mcat gpa of accepted applicants from 6 years ago,

[dunkthejunk]

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this data is very old, but probably still has some relevance.

 

[Lucca]

Wait, why are all of those MCATs sub 15? Is that a specific sub section or something?

 

[Acosi]

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[java64]

Wait, why are all of those MCATs sub 15? Is that a specific sub section or something?

I think it's the average of all 3 subsection scores, so basically multiply by 3 and you have the average total score. Not sure why they decided to represent it that way though.

 

[Lucca]

Ah Ok. Yah things haven't changed too much.

 

[Ace-Co-A]

Ah Ok. Yah things haven't changed too much.

Looks to my eye that average MCAT scores are going up a bit, no?

 

[java64]

Looks like they mixed up the scores for Geffen and Drew. Also funny how WashU has the highest MCAT average by 2 points, not surprising though I suppose.

 

[music2doc]

Looks like they mixed up the scores for Geffen and Drew. Also funny how WashU has the highest MCAT average by 2 points, not surprising though I suppose.

WashU has always been a score *****. The students I have known that got in there (while I was functioning as our school's de facto pre-med advisor) really had nothing "special" about them except 99th percentile MCAT scores (alongside a 4.0 GPA).

 

[moop]

WashU has always been a score *****. The students I have known that got in there (while I was functioning as our school's de facto pre-med advisor) really had nothing "special" about them except 99th percentile MCAT scores (alongside a 4.0 GPA).

As well as UChicago.

 

[slightlygifted]

WashU has always been a score *****. The students I have known that got in there (while I was functioning as our school's de facto pre-med advisor) really had nothing "special" about them except 99th percentile MCAT scores (alongside a 4.0 GPA).

and yet they still are very highly ranked, have very high step1 and step2 scores, and have a very high residency director rating. I guess volunteering in somalia for 6 years isnt a prereq for being a good doctor.

 

[masaraksh]

and yet they still are very highly ranked, have very high step1 and step2 scores, and have a very high residency director rating. I guess volunteering in somalia for 6 years isnt a prereq for being a good doctor.

Well... ability to absorb a lot of information, competence, and the ability to not make mistakes is clearly important for many specialties.

 

[music2doc]

and yet they still are very highly ranked, have very high step1 and step2 scores, and have a very high residency director rating. I guess volunteering in somalia for 6 years isnt a prereq for being a good doctor.

Seeing as ranking is largely set by research funding and scores, while research funding and PD rankings tend to be largely determined by ranking, this is a circular argument. The only part they have any control over is the MCAT scores they accept. The reputation their students have elsewhere involves some less-than-stellar stereotyping, but that is not to say the school is not strong. (I do, however, think it is probably overrated.)

 

[Lucca]

Looks to my eye that average MCAT scores are going up a bit, no?

Yah, seems to be up like 3-4 points or so but nothing one wouldn't expect from a natural increase in competition.