So the admissions folk contacted me today after reading this post (Director Essman recognized me). He was nice enough to write to me about it, and I figured I'd post it here for people to read.
We also find it a bit interesting that our gpa was a little lower than a national average while our MCAT score is well-above the national average. In looking at our matriculant data, it would appear that this is a function of the fact that CWRU has a reputation for attracting interesting, non-traditional students. Many times we see that these non-traditional applicants did not major in the sciences in undergrad and/or had lower gpas. Later in their life when they've decided to pursue a career in medicine they take post-bacc or graduate course work and usually do exceptionally well. Unfortunately, post-bacc/graduate course work isn't always factored into the AMCAS cumulative and science gpas that are reported to the AAMC statistic database. On the flip side, many of the non-trads rock the MCAT once they've completed their post-bacc work which is reflected in our MCAT average.
