Im an August MCAT taker and I just got back my not so great scores and am wondering if there is a cutoff for the UC's because I know they screen for secondaries.
Thanks for your help
Thanks for your help
Originally posted by souljah1
i know some people in my class who scored around a 29ish. the uc schools use mcat, gpa, and other factors to initially screen their applicant pool. interestingly, i know more than a few people with scores over 35 who were rejected without interviews from some uc schools.
at ucsf there isn't a mcat cut off that is black and white. your whole application is taken into consideration. my mcat score was below the average mcat score for matriculating students, but i am not sure as to whether or not it fell within the standard deviation. what i learned is that the application process becomes more and more about factors that are not numerical. ucsf is huge on the personal statement, letters of recommendation, and the interviews.
Originally posted by souljah1
i know some people in my class who scored around a 29ish. the uc schools use mcat, gpa, and other factors to initially screen their applicant pool. interestingly, i know more than a few people with scores over 35 who were rejected without interviews from some uc schools.
at ucsf there isn't a mcat cut off that is black and white. your whole application is taken into consideration. my mcat score was below the average mcat score for matriculating students, but i am not sure as to whether or not it fell within the standard deviation. what i learned is that the application process becomes more and more about factors that are not numerical. ucsf is huge on the personal statement, letters of recommendation, and the interviews.
Originally posted by misscalipig
dear souljah1,
thanks so much for your reassuring words =D however, are those people in your class who got around 29ish URMs?
Originally posted by rajneel1
i think the UCs are big on MCAT and GPA. my personal opinion.