selecting medscools to apply to based on stat

norcalguy
Sat, 03 Mar 2012 21:25:48 +0000

My general rule:

Schools ranked 1-25 on US News will have stats approx 3.8/35

Schools ranked from 25-45 will have stats approx 3.7/32

Schools ranked below that will be around 3.6/30

Obviously, there are exceptions to this and low-tier state schools in general can be far easier than low tier private schools to get into for in-state residents.

As someone who looks to be a middle of the road applicant, he should be applying within all 3 categories (maybe 2-3 top tier, 10 mid-tier, and a few low tier schools).