<p>Undergrad admissions deals with the SAT/ACT whereas med school is obviously about the MCAT. We all know a 2400 or 36 is far far far from a guaranteed undergrad acceptance. Quite simply, how far will a 45 take someone relative to the other two numbers?</p>
<p>Oh, and Inb4patheticfallacyargumentsfrompeoplelikeBDM</p>
<p>This is an impossible question, because does this 45er have a 4.0 or a 2.7? What sort of clinical experience do they have? EC's? Research? What was their personal statement about? Their essays on the secondary? How well do they interview? </p>
<p>Seriously, you could have a hypothetically "perfect" application, but miss on just one of those things, and you'd be dropped at a number of schools.</p>
<p>I think 'the index' helps a little (GPAx10) + MCAT = index
But a 45 + 2.5 index of 70 would face A LOT more difficulty than 32/3.8/70.</p>
<p>Top colleges see applications from tens if not hundreds of perfect scorers every year.</p>
<p>It's been awhile since anyone has scored a 45 on the MCAT. I'm still not sure if anyone has ever scored a 45 on the MCAT. Thus, a 45-scorer might get interviewed if for nothing other than novelty. But, I agree that a 45 is far far from a guaranteed acceptance despite its rarity. In the end, the MCAT is simply just another component of your application.</p>
<p>It would get you an interview for sure.</p>
<p>From the on, it all depends on your interaction and social skills. Communication and fluent delievery skills.</p>
<p>A friend got a 45 on the MCATs before she even entered college! Pity she wasn't interested in practicing medicine, else I might've known the answer to the OP's question.</p>
<p>^ Wth ?</p>
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A friend got a 45 on the MCATs before she even entered college! Pity she wasn't interested in practicing medicine, else I might've known the answer to the OP's question.
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Troll much?</p>
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I know, right?</p>
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[quote] A friend got a 45 on the MCATs before she even entered college! Pity she wasn't interested in practicing medicine, else I might've known the answer to the OP's question.
Troll much?
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No. No, not at all.</p>
<p>krypton, why'd she bother taking the mcat if she wasn't interested in medicine?</p>
<p>She was considering pre-med up until her sophomore year in college or so.</p>
<p>And I was misinformed. She actually only got a 44 (gasp!). Given she did get that score as a high schooler and that she would have had to retake the MCAT anyway had she actually applied to med school (since the test score would have expired), she might as well have actually gotten a 45 by the time she graduated from college.</p>
<p>Real MCAT or a practice test? I can't imagine a high schooler losing their senior year to studying for the MCAT, and then deciding not to go to med school after scoring that high, and losing their high school experience. Seems like she lost.</p>
<p>astor,</p>
<p>She would have lost if she had gotten into a field that she did not enjoy.</p>
<p>doesn't matter, this sounds bogus to me anyway. i can't even see like a super [student] pulling off that kind of score in high school.</p>
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<p>She would have lost if she had gotten into a field that she did not enjoy.
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<p>That's true, but that is more in the future than what she had already done. Usually, people who take the MCAT and take a huge chunk out of their time to prepare for such things are relatively set on medical school. Apparently, she took it as a high schooler, which means she must have lost quite a lot of high school time taking an unnecessary test that would have expired for most people if she wasn't planning on graduating from college in 2 years to keep the score valid in time for applying. She lost that time. (All contingent upon the truthfulness of a 44 by a high school student...sounds a bit trollish though, or a very gullible CC member tricked by their high school friend)</p>
<p>Given that nobody in the country has pulled it off for the past few years, that's probably right.</p>
<p>Half of the disbelieving comments above wouldn't have been posted if I had thrown discretion to the winds and revealed my friend's name. The other half would quickly have been met with retorts (from others) defending the accuracy of my statement. This friend is known for her incredible achievements. Achievements that would be conducive with scoring spectacularly on the MCATs.</p>
<p>Q & A!:</p>
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She found her AP classes to have covered MCAT material more than satisfactorily, and she studied only orgo in her own time as preparation. Furthermore, she did indeed have plans to graduate after sophomore year but thought better of it (and of being pre-med).</p>
<p><a href="All%20contingent%20upon%20the%20truthfulness%20of%20a%2044%20by%20a%20high%20school%20student...sounds%20a%20bit%20trollish%20though,%20or%20a%20very%20gullible%20CC%20member%20tricked%20by%20their%20high%20school%20friend">quote=astor</a>
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Quite the contrary. I never said that was a recent event (nor did I say the friend is still a high schooler; far from it). She did this either in 2003 or 2004, so that isolated incident previous to the "past few years" was her.</p>
<p>In any case, -someone- is going to get a 44 or a 45 eventually. Is it really hard to disbelieve that CC, of all places, is where it could be validly brought up? You do the forum and the human race a disservice for being overly critical of what people truly are capable of.</p>
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You do the forum and the human race a disservice for being overly critical of what people truly are capable of.
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<p>Nah, still critical. Gaylord Focker had like a 42 when he took it...there's no way your friend did better than Gay Focker. If that's true then my world would be crashing down around me.</p>
<p>I don't see how one really bright person can't ace the MCAT- as in get a 45. The content it tests is basic that can be learned from AP classes, with the exception of ochem. The difficulty of the test is really overhyped. I mean people are putting in 400 hours just to get a 30+ which is crazy. Not saying it's a bad thing because hard work is good but still.</p>
<p>The MCAT is certainly overhyped in general. This particular person is underhyping it. A 45 is very difficult to get -- and we know this because in the past few years, nobody has actually done it.</p>
<p>Kumar got one, but that was back in 2004.</p>