<p>I am currently attending San Francisco State University. Let's say I get a 3.8 gpa and an outstanding MCAT score. Does the school I attend for undergrad still influence whether or not I am accepted to med school (for instance, Stanford, UCLA, UW)?
The reason I am wondering is because I started to think: what if a uc berkeley student has the same gpa and mcat score- would that person be preferred over me simply because of the the undergrad university he or she attended?</p>
<p>yes because Cal State schools are considered to have inflated GPA’s. If you have a 3.8 GPA though and a 33+ MCAT score your chances are good because it proves that you have the ability to understand even though your school is considered to be less prestigious.</p>
<p>Basically 3.75+ GPA and 33+ MCAT.</p>
<p>I have heard of people getting rejected with 3.5 GPA at cal states with 34 MCAT scores. So GPA does play an importance, med schools (adcom= admissions committee) believes that you should receive a 4.0 GPA due to the ease of cal states.</p>
<p>If you do not get accepted go for a post-bacc program and apply next year</p>
<p>@Dashtiani</p>
<p>It is amusing to see someone post that a student who goes to a California State University should get a 4.0 GPA because Cal States are so easy and yet you can not even get a 3.0 at a community college.</p>
<p>Marissa, stay at SFU. You will be fine if you have the stats and the other resume goodies.</p>
<p>Marissa,</p>
<p>Stay at your school and do the best you can. </p>
<p>Also…keep in mind that you don’t HAVE to go to Stanford or UCLA med schools (I’m not saying that you won’t get in. I’m just saying that those med schools aren’t the “end all, be all.”) As an OOS student, getting into UW is just hard for anyone. </p>
<p>I don’t understand Dashtiani’s post since his/her GPA is quite low.</p>