Unless I'm misreading something this state school seems to have stats significantly above the average non-state school. Not sure how you are reading that as so favorable.
I should have defined my use of "favorable." The odds of getting an
interview, and the odds of getting
accepted, are WAY higher at UMass than average. Leaving GPA and MCAT out of it, you have a 57% chance of being interviewed, and a 13% chance of being accepted, by applying to UMass. There are only 7 allo schools that can beat these numbers (all state schools, such as Mississippi and North Dakota).
Again, I don't have in-state vs. OOS interview/matriculant data with me, so this is all-inclusive. Presumably, in a school that effectively bars OOS, the in-state numbers are slightly more favorable than the total numbers.
As the 08-09 MSAR reports it, UMass median accepted applicant overall GPA of 3.63 is 103rd out of 124. Science GPA of 3.6 is 93 out of 124. MCAT of 33Q is tied with the Mayo Clinic at 26 out of 124. (The 125th school is U of MO KC which is a BS/MD program and doesn't have numbers.)
See elsewhere for arguments about whether these median accepted applicant numbers have any meaning at all. The numbers that would actually be interesting, which aren't available en masse, would be
averages for
matriculants.
If you're an applicant, like me, whose numbers aren't going to get you autoscreened in, but whose interview, LORs, PS, and ECs are darned good, interview percentages are everything.
Says me. Take w/salt.
