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  1. Lubdub

    Lubdub Junior Member

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    I've noticed a lot of questions about low MCAT, high GPA, high MCAT, low GPA....I followed this general rule:

    Take your cum GPA: 35 +
    Take science GPA : 35 +
    Take MCAT scores : 30 +
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    Somwhere around 100 +/- 3
    should land you an interview


    ~Lubdub
     
    #1 Lubdub, Mar 23, 2001
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    Hmmm... I'm not sure if I follow. You mean add 35 points to your GPA? (to fit your formula)
     
    #2 lilycat, Mar 23, 2001
  3. Lubdub

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    Sorry, I should have been clearer.

    I meant, multiply your GPA's by 10.
    So if you have a 3.5 ---> 35
    then add those to your MCAT's.

     
    #3 Lubdub, Mar 23, 2001
  4. Amitha726

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    No magic formula can determine whether or not you'll get an interview. My "magic number" is lower than 100, and I had 2 interviews, and hoping to maybe get a couple more (even though it's late).

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    University of Rochester, class of 2001
     
    #4 Amitha726, Mar 23, 2001
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    i don't know...my 'score' under your system is 109 and there are several schools that have denied me interviews...these are not ultra-selective schools, either. do you mean one interview, or at any school, or at some schools?
     
    #5 mvalento, Mar 23, 2001
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