What percentage of med schools look at subsection scores?

[allseasons]

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I only know two schools that care (Temple- 126 and UCLA- not certain but I've heard 128) and one that doesn't (pitt), but idk how many look at them internally and just don't disclose.

Would retaking a high-ish MCAT score (516-518) ever be worth it if you have a sub-125 (esp on CARS or psych-soc, if the specific section matters)?

Specifically asking for ORM/White.

 

[voxveritatisetlucis]

I think that it may be frowned upon to retake those scores. However, sub-125 psych/soc is much more favorable than sub-125 cars from the perspective of needing a retake.

 

[wysdoc]

I only know two schools that care (Temple- 126 and UCLA- not certain but I've heard 128) and one that doesn't (pitt), but idk how many look at them internally and just don't disclose.

Would retaking a high-ish MCAT score (516-518) ever be worth it if you have a sub-125 (esp on CARS or psych-soc, if the specific section matters)?

Specifically asking for ORM/White.

isn't this irrelevant for you at this point in your application cycle?

 

[allseasons]

isn't this irrelevant for you at this point in your application cycle?

I have a lot of pre-med friends and not all of them have an sdn account. Two in this situation were considering a retake and asked me for advice. Posting on their behalf here.

 

[allseasons]

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which schools care? all of them. How much does each school care or what will impact an applicant is completely variable by school

is it even necessarily true that every school looks at subsection score? you're saying there's not a single school that only looks at overall mcat average? I figured there would be at least some.

 

[Goro]

I only know two schools that care (Temple- 126 and UCLA- not certain but I've heard 128) and one that doesn't (pitt), but idk how many look at them internally and just don't disclose.

Would retaking a high-ish MCAT score (516-518) ever be worth it if you have a sub-125 (esp on CARS or psych-soc, if the specific section matters)?

Specifically asking for ORM/White.

Nope

 

[Med Ed]

42.

 

[LizzyM]

No one throws away data. It might be relevant, it might be something that tips the balance. It might be taken in conjunction with other data points such that a 123 might be acceptable in one instance but not another. Can this candidate do well in our program? What is the evidence that the candidate is likely to do well and what is the evidence that the candidate may be one who struggles? Every data point is valuable and they are taken HOLISTICALLY to answer the question of ability to do the work.

 

[allseasons]

No one throws away data. It might be relevant, it might be something that tips the balance. It might be taken in conjunction with other data points such that a 123 might be acceptable in one instance but not another. Can this candidate do well in our program? What is the evidence that the candidate is likely to do well and what is the evidence that the candidate may be one who struggles? Every data point is valuable and they are taken HOLISTICALLY to answer the question of ability to do the work.

what would an adcom think of high mcat low cars, 3.9+ gpa. obv for bio/biochem you can check their b/bc grades, and same for chem phys.

 

[Goro]

what would an adcom think of high mcat low cars, 3.9+ gpa. obv for bio/biochem you can check their b/bc grades, and same for chem phys.

You're not listening to the wise LizzyM. Adcoms do not look at single metrics. They look at the entire app.

Look, sometimes you have to apply with the app you have, warts and all, and see how the cycle shakes out.

 

[LizzyM]

what would an adcom think of high mcat low cars, 3.9+ gpa. obv for bio/biochem you can check their b/bc grades, and same for chem phys.

Is English the applicant's mother tongue? If no, was the applicant educated in the US all the way through school? If not, at what age/grade did the applicant start school in the US (not explicitly in the application but sometimes in the essays)? Is there any evidence in the transcript and letters of recommendation that shed light on the applicant's ability to do well in courses in the social sciences (e.g. history, political science, anthropology) and the humanities (English. philosophy, religious studies)?

When we see an applicant that is attractive aside from that one poor subscore, there is a desire to find something to justify offering an interview and getting the rest of the story.

 

[IMGASMD]

Is English the applicant's mother tongue? If no, was the applicant educated in the US all the way through school? If not, at what age/grade did the applicant start school in the US (not explicitly in the application but sometimes in the essays)? Is there any evidence in the transcript and letters of recommendation that shed light on the applicant's ability to do well in courses in the social sciences (e.g. history, political science, anthropology) and the humanities (English. philosophy, religious studies)?

When we see an applicant that is attractive aside from that one poor subscore, there is a desire to find something to justify offering an interview and getting the rest of the story.

I am just glad that the decision is made by humans not some algorithm…..

Got in with a reading score of 8….

“I thought they don’t let anyone with a score of less than 30 in” was a comment I received once from a professor.

Thank God to whoever is on the committee with a heart.

 

[voxveritatisetlucis]

I believe that cars is supposed to be an iq/aptitude test of sorts. Since it’s the only section that resembles an SAT/LSAT/GMAT? Not really any math or logic on the exam so maybe that’s why they have cars