Here is some motivation for those who don't have stellar stats!

[Braveheart]

Not all application services produce national applicant and acceptance data with the same degree of detail. However, if you look over the attached pages you might be able to tease out a message of hope that is very, very strongly tinged with a loud note of caution. Here are some numbers that are both sobering and promising.

1. MCAT: 75 people with a verbal reasoning score below 5 got into US MD schools in 2003
2. MCAT: Less than 90 people with a Physical Sciences score below a 5 got into US MD schools in 2003
3. MCAT: About 60 people with a 5 or below on the Biological Sciences section of the MCAT got accepted in 2003
4. 60 people with a total MCAT score of 17 or below got into US MD schools.
5. GPA: A little over 150 people with an undergraduate science GPA of 2.5 or below got into med school in 2003.
6. About 185 people with undergraduate GPAs below a 2.75 got into US MD schools in 2003.

These numbers are small but just shows that anything is possible. Mind you that there are 16,000 applicants so you still want to score the best you can. (This information was provided to me by the admission coordinator at Stony Brook and don't at all reflect Stony Brook)

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[DrBowtie]

1. Most were probably ESL.
2. ?? Could have gotten 30+ overall
3. ?? Same as above
4. URM/connections could explain above too
5. Masters Programs/PhD
6. Same as #5

Of course there are some people who have extraordinary circumstances and get in but most of these are >1% chances. Considering multiple aspects of an application, if one is poor, the others could be EXTREMELY STELLAR enough for 1 of the 6 above to be overlooked.