GPA and MCAT scores for those who got into med school

[psu student]

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so i'll be applying to med school soon and i'm getting a little nervous. my GPA and MCAT aren't particularly good and i was wondering if people out there wouldn't mind giving me some hope by posting their GPA, MCAT score, and what school they got into. i'm just very curious/nervous. for all those with a 3.9 GPA and a 38 on the MCAT need not post. i'm looking for people similar to me. thanks for the help/hope.

p.s. my GPA is 3.42 with one semester left and i got a 29 on the MCAT.

 

[willthatsall]

Are you URM? That would help, but it's not like either of those is bad. It's right around average for people who are accepted, actually. Obviously there is a lot of other stuff that comes into the equation, but I wouldn't worry too much. Just do what you can and see what happens.

 

[crazy_cavalier]

... i was wondering if people out there wouldn't mind giving me some hope by posting their GPA, MCAT score, and what school they got into. i'm just very curious/nervous.

You may be interested in checking out www.mdapplicants.com as well. You can refine your search technique to GPA & MCAT and it will return a list of various people who received acceptances and whatnot. You can view their profiles and everything. Of course, this whole website is built on the premise that the entries / profiles that are created there are valid and accurate, but ehhh *shrug* we have to trust that people wouldn't post lies on the website.

Good luck applying and I hope you'll serve as inspiration to people in the future who are in a similar position!

 

[ForbiddenComma]

mdapplicants is a bid skewed in that "better" applicants are more inclined to post there.. not to mention the fact that some people pretty up their sheet a bit.

According to AAMC, the mean matriculating GPA is ~3.6 and the mean MCAT is ~28-29. But despite what some may say, GPA and MCAT are not the be-all-end-all of an application. As mentioned, URM (under-represented minority) status is *huge.* So is in-state and legacy. Also, schools look at where exactly you went for undergrad; your E/Cs, especially those related to clinical or research; paid work, again especially related to clinical or research; non-trads and their experiences; and so on. Different schools weight these things differently. Some also weigh applications based on section scores within the MCAT when it comes to verbal vs. the two science scores.

psu, your raw scores are slightly below normal, but I think you may get in if you have decent E/C experience or other qualifiers. Just be sure and apply to lots of places. Do you volunteer?

 

[kdwuma]

mdapplicants is a bid skewed in that "better" applicants are more inclined to post there.. not to mention the fact that some people pretty up their sheet a bit.

According to AAMC, the mean matriculating GPA is ~3.6 and the mean MCAT is ~28-29. But despite what some may say, GPA and MCAT are not the be-all-end-all of an application. As mentioned, URM (under-represented minority) status is *huge.* So is in-state and legacy. Also, schools look at where exactly you went for undergrad; your E/Cs, especially those related to clinical or research; paid work, again especially related to clinical or research; non-trads and their experiences; and so on. Different schools weight these things differently. Some also weigh applications based on section scores within the MCAT when it comes to verbal vs. the two science scores.

psu, your raw scores are slightly below normal, but I think you may get in if you have decent E/C experience or other qualifiers. Just be sure and apply to lots of places. Do you volunteer?

I think the average MCAT score is more like 24-25 and I know for a fact that only about roughly 20% of people that take the MCAT score above a 30. I get a little irritated with this URM thing because I know more people who got in because of legacy with lower scores than URM, case in point Vanderbilt. My point is the poster's stats are fine so long as other things are in line. He does not need to be a URM or whatever

 

[exmike]

The average GPA for matriculating med students is 3.60
The average MCAT for matriculating med students is 29.7

www.aamc.org

 

[sunUCB]

about the mcat thing - the poster you quoted was saying the average mcat of those who matriculate to a medical school...in which case it is a 28-29.

I think the average MCAT score is more like 24-25 and I know for a fact that only about roughly 20% of people that take the MCAT score above a 30. I get a little irritated with this URM thing because I know more people who got in because of legacy with lower scores than URM, case in point Vanderbilt. My point is the poster's stats are fine so long as other things are in line. He does not need to be a URM or whatever

 

[BaylorGuy]

What is considered a legacy?? My sister graduated from a medical school in virginia and is now doing quite well. Would she be considered a legacy?

 

[tinkerbelle]

so i'll be applying to med school soon and i'm getting a little nervous. my GPA and MCAT aren't particularly good and i was wondering if people out there wouldn't mind giving me some hope by posting their GPA, MCAT score, and what school they got into.

p.s. my GPA is 3.42 with one semester left and i got a 29 on the MCAT.

Well, my gpa is similar to yours (~3.4), but I have a higher mcat score (31). I was accepted to UMD, USUHS, Penn State, NYMC, and Drexel.

Do you have some strong leadership experiences or volunteer activites to help make your application stand out? Or try to get some really strong recs. You stats aren't too bad, but your (uh.. our) gpa is lower than average so we need to make up for it with other things.

 

[vish57]

I have 3.86 and 29mcat, my verbal score killed me. So far I have only gotten into NJMS and I'm waitlisted at NYMC, GW, RWJ, and Rochester. I expect to get into RWJ shortly. I've done a a lot of volunteering and research among other things. Hope that helps.

 

[Law2Doc]

What is considered a legacy?? My sister graduated from a medical school in virginia and is now doing quite well. Would she be considered a legacy?

Well, if your sister was the one who already graduated and you wanted to follow in her footsteps, then I believe it would be you who was the "legacy" (not her).
But only a few schools ask about siblings in secondaries -- it is a far weaker level of pull than if a parent or grandparent had graduated from that school (because multigenerational graduates tend to result in much better alumni donations). Legacies make up such a small percentage of medical school applicants, and are not infrequently people who have solid credentials in their own right, that I don't think they really have a very big impact in terms of admissions stats, though.

 

[SEUPATTY]

27 MCAT
3.5 GPA

pretty average, but I had a lot of E.C's, research, volunteering, etc.
I applied only in Texas and received multiple interviews, I wouldn't worry 🙂

 

[AlaskaGirl]

so i'll be applying to med school soon and i'm getting a little nervous. my GPA and MCAT aren't particularly good and i was wondering if people out there wouldn't mind giving me some hope by posting their GPA, MCAT score, and what school they got into. i'm just very curious/nervous. for all those with a 3.9 GPA and a 38 on the MCAT need not post. i'm looking for people similar to me. thanks for the help/hope.

p.s. my GPA is 3.42 with one semester left and i got a 29 on the MCAT.

I had identical stats to yours and got in to both DO and MD programs. I don't know about your extracurriculars...but if they are great that will help you out a lot. It is all a crapshoot anyway, in my opinion.

 

[jpro]

27 MCAT
3.5 GPA

pretty average, but I had a lot of E.C's, research, volunteering, etc.
I applied only in Texas and received multiple interviews, I wouldn't worry 🙂

See ya in Aug

 

[MochaSoulSistah]

I got into ECU and UNC with a 27 MCAT. My undergrad GPA was below a 3.0 but I went to grad school and got a 4.0. So that's always an option if you don't get in the first time. It seems that people forget to mention that LOTS of applicants don't get in the first time and it's not the end of the world. I feel that my grad degree in Physiology has prepared me far more than my Bio undergrad degree.

Fret not. Your stats seem good to me. 😉

 

[LadyJubilee8_18]

About the legacy thing, my sister got her masters at Yale, does that count? I am an URM (I don’t know if this is such a big deal, but whatever) my GPA is like a 3.7 (3.67 I just like to feel special) but I don’t have my MCAT score back. When I was practicing, I made around 28-32 regularly. I don’t have a lot of clinicals or research (I volunteered to at an old folks home to help people with Alzheimer’s and I was a lab tech for the summer and the fall semesters). I am going to work in a lab next semester. Should I even bother applying to Yale? I guess it doesn’t matter as log as I can get in somewhere, but it would be cool to say I went to somewhere like Yale.