of all schools' score dropping, then all of the individual schools' MCAT scores cannot be on the rise. *Some* of the schools' scores may have increased, but overall the scores have decreased.
Then you argue: "Yes, the graph does indicate a 24 for MCAT of matriculants only with each section on a decrease and does not break it down by individual schools, which I think is also important. I'm not at all trying to discredit what was published in the AACOMAS graphs and literature. But, as someone who has interviewed at KCOM, CCOM, and TUCOM, I can tell you that they did tell us the MCAT average of each matriculating class for KCOM, CCOM, and TUCOM, which is above the national average of 24."
How would increasing MCAT scores, that are above 24, from KCOM, CCOM and TUCOM "discredit what was published in the AACOMAS graphs and literature"? It simply means that at least some of the other schools have lower scores and/or steeper drops.
I'll help you out. Here's what you meant to write: "KCOM, CCOM and TUCOM have average MCAT scores above 24." Stop. Nothing more. You haven't "discredited" any data, nor are you "saying that someone with a 24 is not going to get in." You're simply adding the only piece of data you have and witholding the incorrect statements.