How many Texas Tech TTU pre-med students go to CA med schools?

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  1. I wouldn’t use the term biased exactly, but they know from past experiences that TX applicants are unlikely to matriculate so they don’t interview many unless the applicant indicates a very strong interest in or has some strong ties to the OOS med school.

  2. No, as CA resident you won’t face the TX resident ‘bias’. (You will, however, face “Oh, look another CA applicant” disadvantage.)

Just having a higher GPA /MCAtT won’t boost your chances at a CA in-state school. Having a strong GPA/MCAT is the baseline for CA med schools.

No one knows exactly how med schools filter. Every school handles it differently since each one is looking for different qualities in applicants.

Also it’s more than just your numbers. Everything that goes into your application is part of the filtering process. A poorly written PS, a check box list of ECs, These can tank an application as surely as a sub-par GPA or wildly uneven MCAT score.

P.S. In TX, at least, a high GPA trumps a high MCAT.

P.P.S There are no tie breakers since no two applicants are ever exactly equal in all things.

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