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I've been trying to get together a list of screeners, but all I found through the search are EVMS and Wake Forest. Who else screens? Does anyone know the numbers? I know somebody who got screened at Wake Forest with a 3.79 and a 34R (9 in VR) - she was an international, though. Oh yeah, and I've heard that the MSAR has this info, but I don't have it, and it's a pain to get in my neck of the woods, so I was hoping to find some info here.
 
Off the top of my head:

Wake Forest
VCU
East Virginia (EVMS)
Wayne State
Loyola

I think some of the UC's screen too, but I don't know which ones.
 
Off the top of my head:

Wake Forest
VCU
East Virginia (EVMS)
Wayne State
Loyola

I think some of the UC's screen too, but I don't know which ones.
UCSF, I think?

Also, is this conjecture or do these schools have exact #s posted on their websites?
 
UCSF, I think?

Also, is this conjecture or do these schools have exact #s posted on their websites?

Um...I don't know what conjecture means...but these I got from MSAR and personal experience.

I think they only have the number interviewed and applied for the schools and not how many people got secondaries. I got secondaries from a bunch of the schools on that list but only one extended an interview.
 
Um...I don't know what conjecture means...but these I got from MSAR and personal experience.

I think they only have the number interviewed and applied for the schools and not how many people got secondaries. I got secondaries from a bunch of the schools on that list but only one extended an interview.
Sorry, I'm confused, you just said you got it from the MSAR, but then say that the MSAR does NOT have that information. Also, by personal experience, are you just referring to not being granted an interview after a secondary? (that's what it looks like) Because unless you were explicitly told "your grades/MCAT are too low for us to invite you for an interview," I don't think you can be sure that you were screened. Maybe they just didn't particularly care for your essays or ECs as opposed to numerical stats. Hopefully you can clarify what you meant.


BTW: by screening, I mean schools that will decide whether to send you a secondary based on numerical stats AND schools that will send a secondary, but only grant an interview if certain benchmarks are met (regardless of the quality of non-academic aspects).
 
I am just confused as to why an MSAR is hard to get where you are. You do get mail, right? It is very useful, and you just order it by mail. If you do have problems receiving mail you'll be in trouble throughout the application cycle, since many schools send things via mail. You might want things to be sent to your parent’s house.
 
I am just confused as to why an MSAR is hard to get where you are. You do get mail, right? It is very useful, and you just order it by mail. If you do have problems receiving mail you'll be in trouble throughout the application cycle, since many schools send things via mail. You might want things to be sent to your parent’s house.
My parents are on another continent.😛

Mail takes a long time to get here, and I already have another guide with the basics, so I don't really care enough for the MSAR to make it worth $50 and probably a 3-4 week wait.

I'll make sure to alert schools to send me copies of things via e-mail if at all possible.
 
Wake Forest
VCU
East Virginia (EVMS)
Wayne State
Loyola
UCSF
Minnesota
 
Minnesota
Minnesota is a screener? News to me, as I'm hoping that I'll have a good shot there as I attended college in the state. I was just doing a search on it on MDApps last night, and there were lots of people with low 3 GPAs that were accepted, non-MN residents included. Don't see anyone with below 29 for MCAT though, so I guess they could screen for below 9 in a section or below 29 total.
 
Minnesota is a screener? News to me, as I'm hoping that I'll have a good shot there as I attended college in the state. I was just doing a search on it on MDApps last night, and there were lots of people with low 3 GPAs that were accepted, non-MN residents included. Don't see anyone with below 29 for MCAT though, so I guess they could screen for below 9 in a section or below 29 total.
Screening can mean a few things. Some screen for specific numbers, some the whole package, some just for ties to the state. Most places aren't transperent about it.
 
Screening can mean a few things. Some screen for specific numbers, some the whole package, some just for ties to the state. Most places aren't transperent about it.
Yeah, when I think screener, I tend to think "schools that will reject fairly acceptable GPAs and MCAT scores" (e.g. 3.3 GPA or 28 MCAT). I mean, if a school screens for 6s and GPAs below 3.0, I guess it's hardly a surprise. But the screening for ties to the state seems pretty obvious, as this question is explicitly asked on many applications, at least for the state schools. Are there any private schools that tend to care? I mean, I'm sure that if they were to choose between 2 nearly identical candidates, they'd go for the one who's more likely to stay in the state, but outside of it being a tiebreaker, does it really play a role at private institutions?
 
Wake Forest
VCU
East Virginia (EVMS)
Wayne State
Loyola
UCSF
Minnesota
Miami
North Carolina
Oregon
Pittsburgh
Vanderbilt

I just added some schools that I saw screen via the 2007-2008 MSAR. If any of these have changed this year, feel free to correct me. (My 2008-2009 is in the mail).
 
Do any of you guys have any clue as to the extent of this screening? Basically, do they just screen for the REALLY low scores (think 6 on the MCAT) or do they take it the next level and screen people below 3.5 or 10 and the like?
 
If we're talking about screening pre-secondary (i.e. they don't give everyone a secondary, but instead cut some people out based on their AMCAS), I would add:

Wake Forest
VCU
East Virginia (EVMS)
Wayne State
Loyola
UCSF- ALL UC's (coming from a Cali resident)
Minnesota
Miami
North Carolina
Oregon
Pittsburgh
Vanderbilt
UMich (I think)

As you can see, there is a trend for public schools to screen. UMich and Vanderbilt are also interesting because in certain cases (high enough GPA+MCAT) they offer interviews based on the AMCAS, and you just have to finish the secondary before your interview.
 
can anyone post a link to other threads about this? i've been looking for a few days. i want to know who automatically sends a secondary.
 
can anyone post a link to other threads about this? i've been looking for a few days. i want to know who automatically sends a secondary.

Do you have the MSAR? You can order it on the AAMC website if you don't, and that has info on which schools automatically send out secondaries vs. screening them first.
 
Original post: http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showpost.php?p=2789558&postcount=24

Schools that DO Screen:
University of Alabama
University of South Alabama
University of Arizona
University of California Davis
University of California Irvine
University of California Geffen-UCLA
University of California San Diego
University of Calfiornia San Francisco
Florida State
University of Florida
University of Miami FL
University of South Florida
Mercer
Morehouse
University of Hawaii
Loyola
Southern Illinois
University of Illinois
Indiana University (those who get interviews)
University of Iowa
University of Kansas (non-residents are screened)
University of Kentucky
University of Louisville
Michigan State University
Wayne State
University of Minnesota
University of Mississippi (only state residents get secondaries)
University of Missouri-Columbia
University of Nebraska
University of Nevada
University of New Mexico
Brody-East Carolina University
University of North Carolina
Wake Forest University
Medical University of Ohio
Northeastern Ohio Universities
Ohio State University
Oregon University
University of Pittsburgh
University of South Carolina
University of South Dakota
East Tennessee State University
University of Tennessee
Vanderbilt University
University of Utah
Eastern Virginia
Virginia Commonwealth University
University of Washington
Marshall University (secondaries sent to state residents and residents of neighboring states only)
West Virginia University
University of Wisconsin


Do NOT screen:
University of Arkansas
Keck SOM at USC
Loma Linda
Stanford
University of Colorado
University of Connecticut
Yale
George Washington University
Georgetown University
Howard University
Emory
Rosalind Franklin
Northwestern
Rush
University of Chicago Pritzker
University of Kansas (all residents get secondaries)
Louisiana State, New Orleans
Louisiana State, Shreveport
Tulane
Johns Hopkins
University of Maryland
Boston University
Harvard
Tufts
University of Massachussetts
University of Michigan
Saint Lous University
University of Missouri-Kansas City
Washington University
Creighton University
Dartmouth
New Jersey Medical School
Albany Medical College
Albert Einstein/Yeshiva
Columbia University
Cornell University
Mount Sinai
New York Medical College
New York University SOM
University of Buffalo
State University of NY-Downstate
State University of NY-Upstate
Stony Brook University
University of Rochester
Duke University
University of North Dakota
Case Western Reserve
University of Cincinnati
Wright State University
University of Oklahoma
Drexel University
Jefferson Medical College
Pennsylvania State University
Temple University
University of Pennsylvania
Ponce School of Medicine
University of Puerto Rico
Brown University
Medical University of South Carolina
Meharry Medical College
Baylor College
Texas A&M
Texas Tech University
University of Texas-San Antonio
University of Texas Southwestern-Dallas
University of Vermont
University of Virginia
Medical College of Wisconsin

Schools that say "n/a"
Medical College of Georgia
Uniformed Services University, F. Edward Hebert SOM
Mayo Clinic
New Jersey-Robert Wood Johnson Med School
University of Texas-Galveston
University of Texas-Houston

The University of Florida said "Applicants of Interest," whatever that means. So listen to what guju says. She's got inside info from REL!

University of Mississippi says secondaries are sent to "URL access after review of legal state of residence," so I'm assuming all Mississippi residents get secondaries.

Hope this helps! They're alphabatized by state, so if someone wants to compile this elsewhere they can. I was bored and taking a break from MCAT studying.
 
I've been trying to get together a list of screeners, but all I found through the search are EVMS and Wake Forest. Who else screens? Does anyone know the numbers? I know somebody who got screened at Wake Forest with a 3.79 and a 34R (9 in VR) - she was an international, though. Oh yeah, and I've heard that the MSAR has this info, but I don't have it, and it's a pain to get in my neck of the woods, so I was hoping to find some info here.

UF and Albany screen.
 
Thanks, UVAbranch, don't think the list could get any more comprehensive!👍


Wondering if we can maybe put this info into the pre-allo FAQs?
 
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