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I was browsing this thread (http://forums.studentdoctor.net/threads/getting-a-ride-to-the-interview.1048341/) where people started piling on someone for saying that it really isn't that hard to get into med school. People kept repeating that more than half of applicants get rejected and that 40% of applicants get accepted. Got me thinking about how these stats are skewed by people who really have no business applying to med school. So below are some stats for more realistic med school applicants.....
Overall acceptance rate for all applicants: 45.5%
GPA at least 3.0: 48%
GPA at least 3.4: 55.5%
MCAT at least 30: 68%
GPA at least 3.4 and MCAT at least 30: 69%
finally for applicants with a GPA of at least 3.6 and MCAT of at least 33 the acceptance rate is close to 80%!!
Note that these numbers do not account for any kind of volunteering, research, or ECs. As far as I'm concerned if you don't have a 3.4 and 30 (or even just a 30 on the MCAT!) you really shouldn't be going into this process expecting anything. So since 70% of applicants with the aforementioned stats get accepted stop pretending like you overcame insurmountable odds. Compare that to getting into an ivy league college for instance....the overall acceptance rate is approx 8-10% and if you do the same thing and look only at qualified applicants I'm guessing the acceptance rate will be somewhere around 30%.
source: https://www.aamc.org/download/321508/data/2012factstable24.pdf
Overall acceptance rate for all applicants: 45.5%
GPA at least 3.0: 48%
GPA at least 3.4: 55.5%
MCAT at least 30: 68%
GPA at least 3.4 and MCAT at least 30: 69%
finally for applicants with a GPA of at least 3.6 and MCAT of at least 33 the acceptance rate is close to 80%!!
Note that these numbers do not account for any kind of volunteering, research, or ECs. As far as I'm concerned if you don't have a 3.4 and 30 (or even just a 30 on the MCAT!) you really shouldn't be going into this process expecting anything. So since 70% of applicants with the aforementioned stats get accepted stop pretending like you overcame insurmountable odds. Compare that to getting into an ivy league college for instance....the overall acceptance rate is approx 8-10% and if you do the same thing and look only at qualified applicants I'm guessing the acceptance rate will be somewhere around 30%.
source: https://www.aamc.org/download/321508/data/2012factstable24.pdf