Question about Average MCAT in MSAR

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applicants... that's why it's a little misleading.. remember, not all accepted applicants actually matriculate at that school.


if it were actual matriculants, i'm sure most schools averages would be lower
 
They really should show both. Averages of accepted and matriculated. Somehow I imagine that they do that to discourage applicants to apply to their schools (because they get enough as it is)...

Just a thought...
 
This is good news. I'm somewhat encouraged. I mean for example NYMC shows an average of 30. But it is supposedly a notorious "backup school", i.e., a lot of mid-upper 30's also apply there and are accepted but don't matriculate...
 
do you really think that there are school with ave mcat below 30? i sure hope so but that would mean that they routinely take people with like 27+.
 
madonna said:
do you really think that there are school with ave mcat below 30? i sure hope so but that would mean that they routinely take people with like 27+.

A lot of the state schools and a few of the private ones do have average MCAT scores around 28 or 29. (Not the UCs of ourse :laugh: )
 
On a side note, I wish the MSAR would list the number of people ACCEPTED, not only applied, interviewed, and entered.
 
kalenakai said:
On a side note, I wish the MSAR would list the number of people ACCEPTED, not only applied, interviewed, and entered.

I've wished that same thing many times...
 
madonna said:
do you really think that there are school with ave mcat below 30? i sure hope so but that would mean that they routinely take people with like 27+.

Do the math. Many 35-37's apply to mid/low-tier schools as backups. They get accepted, but end up going to a "higher tier" school. If the average acceptant had a 30 mcat - driven up by the 35-37's - the average matriculant has to be lower.
 
that makes real good sense. so we should assume that the MCAT scores in the MSAR are probally about 1-3 points higher than the acutal MCAT scores of matriculated students? This is for schools outside the top 20 im assuming


willow18 said:
Do the math. Many 35-37's apply to mid/low-tier schools as backups. They get accepted, but end up going to a "higher tier" school. If the average acceptant had a 30 mcat - driven up by the 35-37's - the average matriculant has to be lower.
 
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