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The LizzyM score (GPA x 10 + MCAT) is a well known SDN metric for measuring applicant competitiveness vs. medical school averages. Looked at another way, the LizzyM score states that each 0.1 drop in GPA below a hypothetical perfect 4.0 GPA is equivalent to the loss of one MCAT point (or one LizzyM point).
It is also well known on SDN that the weather at the time of the interview affects the chance of acceptance to medical school. A cloudy/rainy day vs. a hypothetical perfect sunny day is equivalent to the loss of three MCAT points (or three LizzyM points).
My question is, what is the LizzyM exchange rate for application lateness? Would you estimate that for each month of lateness after a hypothetical perfect application being complete in July is worth one point? i.e. August=-1. September=-2, October=-3, November=-4?
Or maybe it is non-linear? August=-1, September=-2, October=-4, November=-6? As in, an applicant with a 29 MCAT complete in July is the equivalent to the same applicant being complete in November with a 35 MCAT, all other things being equal?
It is also well known on SDN that the weather at the time of the interview affects the chance of acceptance to medical school. A cloudy/rainy day vs. a hypothetical perfect sunny day is equivalent to the loss of three MCAT points (or three LizzyM points).
My question is, what is the LizzyM exchange rate for application lateness? Would you estimate that for each month of lateness after a hypothetical perfect application being complete in July is worth one point? i.e. August=-1. September=-2, October=-3, November=-4?
Or maybe it is non-linear? August=-1, September=-2, October=-4, November=-6? As in, an applicant with a 29 MCAT complete in July is the equivalent to the same applicant being complete in November with a 35 MCAT, all other things being equal?