Comparing MCAT and SAT scores...Fill in the blanks :)

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<p>I pulled 1.99 GPA + 17 MCAT score from <a href=“http://aamc.org/data/facts/applicantmatriculant/table24-mcatgpagridall2007-09.pdf[/url]”>http://aamc.org/data/facts/applicantmatriculant/table24-mcatgpagridall2007-09.pdf&lt;/a&gt; . What about a 3.19 GPA + 14 MCAT - only pointed out to show it would only be unreasonable for me to think of it as a strict cut-off ceiling. (Wow… a BS/MD program requiring 3.8 + 36? Might as well get that and apply elsewhere…)</p>

<p>Random thought: I would find it very interesting to start up random bioethics threads to see you guys debate it out. It would be an interesting debate and would double as a very informative (for the most part) “article,” if you will, which would be quite resourceful.</p>

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<p>You are welcome to start such threads. I don’t know how much debate will go on though. Otherwise I would recommend SDN which has many more people that are prone to get into such debates. The sociopolitical forum as well within SDN.</p>

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<p>I tried exploring SDN once, it seems too messy for me - I got lost and didn’t want to try finding my way around.</p>

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<p>“(Wow… a BS/MD program requiring 3.8 + 36? Might as well get that and apply elsewhere…)”</p>

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<li>Oh, no, if you get this at WSLU, you definitely stay there. WSLU is top of the tops</li>
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<p>Engineerhead,
There is no reason for checking MCAT 14, 17. People easily get 25 on very first practice MCAT without 1 min. of preparation.</p>

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<p>Why do you say there is no reason? It serves as support for my reasoning.</p>

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<p>There are too many confounding variables. First of all, 2400s are rather easy to score. In my high school alone, there were 3 people in my grade and 5 people in the grade below who got 2400s. </p>

<p>Consider that premed is a self-selecting concentration. Most students who are getting below 2000 on their SATs are probably not going to do premed… Anyways, at a lot of schools premed students are weeded out and if you look at any college, the difference in enrollment between Chem or Bio 1 and then Orgo the year after supports that claim. </p>

<p>Though both tests are graded on a hard bell with 2400s and 40s representing the 99.9 percentile, because the SAT is administered to more underqualified students in comparison to the MCAT being administered to relatively qualified students seems to suggest that the MCAT is more competitive by several magnitudes.</p>

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<p>Closing 2 yo thread.</p>

<p>If you are interested in discussing this topic further, please start a new thread.</p>