Stats-heavy schools

[shermanator]

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Hey guys, this has probably been asked already, but what schools favor numbers really heavily? I know WashU is generally regarded as being stats-heavy, are there any other ones that come to mind?

 

[smuscs]

http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-medical-schools

or maybe try google? or using the search button?

 

[DaenarysDuhh]

Meh I believe they say that about U Chicago too. Don't know for sure

 

[ZtetNb]

Meh I believe they say that about U Chicago too. Don't know for sure

I heard that too somewhere, but looking at the Pritzker's SSD, it doesn't seem to be the case to me. Correlation between stats and interview invite/acceptance rate doesn't seem that strong, and they reject plenty of superstars pre-interview.

 

[blubearzangel]

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[NickNaylor]

The ones with high mean MCAT and GPA numbers?


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[Osteoth]

I heard that too somewhere, but looking at the Pritzker's SSD, it doesn't seem to be the case to me. Correlation between stats and interview invite/acceptance rate doesn't seem that strong, and they reject plenty of superstars pre-interview.

What?

 

[ace12345]

I heard that too somewhere, but looking at the Pritzker's SSD, it doesn't seem to be the case to me. Correlation between stats and interview invite/acceptance rate doesn't seem that strong, and they reject plenty of superstars pre-interview.

Superstars stats get rejected everywhere. What you want to look for is how many non-superstar stats applicants are getting in (Though obviously at top schools these will be individuals with very strong applications in other areas).

 

[Cyberdyne 101]

Chicago
Harvard
Yale
Columbia
(Whoops you already included Penn)
And there are others

Bump 🙂

- Wash U
- UPenn
- Johns Hopkins

any else?

 

[PL198]

Get a 38+ on your MCAT and you can basically do nothing else and WashU will be all over you. Gotta get dem high MCAT averages.

Edit: JK the new MCAT has some stupid random scoring system, so do super good and get into WashU. It's like they literally added a new section and then added 117 points to each section to make their scale. Still 14 points between high and low. So witty

 

[blubearzangel]

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[Cyberdyne 101]

Such as?

Northwestern
Stanford
Cornell
This is according to the US News selectivity criteria. I think that factors in MCAT and GPA. The schools I listed in addition to the ones you pointed out earlier seem to be in the top ten according to that specific criteria.
In the top 15 you'll see UCSF, UCLA, Baylor, and Vanderbilt.
And there might be others-lol.

Edit: if you see a copy of the US news grad school rankings at a bookstore and/or newsstand you'll see that this information is under the primary care rankings.

 

[Amba]

Get a 38+ on your MCAT and you can basically do nothing else and WashU will be all over you. Gotta get dem high MCAT averages.

Hopefully you don't actually believe this. I know a handful of people who scored 39+ that were rejected/waitlisted at WashU, and all had strong ECs + other top 10 acceptances. As others have mentioned, astronomically high stats may be enough to get an interview at a lot of these top schools, but extracurriculars/fit/diversity play a very important role as well. Some schools (like WashU) may put more of an emphasis on stats, but you still won't get in without the whole package.

 

[Cyberdyne 101]

Hopefully you don't actually believe this. I know a handful of people who scored 39+ that were rejected/waitlisted at WashU, and all had strong ECs + other top 10 acceptances. As others have mentioned, astronomically high stats may be enough to get an interview at a lot of these top schools, but extracurriculars/fit/diversity play a very important role as well. Some schools (like WashU) may put more of an emphasis on stats, but you still won't get in without the whole package.

So Wash U does have an admissions committee! I thought it was a computer program that randomly picks candidates from the 37+ MCAT pool.


I'm kidding.

 

[Aerus]

UCLA, UCSD, and UCSF are known to be "number hoarders".

 

[ace12345]

So I want to congratulate everyone on here for collectively repeating the USNWR top 20. Good job everyone, we found the stat heavy schools.

 

[Cyberdyne 101]

So I want to congratulate everyone on here for collectively repeating the USNWR top 20. Good job everyone, we found the stat heavy schools.

I thought we only had the top 15 down😛

 

[darkjedi]

No school ever focuses only on the numbers. The top tiers could collectively fill their classes with only and 3.8+/39+'s but they don't because they have the ability the be picky with ECs on top of just stats.

 

[TheBossDoctor]

You know, I heard the Caribbean schools are pretty stats-heavy. They favor low numbers a lot.

 

[mcloaf]

UCLA, UCSD, and UCSF are known to be "number hoarders".

Unless things have changed since I applied a couple of years ago I wouldn't put UCSF on that list.

 

[Cyberdyne 101]

Unless things have changed since I applied a couple of years ago I wouldn't put UCSF on that list.

According to @Fabio Lanzoni it's as if UCSF and UCLA randomly throw darts at a large range of scores.

 

[plumazul]

No school ever focuses only on the numbers. The top tiers could collectively fill their classes with only and 3.8+/39+'s but they don't because they have the ability the be picky with ECs on top of just stats.

It depends on how you define "top tiers", since there are only around 1,000 39+'s which is >= the number of 3.8+/39+'s