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[johnlin]

Hi, everyone...

Does anyone know any medical school cut applicants

off with GPA without even reading the PS and LOR ?


For example,
Wisconsin (in state) 2.80
UCSF 3.20

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[UCSBPre-Med]

Well I do know medical schools that screen their applications--meaning they use an arbitrary cutoff that sends out secondaries for students that have a certain combination of GPA and MCAT scores.

They plug this data in a computer, and it spits out a formula that tells the school whether to send out a secondary or not. If your GPA/MCAT number is below this cutoff value, then you will not be granted a secondary, regardless of how good your Personal Statement is.

I don't know about all schools, but I do know that UCLA, UCSF, Stanford, UCLA, and UC San Diego all screen, and I would bet that most top 20-30 med schools also screen.

Sorry for the bad news.

 

[Medical123]

Miami screens on GPA. I think it is like 3.2 for instate applicants and 3.6 for out of state.

 

[STi555]

When schools screen for secondaries it is usually just GPA and MCAT, but not all schools just use do. UCSF screens on your entire application.

 

[Exene]

Yep, and Stanford factors undergrad institution into the equation.

 

[oldman]

my school does the following
1. create a composite score of gpa and mcat.
2. if the score is above a certain range, automatic secondary and interview
3. if the score is below a certain range, but not too low, automatic secondary.