Why don't all DO schools make avaiable the stats of their entering class?

[LuluLovesMe]

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MD schools do this with the MSAR. It would be much better for applicants to know where they stand and gauge their chances rather than just roughly estimating.

 

[acapnial]

MD schools do this with the MSAR. It would be much better for applicants to know where they stand and gauge their chances rather than just roughly estimating.

The 10th percentile of MCAT and GPA might be too revealing

 

[soccermac42]

The 10th percentile of MCAT and GPA might be too revealing

That's totally not true

 

[nhnative]

Nearly all of the DO schools I researched/applied to had the class stats posted somewhere on the website, with a little searching.

 

[Mad Jack]

Usually they haven't compounded the data yet, as they're a new school and haven't bothered figuring out the math and who should calculate it, etc. Schools don't have a designated stats guy, so usually it is up to admissions to delegate the job to someone, and no one wants to do it, so it tends to not become anyone's responsibility for as long as possible. It's just a function of laziness, basically.

 

[acapnial]

That's totally not true

Do you mean that that's not why they don't do a 10th-90th range for gpa and mcat or that the 10th percentile isn't low?

 

[Goro]

Do a search for the list in this forum that @user3 was kind enough to compile.

MD schools do this with the MSAR. It would be much better for applicants to know where they stand and gauge their chances rather than just roughly estimating.

 

[soccermac42]

Do you mean that that's not why they don't do a 10th-90th range for gpa and mcat or that the 10th percentile isn't low?

No just saying not all people who get into DO school have a terrible MCAT or GPA. I made my choice solely off of shadowing both MD and DO and saw how the DO helped my father with MS much much more than any MD specialist he saw.

 

[asdf123g]

No just saying not all people who get into DO school have a terrible MCAT or GPA. I made my choice solely off of shadowing both MD and DO and saw how the DO helped my father with MS much much more than any MD specialist he saw.

I think the other posters point is that the 10% percentile will still be low no matter how great DO doctors are...The 90th wont be as high either obviously

 

[soccermac42]

I think the other posters point is that the 10% percentile will still be low no matter how great DO doctors are...The 90th wont be as high either obviously

Yeah ten percentile should even be considered ever. I agree I wouldn't post it either if I accepted someone that low.

 

[asdf123g]

Yeah ten percentile should even be considered ever. I agree I wouldn't post it either if I accepted someone that low.

average or a median would be best. DO schools shouldnt be obligated to have to present data in the same format as the MSAR with 10th and 90ths.