Webtsite: Medical School Finder... accurate?

[fun8stuff]

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Hey,

I came across this website ( http://www.premedguide.com/medfind.html ) where you type in your MCAT score, gpa, and state of residence and it calculates your competitiveness at certain schools. What I was wondering is accurate this site is. Should I go by what it says?

 

[Pinkertinkle]

Its just an automated way of comparing your scores with the school averages. Anyways, admissions isn't entirely about two numbers and state of residence, so take what they have to say with a grain of salt.

 

[exmike]

it sucks. it says i'm competitive at harvard and duke and not competitive at schools I got into. according to this, my only locks are Ponce and Univ of North Dakota. and those take only in states from what i know. lame.

 

[fun8stuff]

Its just an automated way of comparing your scores with the school averages. Anyways, admissions isn't entirely about two numbers and state of residence, so take what they have to say with a grain of salt.

I know it's not all about numbers, but how else should I choose schools to apply to? Right now I have chosen all of my state schools and other schools where I feel I would be a good fit based on certain aspects about the school (lecure/PBL, urban/rural, friends that go to the school, etc). Now I just need a few schools that accept applicants with similar stats as me and take a lot of out-of-staters. ....or am I going about this all wrong?!