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<p>Of course not. But it stands to reason that those at the higher end of the SAT curve flunk out less and are able to more successfully run the premed gauntlet. In other words, they actually get around to applying to med, or in the case of your early regression, Law school (re: LSAT).</p>
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<p>Agreed (bcos I don’t think it is), but then I also don’t buy into bdm’s lsat-gpa regression, due to self-selection of the lsat. </p>
<p>My only question, and it was a question, is what the regression might look like with mcat+gpa stem scores? Cal, like most other colleges, awards A’s in over half of the humanities classes, so comparing gpa’s to LSAT is the same as comparing gpa to entering SAT (assuming that SAT and LSAT are related). But, Cal gives out a bunch of Cs (and lower) in the premed science courses, so gpa’s on average WILL be lower for folks in those courses. Of course, self-selection could occur in that a 3.0 from Cal just won’t appy to med school nor take the mcat but a 3.3 from Pton might. Thus, gpa’s might not be much different. Jes speculatin’.</p>