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Berkeleysenior, you do NOT need a 3.7+ to get into med school lol
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Refer to GoldShadow's post, as follows:
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To clear up the med school GPA thing:
In 2007, the average GPA of matriculants to US allopathic medical schools was 3.65. (AAMC: FACTS Table 17: MCAT Scores and GPAs for Applicants and Matriculants to U.S. Medical Schools)
Based on the new data from the 2008 MSAR, the median GPA of matriculants at nearly every medical school was 3.7-3.8.
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You don't need a 3.7+ to get into good law, med, or PhD programs. There are MANY other factors that can make up for a lower GPA. Law schools are particularly enamored with the LSAT.
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As someone who has already taken the LSAT and done law school research, trust me, I know. A statistics professor ran a regression and found that the LSAT accounts for approximately 60-70% of your application. Regardless if you look at the median GPAs of the T-10 law schools, they are ~3.7. The top 3 (Yale, Harvard, Stanford) have 3.85/3.9 medians.
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Top 2008 Law School Rankings
While a high LSAT (at least early 170s) can compensate for a mediocre GPA, chances are a mediocre GPA will knock you out of Boalt (which emphasizes GPA more) and the T-5 (unless your LSAT is 175+). Depending on how low it is, I'd say it'd knock you out of the T-10 completely. You may still have a shot at T-11 to T-14 with a high enough LSAT.
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you people need to CHILL OUT. maybe they wont get into the top TOP med schools. but really the old joke kind of applies. what do you call a person who graduated at the bottom of their med school class.. DOCTOR
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Your brother is an exception. Maybe he had a really high MCAT score. A 3.3 is still subpar at low ranked medical schools.
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With a 3.7 you'd almost be accepted to every med school in the US.
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This is totally inaccurate. I know of a few people at my university with 3.7s and "okay" but not high enough MCAT scores whom were rejected to 10+ medical schools. They did NOT get into a single medical school. Their MCATs weren't that high but not that low either...A 3.7 guarantees absolutely nothing.