<p>I came across a post on CC about being a minority being somewhat of a hook for med school application. BDM posted a link to another post but it was removed. I am wondering if being black would effect the chances of getting into a medical school, or better yet, a top medical school. If their GPA is 3.89 and MCAT is 39, would a minority be more likely to get in (>89% chance) than most or would it only effect lower scoring individuals (e.g. 3.4, 28-30)?</p>
<p>*If their GPA is 3.89 and MCAT is 39, would a minority be more likely to get in (>89% chance) than most or would it only effect lower scoring individuals (e.g. 3.4, 28-30)? *</p>
<p>Not sure what you’re asking.</p>
<p>If a URM has a MCAT 39 and a high GPA, then he/she would probably have a very high chance of being admitted to a top 20 med.</p>
<p>What else are you asking? Are you asking about URMs with average stats?</p>
<p>I am asking about urms throughout a range of stats…from low to high. I am sure there if a table that shows statistics for percent admited into med school. Basically any information regarding race being an advantage in admission if there is one.</p>
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<p>Yes, just like undergrad admissions, being URM is worth bonus points in admissions to grad/professional schools.</p>
<p>AAMC has all kinds of data tables regarding med school admissions. Table 19, for example, shows that the mean gpa for matriculants for a “Black or African American” is a 3.46, in comparison to an overall of 3.67. The respective MCAT scores for matriculants is 26.6 and 31.1.</p>
<p><a href=“https://www.aamc.org/download/161696/data/table19-mcatgpa-raceeth-2010-web.pdf.pdf[/url]”>https://www.aamc.org/download/161696/data/table19-mcatgpa-raceeth-2010-web.pdf.pdf</a></p>
<p>Table 25 shows that there were 13 Black or African Americans who scored 39+ on the MCAT (out of 10k applicants). All 13 were accepted. There were 69 Black or AA students who scored 36-38, 66 of which were accepted, even with a 3.0+ gpa.</p>
<p><a href=“https://www.aamc.org/download/157594/data/table25-b-mcatgpa-grid-black-0810.pdf.pdf[/url]”>https://www.aamc.org/download/157594/data/table25-b-mcatgpa-grid-black-0810.pdf.pdf</a></p>
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<p>I’m asian. We should be considered a minority, too :(</p>
<p>^^wow bby thats exactly what I was looking for. I can’t believe that 100% of applicants with my stats and a MCAT of above 36 were accepted.</p>
<p>DW:</p>
<p>the overall acceptance rate for anyone with a 3.8+/39+ is better than 95%. (I’m too lazy to do the math to add it exactly.)</p>
<p>OP, For a black with 3.89/39, he or she likely has his/her pick of medical school to attend, and often admitted with a big money.</p>
<p>It is likely that, with the same quality of ECs, a male black 3.89/32 from a tier-2 college can beat a non-URM with 3.89/39 from a tier-1 college at many medical schools, as far as the admission is concerned.</p>
<p>bluebayou, DS is lucky to be belong to the 95% you mentioned and he did succeed in getting into a medical school :)</p>
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<p>Got Rice…</p>
<p>I hope you are kidding…at many schools Asian students exceed 35-40% of the enrolled students…hardly a minority.</p>
<p>Nice try though ;)</p>
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<p>You are. However, you are not an Underrepresented Minority, which is what the AAMC cares about.</p>
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<p>Have you already taken the mcats? Have you scored a 39? If not, there is NO POINT in assuming that your going to end up with a 39 on the mcats.</p>
<p>Being a URM is one of the biggest advantages you can have in med school admissions. Being black (especially a black male) with a 3.7+/35+ and just average EC’s will get you in at practically every top med school you apply to.</p>
<p>norcalguy, does that mean if you’re black with great stats AND a “hook” that you mention in previous posts (Rhodes Scholar/started companies/widely published) GUARANTEES admission basically anywhere ?</p>
<p>^^^I didnt say I would get a 39, don’t know where you got that from. Just said those with 36+ have an incredible chance of getting into med school.
^ Yeah I am interested in that aswell. If your app is strong enough to be considered for top meds alone and you add being a black male, than it sounds like a sure thing.</p>
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<p>Yes, look at the link that bluebayyou posted again. There are only 29 total African Americans with 3.8+/35+ stats, regardless of quality of EC’s. You can easily partition those 29 students between the top 3 or 4 med schools (which is probably what happens).</p>
<p>GotRice, you strike me as a big fan of affirmative action. :)</p>
<p>To admissions councils, being black or Native American seems to mean you are a special needs kid that should be given a break for some reason.</p>
<p>^Not sure about special needs, how about repressed from education for hundreds of year? It did not change until 40 years ago which is fairly recent. It is fact that if your parents graduated from college you are much more likely to do so compared to a child who parents did not attend college. Most of black and native parents did not attend college because it was nearly impossible in their days. I believe they are trying to narrow the gap in college education that exist between ethnic groups, since it has nothing to do with how smart these people are but socioeconomic factors.</p>
<p>My parents moved here from another country in the '70s with little to no money and managed to go to college even though their parents didn’t and could never afford to even if they wanted to. What sort of advantage do I have over the people that get benefits from being URMs?</p>
<p>Your parents were lucky, mines weren’t. My mom only graduated from high school but I swear she is smart enough, esp.in english to teach at a high level (she almost won nat. spelling bee). She could not go to college because she absolutely had no money to. She was in alabama. I’m not sure about your parents but they were not in the situation mines were in. Blacks had it exceptional hard back than. Location was probably key for your parents. </p>
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