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It just means they scrutinize everything else in your app very thoroughly once you have a decent MCAT that shows you are capable of handling medical school.
Looks like they are taking holistic to a whole new level.
I just saw in MSAR that UCLA's average MCAT is listed as 508?! Isn't UCLA supposed to be a top medical school? I thought it was really difficult to get in and that they needed MCATs of 515+
I feel like there is something I'm missing here...do I actually have a good chance at UCLA with a 509 MCAT as OOS or do adcoms secretly select for higher MCATs? Or perhaps the 508 is only for in-state people?
So confused.
From what I've seen on MSAR, UCLA has a higher proportion of nontraditional students and URM students than quite a lot of other medical schools. It seems like they place more value on the life story, ECs, representation, etc.I just saw in MSAR that UCLA's average MCAT is listed as 508?! Isn't UCLA supposed to be a top medical school? I thought it was really difficult to get in and that they needed MCATs of 515+
I feel like there is something I'm missing here...do I actually have a good chance at UCLA with a 509 MCAT as OOS or do adcoms secretly select for higher MCATs? Or perhaps the 508 is only for in-state people?
So confused.