Medical School

[Kappamd]

Originally Posted by When Doves Cry

Sorry if this question was answered, but what scores did you get your MCATs & which schools did you get into?? (If you don't mind me asking! You don't have to reply. I'm just wondering) My boyfriend is taking it at the end of this summer, and he's afraid he won't get into any med schools

I pretty much agree with AOII Angel. SOMETHING has to stand out, whether it be your MCAT score, your GPA (science AND cumulative), etc. The average MCAT score is around a 31-32 now, and I would say he needs at least that to feel confident in his chances. I personally had just "average" MCAT scores, but I also had above a 3.8 GPA and a TON of extracurricular activites, both medical and non-medical. I interviewed at in-state schools only, but that's because I wanted to stay in state, and we have a LOT of medical schools here.

As for reference materials, he should get the MSAR.

https://www.aamc.org/students/applyi...irements/msar/

[AOII Angel]

Originally Posted by Kappamd

I pretty much agree with AOII Angel. SOMETHING has to stand out, whether it be your MCAT score, your GPA (science AND cumulative), etc. The average MCAT score is around a 31-32 now, and I would say he needs at least that to feel confident in his chances. I personally had just "average" MCAT scores, but I also had above a 3.8 GPA and a TON of extracurricular activites, both medical and non-medical. I interviewed at in-state schools only, but that's because I wanted to stay in state, and we have a LOT of medical schools here.

As for reference materials, he should get the MSAR.

https://www.aamc.org/students/applyi...irements/msar/

Scores are going up! Of course, I went to school in 1997.

[AOEforme]

I concur. I know one person in my class with a 27 MCAT score, and he had a 4.0 from Northwestern.

I personally had a not-as-stellar GPA but an awesome MCAT score and two difficult majors along with a million extracurricular and research papers.

The nice thing is that, overall, you can balance weak aspects of your application with other strong parts. However, some schools prefer a strong GPA to a strong MCAT.

I went online and looked at the websites of all the schools I wanted to apply to. I figured out (based on their previous class statistics) which ones I had a good chance at and applied there.