Schools that focus more on MCAT?

[kpoop]

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Hi all! 🙂

I know med school applications are looked at as a "whole package," but I'm very curious to know which (if any) California med schools consider MCAT scores equally or more so than GPA in regards to the academic portion of the application.

Thank you in advance for sharing your knowledge with me!

 

[lmn]

CA schools you need to have a good gpa and mcat, they have plenty of applicants that have both already so they don't need a 38 with a 3.2gpa

 

[sharkbyte]

USC (Keck) might be one of those looking at the statistics here:

http://keck.usc.edu/en/About/Admini...e_of_MD_Admissions/Class_of_2016_Profile.aspx

For the class of 2016 the average admitted MCAT was 34 (which is quite high for an average) while the average GPA is about 3.64. Again, the averages don't tell the entire story but I go to USC and I do know that their admissions dept is big on high MCAT scores.