selecting medscools to apply to based on stat

Somerset
Thu, 08 Mar 2012 05:42:57 +0000

Well, based upon my sample size of one–the rule of thumb was way off. MCAT score was pretty equivalent to her highest practice test and way higher than her ACT.



I highly doubt there is a high correlation between ACT and MCAT scores. Just use the practice test average (maybe minus 1 point) as your estimated score.



Will it be any use to send apps to some of the high ranked medschools if their average (matriculants) mcat and gpa are way out of range? Wouldn’t it be just a waste of money and time by applying to such schools at all? Say for a student with 32 MCAT and 3.6 GPA from a lower ranked ivy school to even try schools with average matriculant’s mcat (35) and gpa (3.8 or 3.9) ?? Any experience or knowledge you could share will be very much appreciated.



I’m not really even sure what a lower ranked Ivy is but get yourself a copy of the MSAR and if you’re between the 10th and 90th percentile for acceptance, give it a shot.