Is the 32 the new 30 on the MCAT?

[slimshadiest]

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I was reading US news on graduate schools and they listed that avg GPA for med students was a 3.6 and a 32 on the MCAT. What happened to the 30 that was supposed to be good enough? any opinions?

 

[Law2Doc]

I was reading US news on graduate schools and they listed that avg GPA for med students was a 3.6 and a 32 on the MCAT. What happened to the 30 that was supposed to be good enough? any opinions?

It eeks up ever couple of years. If you have a 30, I wouldn't be too worried though. Folks will still be getting into decent allo places with 28-29.

 

[doctorFred]

i think kaplan, the princeton review, and exam krackers happened to the 30. i've heard estimates that the number of med school applicants who take test prep classes of some kind is over 50%. although the mcat is more of a test of knowledge than the sat (which, for a large part, tests your ability to take the sat,) this principle still applies. in a few years, the 28s and 29s of the world may be mostly reserved for d.o. schools and foreign m.d. programs.

of course, i wouldn't be surprised if somehow the test was altered to adjust the mean and median scores. and we also don't know what the computerized version of the exam will do for the next batch of scores.

 

[NRAI2001]

I was reading US news on graduate schools and they listed that avg GPA for med students was a 3.6 and a 32 on the MCAT. What happened to the 30 that was supposed to be good enough? any opinions?

I d say the 32 is the new 34. I hear of people getting into med school with lower and lower mcats. Many people had many interviews with 27+ scores that I know of. Probably will be even more true with US schools set to increase their enrollement.

 

[BabyShoes]

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[ConfusedChemist]

technically 500-something is the new 30 😉

 

[ZedsDed]

technically 500-something is the new 30 😉

Was about to say that 33 is the new 32...then I saw that this thread is almost 10 years old.
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