how much does a good MCAT score make up for a not so good GPA/sGPA?

[premedbarista]

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Sorry I know this has prob been asked before but I'm a bit lost on how to pick schools to apply to because my MCAT score is 523 but my GPA/sGPA is 3.85/3.74. Should I base it only on GPA then and ignore MCAT or does my score help with my bad GPA? I did have a lot of mental and physical health stuff affecting my last 2 semesters of college but I don't want to talk about it in my app or use it as an explanation bc that doesn't feel like the right thing to do and I doubt adcoms will care.
Thanks!

 

[Pile O' Nephritis]

https://www.aamc.org/media/6091/download

A data table is worth a thousand words.

You can use LizzyM score as a proxy as well

 

[LunaOri]

You don’t have a “bad” GPA. If you put all your details in a WAMC post, the experts will help you make a school list.

 

[TheRealBibFortuna]

Sorry I know this has prob been asked before but I'm a bit lost on how to pick schools to apply to because my MCAT score is 523 but my GPA/sGPA is 3.85/3.74. Should I base it only on GPA then and ignore MCAT or does my score help with my bad GPA? I did have a lot of mental and physical health stuff affecting my last 2 semesters of college but I don't want to talk about it in my app or use it as an explanation bc that doesn't feel like the right thing to do and I doubt adcoms will care.
Thanks!

I applied with almost exactly your split and got 17 interviews, mostly in the T30-T10 range.

 

[Goro]

Sorry I know this has prob been asked before but I'm a bit lost on how to pick schools to apply to because my MCAT score is 523 but my GPA/sGPA is 3.85/3.74. Should I base it only on GPA then and ignore MCAT or does my score help with my bad GPA? I did have a lot of mental and physical health stuff affecting my last 2 semesters of college but I don't want to talk about it in my app or use it as an explanation bc that doesn't feel like the right thing to do and I doubt adcoms will care.
Thanks!

Your GPAs are not bad.

 

[Mr.Smile12]

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Thread 'WAMC + School list + questions - 523/3.85 and very lost please help <3'

Jan 30, 2025

Hello 🙂 mainly looking for suggestions on anything I can do to spruce up my application before I apply in May/June, advice on what schools I should be applying to, and answers to some specific questions I left in the post. sorry for the length lol I am a yapper but I appreciate anyone taking time to read this.

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