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Having read a lot of pessimism in the last few weeks, I thought I would throw some statistics as a confidence boost to anyone who needs them:
Something a lot of SDNers need to hear is that the average for those who are actually competitive (>506 MCAT and >3.6 GPA) the average acceptance is at least greater than 50%. If you fall under the mildly not-competitive block, you are more likely to get in than not! However, below this threshold and it rapidly declines. Above this threshold, it rapidly improves.
All applicant above 3.6/506 make up only a third of the total applicant pool (35,000 out of 92,000 in the last two cycles) but they make up 63% of total acceptances (25,000 out of 40,000). The total acceptance for those above 3.6/506 is 72% (25,000 out of 35,000) Granted, that is skewed by the top heavy stats. However, at that point, even if you are not a 4.0/525, your likelihood of acceptance is more based on having good ECs, your selection of schools, the number of schools you apply to and how well you interview.
But note, numbers below 3.6/506 make up the majority of applicants (the remaining 57,000 out of 92,000) but only 37% of the acceptances (15,000 out of 40,000). And over half of those acceptances (8,600 out of 15,000) that are not >3.6/506 have at least a 3.4/502, with higher yield in the 3.8+ and 514+ blocks. This means that if you don't have at least a 3.6/506 or a high GPA/MCAT to balance out your slightly low GPA/MCAT, your likelihood of admittance is around 7% (6,400 acceptances out of 90,000 total applicants).
Overall, you don't need to be the best of the best of the best to get in to any medical school. In fact, you have better odds of getting an acceptance than a rejection just by being in the 70th percentile. Once you are past that certain threshold, you just need to be realistic about where to apply, kill your essays and ECs. However, if you are below that given threshold, you need to be realistic as well when it comes to what you want to do with your life, as you only have a 7% chance of acceptance, and a 93% chance of disappointment (not to mention being out $2,000 - $3,000).
Have a good one, premeds, and keep on keepin' on!
Source: https://www.aamc.org/download/321508/data/factstablea23.pdf
Something a lot of SDNers need to hear is that the average for those who are actually competitive (>506 MCAT and >3.6 GPA) the average acceptance is at least greater than 50%. If you fall under the mildly not-competitive block, you are more likely to get in than not! However, below this threshold and it rapidly declines. Above this threshold, it rapidly improves.
All applicant above 3.6/506 make up only a third of the total applicant pool (35,000 out of 92,000 in the last two cycles) but they make up 63% of total acceptances (25,000 out of 40,000). The total acceptance for those above 3.6/506 is 72% (25,000 out of 35,000) Granted, that is skewed by the top heavy stats. However, at that point, even if you are not a 4.0/525, your likelihood of acceptance is more based on having good ECs, your selection of schools, the number of schools you apply to and how well you interview.
But note, numbers below 3.6/506 make up the majority of applicants (the remaining 57,000 out of 92,000) but only 37% of the acceptances (15,000 out of 40,000). And over half of those acceptances (8,600 out of 15,000) that are not >3.6/506 have at least a 3.4/502, with higher yield in the 3.8+ and 514+ blocks. This means that if you don't have at least a 3.6/506 or a high GPA/MCAT to balance out your slightly low GPA/MCAT, your likelihood of admittance is around 7% (6,400 acceptances out of 90,000 total applicants).
Overall, you don't need to be the best of the best of the best to get in to any medical school. In fact, you have better odds of getting an acceptance than a rejection just by being in the 70th percentile. Once you are past that certain threshold, you just need to be realistic about where to apply, kill your essays and ECs. However, if you are below that given threshold, you need to be realistic as well when it comes to what you want to do with your life, as you only have a 7% chance of acceptance, and a 93% chance of disappointment (not to mention being out $2,000 - $3,000).
Have a good one, premeds, and keep on keepin' on!
Source: https://www.aamc.org/download/321508/data/factstablea23.pdf