Pre Med Question

[fallenchemist]

@cheesiestpotato1

With all due respect, I think the answer is right there in your link. Except instead of 70-85, the number seems to be 90%.

While the national admission rate to medical schools for all college students is 44%, Tulane students gain admission at a rate of 58% overall, and 90% for those students who earned a 3.6 grade point average or above and a 32 or higher on the MCAT. Tulane students were admitted to competitive medical schools in 2014 including Stanford, Georgetown, and New York University. Tulane undergraduates enjoy preferential admission to Tulane’s medical school as well, which receives approximately 10,000 applications for 189 seats annually. Last year, 45 Tulane graduates were admitted to Tulane School of Medicine.

I added the underline that supports your second stat of 58%, and bold for what was undoubtedly the kind of reference that was being made for the higher percentage. Perhaps the 70% was for a different, somewhat lower set of GPA and MCAT numbers. While the 32 (I believe starting this year they have changed the scoring scale on the MCAT) was about an 85th percentile, and so a pretty tough score, most Tulane students scored at least that kind of percentile on their SAT/ACT, and the correlation is fairly good between the two. Bottom line, that and a 3.6 are highly doable with decent discipline as a student. I think on the new MCAT scoring the 85th percentile is around a 511.