What stats will get me accepted to Harvard Medical School?

[952995]

What GPA and MCAT gets an acceptance letter from HMS admissions? Do I need to attend an Ivy League undergraduate school first?

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[deleted972488]

No GPA/MCAT combination will guarantee you an acceptance.

 

[907914]

What GPA and MCAT gets an acceptance letter from HMS admissions? Do I need to attend an Ivy League undergraduate school first?

What combination gets you in to Harvard? Whatever combination you have when you get accepted. Was that helpful? If it wasn’t, then you didn’t understand the answer.

 

[Kardio]

What GPA and MCAT gets an acceptance letter from HMS admissions? Do I need to attend an Ivy League undergraduate school first?

Hold your horses there bucko! First you need at least level 90 before you are eligible to slay the dragon. Then, once achieving level 99 and having befriended the local wizard tribe, can you complete the quest and enter the kingdom of HMS.

Hope this has been helpful.

 

[Gurby]

You're gonna need about tree fiddy.

 

[Lucca]

I'd start by reading the essential wisdom sticky

 

[PA_dud3]

4.1/529

Man, I had one locked and loaded, just like this lol

 

[907914]

4.1/529

When someone tells you they had a 5.4 GPA in high school. Like...cool story?

 

[deleted936470]

3.0/498

 

[Schwifty]

Above a 1.0 GPA (both cGPA and sGPA) and above a 472 MCAT is a good start, no lower than a 118 in any section either

 

[993444]

Above a 1.0 GPA (both cGPA and sGPA) and above a 472 MCAT is a good start, no lower than a 118 in any section either

AT LEAST 0 hours shadowing and volunteer.

 

[Robin-jay]

Nepotism stats.

 

[AnMDtoB]

When someone tells you they had a 5.4 GPA in high school. Like...cool story?

What gets me are they people that say they had a 13.8 UW gpa - like, bro what kind of school did you go to?

 

[CJhooper123]

To answer your question OP (and it’s kind of already been done), there isn’t an exact GPA/MCAT combo that will earn you a HMS acceptance. Obviously, HMS attracts the brightest students in the country and matriculating is extremely difficult.

To give you a statistical idea, MSAR shows a median MCAT score of 520 and GPA of 3.93 for accepted students. That being said, I’m sure there are 520/3.93 students that get rejected from Harvard each year. You need exceptional extracurricular activities (research, clinical experiences, demonstration of altruism, shadowing hours) to be competitive.

You don’t need to attend an Ivy League undergrad to get accepted to HMS (although it would probably help).

 

[Goro]

To answer your question OP (and it’s kind of already been done), there isn’t an exact GPA/MCAT combo that will earn you a HMS acceptance. Obviously, HMS attracts the brightest students in the country and matriculating is extremely difficult.

To give you a statistical idea, MSAR shows a median MCAT score of 520 and GPA of 3.93 for accepted students. That being said, I’m sure there are 520/3.93 students that get rejected from Harvard each year. You need exceptional extracurricular activities (research, clinical experiences, demonstration of altruism, shadowing hours) to be competitive.

You don’t need to attend an Ivy League undergrad to get accepted to HMS (although it would probably help).

To follow up, stats merely get you to the door; ECs get you through. And acceptances are 100% on you.

 

[Engrailed]

To follow up, stats merely get you to the door; ECs get you through. And acceptances are 100% on you.

For someone with a 514-516 MCAt, are first author publications enough to make one stand out at these places or is that too high of a reach?

 

[Osminog]

Above a 1.0 GPA (both cGPA and sGPA) and above a 472 MCAT is a good start, no lower than a 118 in any section either

Well, I guess that explains why I didn't get into Harvard.

 

[Goro]

For someone with a 514-516 MCAt, are first author publications enough to make one stand out at these places or is that too high of a reach?

514-516 in < Harvard's 25th %ile. Closer to 10th than 25th, it seems. And no, some pubs are not enough. The higher up the pole you want to climb, the slipperier it gets.

Stick with Case/Keck class schools for the top of your list

 

[Engrailed]

514-516 in < Harvard's 25th %ile. Closer to 10th than 25th, it seems. And no, some pubs are not enough. The higher up the pole you want to climb, the slipperier it gets.

Stick with Case/Keck class schools for the top of your list

Ohkayyy thank you 🙂