NYU with that thicc 522 median.
Edit: Also WUSTL and Yale with 522s. Wow.
Edit: Also WUSTL and Yale with 522s. Wow.
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Is your username your SSN?Nice new feature where you can save your GPA/MCAT and it’ll plot it on the chart for whatever school you’re viewing
You can also input the hours of required coursework you have. Nifty.Nice new feature where you can save your GPA/MCAT and it’ll plot it on the chart for whatever school you’re viewing
HolisthiccNYU with that thicc 522 median.
Edit: Also WUSTL and Yale with 522s. Wow.
It is not their SSN. If anyone was curious. Now we can stick to MSAR lolIs your username your SSN?
It is not their SSN. If anyone was curious. Now we can stick to MSAR lol
Are there diff numbers between their AZ and Mayo sites?Mayo skyrocketed to 520
I remember when it was a 513 median
I really wish they separated MN and AZ but MSAR lumps them together
Are there diff numbers between their AZ and Mayo sites?
Is this based on the 2019 application cycle stats?
I think it initially shows medians for accepted students. MCAT Median for matriculating students is probably a bit lower for most schools.How do so many schools even have 520+ medians? With 80,000 MCAT takers, only 800 applicants should even have >520s...
Gotcha, so the same students with multiple acceptances may skew the initial MSAR numbers.I think it initially shows medians for accepted students. MCAT Median for matriculating students is probably a bit lower for most schools.
Yup that seems to be the caseGotcha, so the same students with multiple acceptances may skew the initial MSAR numbers.
I’m pretty sure it’s for matriculated students, isn’t that why its a cycle behind? Since 2018-19 applicants haven’t matriculated yet, but 2017-18 students have.I think it initially shows medians for accepted students. MCAT Median for matriculating students is probably a bit lower for most schools.
That’s 80000 per year I’m assuming, but there are students from around 3 different MCAT testing years applying each cycle.How do so many schools even have 520+ medians? With 80,000 MCAT takers, only 800 applicants should even have >520s...
True, however the fraction of reapplicant a that are >520 is marginal at best.That’s 80000 per year I’m assuming, but there are students from around 3 different MCAT testing years applying each cycle.
I’m pretty sure it’s for matriculated students, isn’t that why its a cycle behind? Since 2018-19 applicants haven’t matriculated yet, but 2017-18 students have.
The shown MCAT median for Stony Brook is 516. This matches the median for "all accepted applicants - this school" from the drop down menu. The median for "all matriculated students -this school" for Stony Brook is 514.I’m pretty sure it’s for matriculated students, isn’t that why its a cycle behind? Since 2018-19 applicants haven’t matriculated yet, but 2017-18 students have.
True, however the fraction of reapplicant a that are >520 is marginal at best.
Gotcha, you are definitely correct. I just checked Yale NYU and WashU. Yale and WashU’s average matriculant has a 521, NYU is still 522.The shown MCAT median for Stony Brook is 516. This matches the median for "all accepted applicants - this school" from the drop down menu. The median for "all matriculated students -this school" for Stony Brook is 514.
True, but again the portion that would be waiting a year or two after this year's MCAT would likely reflect the same proportion that waited a year or two in year's past. Thus, there should still be very few >520 applicants.A lot of people take the MCAT early and then apply a year or two later (me).
If the top schools stats are getting higher then every other school must be getting lower! Right, please tell me that is how this works... /sLmaooooooo good luck with that ppl applying next cycle
522 - NYU, Yale, WashU
521 - Chicago, Hopkins, Penn, Vandy
520 - Columbia, Harvard, Northwestern, Stanford, Mayo
519 - Sinai, UVA, Cornell
518 - Case, Michigan, Boston, UCSF, UCLA, Duke
There are 12 schools where a 520 puts you in the bottom 50% of the class last year. Also GPA creep is real. I wonder when the first school with a median 4.0 will show up.
Apparently the new cost of med school is over $60Gs
At some point the feds just need to say NO to these crazy tuition hikes.
Could anyone post the GPA/MCAT for McGovern by chance? I'd greatly appreciate it!
About eight, but that's from the previous MSAR. I have yet to see the new one.How do so many schools even have 520+ medians? With 80,000 MCAT takers, only 800 applicants should even have >520s...
That's what a free ride will do for you.NYU with that thicc 522 median.
Here's to hoping they poached a bunch of people away from well-endowed med schools, and are about to start a trend...That's what a free ride will do for you.
The 17-18 application year is BEFORE free tuition was announced.That's what a free ride will do for you.
off topic, I'm calling PI on your profile pic. #getthatouttahereA premed union?
Pediction: Medians are going to start hitting a ceiling soon at a lot of these schools. Hell, WashU for example has had a top 1% median for about a decade. The real thing to watch is creep on the 10th/25th percentiles. Currently the top schools are enrolling a majority of top 1-2% scores. Give things 5-10 more years, and I think highly competitive schools will be enrolling only students with those scores. This same phenomenon happened a little while back with admissions to the top undergrads. Ivy league schools used to have mostly high SAT scores, but also a left side to the distribution that dipped surprisingly low to scoop up the people who were remarkable in other areas. Now, they've all got interquartile ranges that are entirely in the top 1-2%.
Schools jumping headfirst into this trend in just the last couple years (e.g. UCLA, Mayo) are going to have M1 classes that look VERY different from the M4s above them. UCLA is an especially interesting example, since they just set a new hard cutoff that would have denied more than a quarter of their current students from ever being considered for admission.
Holistic is on the way out. "HoLiStIc" is on the way in. You want to get those top school interviews? Your list of priorities should now be:
#1 - MCAT
#2 - MCAT
#3 - MCAT
#4 - GPA
#5 - App narrative/holistic appeal
Yeah, it's pretty crazy that a 95th percentile score (517) is treated very different than a 99th (~522), when there's really no chance you could tell them apart in a classroom. Same thing happened with college admissions, where some places now have average ACT scores of 34 (top 1%) and will skip over you for having only a 30 (top 5%).What bothers me the most about this is that top MCAT scores are slippery. Someone scoring a 518 can score a 524 one week later. You only have to miss one or two questions to slip down 2-3 points. So if you get lucky and the test ends up working in your favor with regard to the content that you are strong in then you've got a huge, inherent advantage.