Duke's average MCAT is 41?!

[strictlyanon]

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So on this lovely SDN page-- link below--, it says that Duke's average mcat is a 41..? Does anyone know the accuracy of these numbers AKA if I should just give up now and not even apply there?
Thanks.

http://schools.studentdoctor.net/?reload=1&r=1437054540936

 

[WedgeDawg]

Use MSAR instead. It's a 35, no school has a 41 median.

 

[deleted407021]

Hmm, I highly doubt any measure of central tendency could be that high, seeing as that's between 98th and 99th percentile on the old scoring system. I call bs.

 

[md-2020]

So on this lovely SDN page-- link below--, it says that Duke's average mcat is a 41..? Does anyone know the accuracy of these numbers AKA if I should just give up now and not even apply there?
Thanks.

http://schools.studentdoctor.net/?reload=1&r=1437054540936

Lol 41 average MCAT....

No.

 

[Willy38]

Lol no, wedgedog is correct. And the 35 is the median for all accepted students (meaning the actual average of the matriculating class is marginally lower depending on yield).

 

[Doug Underhill]

The average MCAT is 41, but the median is 35. One kid got a 528 and they forgot to convert him over to the old scoring system, so he's hella bringing up the average.

 

[Gandyy]

Use MSAR instead. It's a 35, no school has a 41 median.

Hogwarts does.

 

[Doug Underhill]

MIT and Princeton both have a 46 MCAT average. Tough schools to get into!

 

[md-2020]

MIT and Princeton both have a 46 MCAT average. Tough schools to get into!

I don't know what you're talking about, my cousin barely graduated community college and got into Princeton-Plainsboro. He matched into gen surg there under Dr. Robert Chase too.

 

[Doug Underhill]

They must have had linkage. I know the SMP at the South Harmon Institute of Technology has a linkage program with Princeton Med as well.

 

[Banco]

Wisconsin has a 15 MCAT average. Sweet.

 

[Oh_Gee]

Hogwarts does.

got T's on all my MCAT sections

 

[PikminOC]

Use MSAR instead. It's a 35, no school has a 41 median.

Why are you all worried? The scores sdnerz post on here are routinely over 41...

 

[efle]

Hah McGill is listed as having a 58! What the hell is this resource?

Anyways a 41 is/was 99.9th percentile, no school is that high. The highest are Penn and Wash U in St. L, which have medians of 38 / 99.0th percentile. If you want to see medians the best resource is the MSAR (has data from the class that entered Fall 2014) and next best is US News (has data from the class that entered Fall 2013).

 

[FutureOncologist]

Case Western has a 43 average. Glad I didn't apply there.

 

[Gauss44]

Do they take the highest score in each section (for multiple attempts)?

 

[Australopithekus]

According to the site you posted, U. Toledo's average is 43, and there are two schools with averages >45. One of them doesn't even exist.