UCLA vs Texas for Pre-med?

UCLAri
Sun, 20 Apr 2008 15:17:43 +0000

We3AreGenius,

I may not be a med student, but I know plenty of med students and am engaged to one. You are also, in MY experience, a bit off the mark. It seems to me that the GPA and MCAT is a green/yellow/red flag for most schools. The higher the GPA and MCAT, the more schools will green flag you before they more on to ECs, LORs, etc.

However, while a 3.4 is enough to green flag you to many schools, it will not green flag you at UCSF, UCLA, WUSTL, etc. The thing is, you need BOTH high GPA/MCAT AND awesome extracurriculars to get into the stratosphere of medical schools because admission is that tough.

And while high scores won’t guarantee squat, you need at least the high scores to get past the first gate.