What is the lowest MCAT score POSSIBLE...and still get in (true) stories!?

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Friend's older brother got into an MD school with a 19. He applied early decision.
 
Friend's older brother got into an MD school with a 19. He applied early decision.
I thought early decision was only helpful to strong candidates. I'd assume then he could also get in with 30 MCAT and 3.0 or below GPA.
 
We need that chart! Where is it?! Who knows what I'm talking about?
 
Yeah I thought for EDP you had to have minimum criteria that is usually above the schools median/mean.
I think that's only true if you're applying to a more geographically diverse school. If you were to apply to somewhere pretty competitive, you'd have to be extremely qualified for it to be a "wise" decision (and even then, depending on the school, it's doubtful).

But in other cases, early decision works to make up for a slightly weaker application. One of my state schools works this way, I think the main people who apply early are those below the school's averages. I mean, it makes sense (just like it does from the college perspective), you guarantee you're filling spots now to slightly "diminish" your student body later. If you're a state school looking to fill seats with predominantly residents, if you only let residents apply early, it works towards your goal.

To answer the thread, an adcom told me about a student admitted with a 19. I think he ended up failing a lot of stuff his first year, though.
 
I think that's only true if you're applying to a more geographically diverse school. If you were to apply to somewhere pretty competitive, you'd have to be extremely qualified for it to be a "wise" decision (and even then, depending on the school, it's doubtful).

But in other cases, early decision works to make up for a slightly weaker application. One of my state schools works this way, I think the main people who apply early are those below the school's averages. I mean, it makes sense (just like it does from the college perspective), you guarantee you're filling spots now to slightly "diminish" your student body later. If you're a state school looking to fill seats with predominantly residents, if you only let residents apply early, it works towards your goal.

To answer the thread, an adcom told me about a student admitted with a 19. I think he ended up failing a lot of stuff his first year, though.

Yeah but the thing that truly sucks is that you can only apply to that one school until you hear from them.
 
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