<p>No, UNC’s average is like just over or under a 3.2 (and even if it wasn’t, I would mainly worry about the sciences where it and Emory will likely grade similarly. Southern elite institutions like to curve those no higher than B- or B), which is really solid for a very large public school with high variation in the student body. And no, the difference in SAT scores (which is not as large as you think) cannot explain the difference in MCAT scores. SAT does not stress critical thinking as much as the MCAT and does not stress science at all. The MCAT may represent a mixture of factors, but one of them is indeed how the science curriculum at the students’ institution is run. There are schools w/higher entering stats. than WashU that do not average 32. Something else is there. 1360-1400 (Emory’s average SAT) should mean that students perform around that range as well (and many do, but too many don’t) if the science curriculum or the students’ mindsets were optimal. Like most schools, we could do at least a little better in some categories.</p>