Research at NIH- adcom's view

[1mcataway]

My pre-med friend is doing research at NIH for 6 months (not sure but i think he made two posters- no publication).
He says it will slightly make up for the okay mcat that he has (around 28). I was wondering how good the adcoms will see this experience (he has a lot of research but said that he was only going to do MD).

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[Morsetlis]

Research is good.

 

[Dyingduck]

My pre-med friend is doing research at NIH for 6 months (not sure but i think he made two posters- no publication).
He says it will slightly make up for the okay mcat that he has (around 28). I was wondering how good the adcoms will see this experience (he has a lot of research but said that he was only going to do MD).

depends on the individual schools, and posters are easy. pubs are much harder. However, MCAT trumps research any day (by how much...depends on the schools, again).

 

[slowbutsteady]

I know someone with a 29 MCAT and 2 years of research at NIH who got into a couple of good schools.

But generally, MCAT trumps research at most schools.