Premed dreams....

kristin5792
Wed, 06 Jun 2012 14:14:25 +0000

but if you come from smaller sized states that accept a fairly large percentage of in state students, you will be fine (assuming your mcat is at least in 32-36 range and you have other stuff down).



Those are some pretty big assumptions! I agree with you, if all those other conditions are met, then an applicant with a low (3.2-3.4) GPA might be accepted. I have a feeling that many applicants with low GPAs also have low MCAT scores–and without having an MCAT score >32 (keep in mind, >32 is >90th%ile of test takers), I can’t imagine an application with a low GPA and a low or average MCAT score would do well at allopathic schools. There’s just too many applicants with fantastic statistics applying–why should they accept low GPA, low MCAT applicants?