So, now you’re well above the national average for MCAT scores, and that’s likely to be accepted.And then there’s an enormous jump once you get to the 510-513 mark at 60.3%. So a good MCAT score is not the only factor.
Thanks for your response!My gf graduated from Harvard and has friends going to HMS. One would assume medical school applicants rate it higher than law school applicants, but I could be very wrong.If altruism was a primary motivation, there wouldn't be a stats race among medical students to avoid primary care and we would also see more doctors would work in rural/underserved areas.I'm not saying law students are any better, but I think some of the biggest motivators in medicine are money, prestige, and interest in biomedical sciencesLike the other poster said, there's a larger number of applicants in other programs. Success looks incredibly different for each person.I have peers who went to community college, joined the military, and are now at Hopkins. Over 90% of our students get into med school—the first time. I'm not saying that you HAVE to have attended a top tier undergraduate school, but I think it definitely helps. Also, what I've noticed is how involved in research people are in that kinds of schools. That said, theres a lot of nuance behind those numbers.I would be interested to see the primary motivations of those going into law school versus those going into medical school.Is altruism a big factor for both? Law school graduation rates are lower; they don't try to hold on to students quite as tightly.Having said that, your general point stands. Looking at this table, more than 10% of students who had more than 3.79 GPA and greater than a 517 on the MCAT still couldn’t get into medical school. Medical schools, which are already hard to get into, are getting harder each year. He got into mid tier schools and got II and some high ranked schools, but didn't get into any of them. Med school is very tough to get into.And many law schools do grading on a curve. Simple as that. Thanks for your answer!One of my interviewers at Harvard started the interview by stating that at the end of the day admission to Harvard (not sure if it applies to other top schools) is based alot on luck. Why It's Hard to Get Into Medical School Despite Doctor Shortages. As I read about your time in Kenya, I knew that you left changed. But you might not be sure which score you need to get into a medical school on your list.In this episode, we’ll talk all about how to view your MCAT score and what you should be aiming for! And talking to a lot of the interviewees, they've noticed the same thing when attending interviews.From what I've heard it's about 80% are from the Ivies, big name privates (think Stanford, MIT, Duke etc) and the few Big name public (think Michigan, Berkeley, UCLA) and 20% are sprinkled with the rest of the collegesWould you consider Michigan-Ann Arbor top tier or above average?No doubt in that it certainly helps to go to a top tier undergrad. One of my friends who got accepted to Harvard started his own clean water initiative at the Mexican village his grandparents live in, fundraised and promoted on his own and wrote a great essay about it. But this is the starting position for considering what helps and what hurts.The nationwide average MCAT score for people who got accepted into allopathic (MD) programs in the US was about 509.
Please keep the sarcasm such as "curing cancer" or "winning a Nobel Prize" or "ending the civil war in Syria" behind. Your application will be filtered out before it reaches human eyes. What he pointed out is that even though these applicants are all extremely qualified they are usually too similar, making it very difficult for people on admissions to choose one over the other.He was very honest in saying that when he and other faculty are given the option to stay 2 hours after work or 1 hour after work to go over applicants everyone chooses 1 hour so each applicant only gets 2 minutes to get reviewed and at this point they are just trying to cut the number of interviewed applicants in half and based on his experience this is 75% based on luck with no real reason as to why one was chosen over the other.He ended this little intro by saying that if I don't get in to not feel that other applicants were better qualified because it was probably just that they were more lucky. Please check your email for further instructions.Something went wrong. Replies to: Can I get into a top medical school like stanford with 3.3 GPA but very high mcat & great experience #1. By using our Services or clicking I agree, you agree to our use of cookies. Now you know what you should be shooting for on your MCAT. That is not how it works for med school.I know there are valid reasons for the discrepancy, but it still sucks.Something to think about: While it is certainly much easier (perhaps even just Not to mention, med schools are big on the idea of "once you're in, you're in" and graduation rates are super high. Being from a well-recognized undergraduate institution doesn't hurt either.Yes research indeed seems to be a big aspect of these top schools as well! You should either make some significant positive change/influence or try to do so in whatever it is you are passionate about.If you don't come from a top undergrad your battle is one that is steeply uphill.I have been seeing this quite a bit. Like... active self-directed research. I know many people who have both successful and even lucrative careers as businessmen/JDs from schools that are nowhere near the “T14” or whatever you call it.
If you want to get into a law/business school and don't care about too too much about the name, you can. Oftentimes a high MCAT will ease concerns regarding one’s academic capacity to succeed in medical school. That goes to reinforce why a student can't get so fixated on a specific top tier school, because even if they are qualified, they may still just get "filtered out" at the end of the day.Another part of it is being able to thread a cohesive narrative through your application.