mcat: reflection of life as an MD/DO

[mauve]

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Docs,

do you think the MCAT is a reflection of how well you will do in the USMLE steps and other medical school examinations? Or would the gpa be a better predictor since it more closely reflects one's work ethics? I wrote the MCAT twice and got a worse score the second time than the first. I went from a 27Q to a 23N . I'm paranoid about writing a third time. I'm not asking whether you think I can do it. I am asking if there's someone who has been through these kinds of scores and is doing well enough to get residency in peds, internal, radiology.

 

[womp]

Studies show MCAT is a much better predictor than GPA, particularly the BS section. You can do a pubmed search.

 

[J ROD]

I have read on here many times about how someone got like a 25 MCAT and a high Step 1. So, it is not "absolute"!

The MCAT is only a test; a person is much more than a test.

So, I think you can handle whatever you have to handle.

Hardwork and persistence is something that cant be measured solely with a standardized test.

I am a "bad" standardized testtaker but I keep on making it.....🙂

 

[Mattabet]

I think the correlation is something like .7 or so. There's data on the AAMC site about this, as well as other threads. There's some correlation, good test takers are who they are, but it's certainly not absolute.

 

[bannie22]

Omg esp teh bs section!?

 

[johncalvin]

I...

The MCAT is only a test; a person is much more than a test.

...🙂

Correct. However, the Step I is also a standardized test...

 

[Laryngophed]

...good test takers are who they are, but it's certainly not absolute.

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