<p>Fine, not totally subjective. But a guy with Asperger’s syndrome will do very well on an MCAT. Probably not the “best” doctor, even though his numbers are better. There are too many intangibles, some of which are beyond a medical student’s control, e.g. surveys showing that people prefer a doctor of the same gender and race.</p>
<p>I wish there were numbers on this to see whether or not grade deflation/inflation is as big a problem as you claim it is. As it is, I would wager that it’s a very small portion of the total students that apply to medical school. And kids that actually try at Caltech or MIT will likely not have borderline mcats. The ones that do are fairly small.</p>
<p>And I think orgo is more relevant than physics was.</p>