<p>Are are the GPA and MCAT score ranges that would get you into top med schools like JHU, Stanford, WUSTL, Harvard, Penn, Duke???</p>
<p>3.8 and 36 is what I've heard.</p>
<p>^^ HAHAHA I guess you get all your bases covered right there ^^</p>
<p>Ouch! Check out these stats of JHU. It's unbelievable! How does anyone get accepted at this place anyway?</p>
<p>Interviewed, NOT Accepted (~MCAT 37.5, ~GPA 3.82):
04694 California State University, Los Angeles, 37 MCAT, 3.95 GPA, applied 2006
08436 Anonymous, 40 MCAT, 3.86 GPA, applied 2007
05153 Cornell University, 42 MCAT, 4.00 GPA, applied 2006
05559 Duke University, 40 MCAT, 3.97 GPA, applied 2006
05659 Gettysburg College, 34 MCAT, 3.93 GPA, applied 2007
07764 Harvard, 39 MCAT, 3.67 GPA, applied 2007
06659 Harvard College, 36 MCAT, 3.48 GPA, applied 2007
04868 Johns Hopkins, 35 MCAT, 3.84 GPA, applied 2006
06844 Johns Hopkins, 34 MCAT, 3.77 GPA, applied 2007
05329 Johns Hopkins University, 37 MCAT, 3.71 GPA, applied 2006
05527 McGill, 35 MCAT, 3.70 GPA, applied 2006
07900 Michigan State University, 38 MCAT, 3.94 GPA, applied 2007
07606 Princeton, 41 MCAT, 3.93 GPA, applied 2007
07253 Stony Brook University, 34 MCAT, 3.94 GPA, applied 2007
07998 Anonymous, 36 MCAT, 3.84 GPA, applied 2007
05678 University of British Columbia, 39 MCAT, 4.00 GPA, applied 2006
06382 University of Maryland College Park, 42 MCAT, 3.91 GPA, applied 2007
06511 University of North Carolina at Chapel H, 32 MCAT, 3.01 GPA, applied 2007
03879 University of Texas, 40 MCAT, 3.92 GPA, applied 2006
04673 University of Tulsa, 38 MCAT, 4.00 GPA, applied 2006
05451 Valparaiso University, 38 MCAT, 3.85 GPA, applied 2007
03842 Vanderbilt University, 38 MCAT, 3.99 GPA, applied 2006
07431 Anonymous, 35 MCAT, 3.75 GPA, applied 2007
08465 Wesleyan University, 40 MCAT, 3.74 GPA, applied 2007</p>
<p>Research and BCPM GPA might explain a good deal of this. I didn't even get an interview and I beat several of these candidates on these two metrics -- but my BCPM GPA was decidedly below what Hopkins looks for.</p>
<p>As we all know, GPA and MCAT is only two of the factors schools look for. I bet JHU has more applicants "in range" (ie w/ GPA b/w 3.7-4.0 and MCAT b/w 33-45) than they have interview spots. So undoubtedly some fantastic applicants (numbers-wise) won't even get interviewd, muchless accepted.</p>
<p>I wonder if JHU is any easier for residency or fellowships though.
Do you think that the degree of difficulty of being accepted in a place like JHU perhaps follows following trend?</p>
<p>Med School > residency > fellowship?</p>
<p>Not sure where undergrad fits on this scale in terms of difficulty of being accepted. </p>
<p>I know at least 3 previously budding scientists who went to JHU as premeds and got completely burnt out by the time they finished their degrees and are now all working in Pharma.</p>
<p>It depends largely on what specialty you're thinking. I could probably go into JHU's geriatrics program without trying too hard over the rest of medical school. Their neurosurgery is another matter.</p>
<p>BDM,</p>
<p>Is it similar for all top med schools? Certain specialties are far more difficult than certain others?</p>
<p>This has nothing to do with medical school. We're now talking about hospitals. Certain hospitals are better in certain specialties. Even though BDM wrote "JHU," I believe that he meant Johns Hopkins Hospital.</p>
<p>NCG: It depends on how broadly you define university. I consider the hospital part of the university system, I guess. You could probably go either way.</p>
<p>PG: Yes, certain specialties nationally are much harder than others. While there's some hospital-to-hospital variation (i.e. Columbia NSurg is probably harder than Columbia Rad/Onc but Mayo is probably reversed), the variation is probably pretty minimal.</p>
<p>BDM, Thanks much!</p>
<p>06382 University of Maryland College Park, 42 MCAT, 3.91 GPA, applied 2007</p>
<p>that jumped at me the most.</p>
<p>pharmagal, i wasn't aware that princeton had a med school...? are those the stats for graduates of those schools applying?</p>
<p>those stats/results aren't surprising, are they? I mean, they all DID get interviews...</p>
<p>@SHS_Spartan</p>
<p>Talk about pressure. That's my state school.</p>
<p>
[quote]
undoubtedly some fantastic applicants (numbers-wise) won't even get interviewd
[/quote]
:D .</p>
<p>:( (10 char)</p>
<p>Oh, I meant that my lack of interview invitation didn't mean I was a bad candidate. I took it as a compliment.</p>
<p>College!</p>
<p>If you earnestly wanted to go to that SPECIFIC school, being interviewed and not being selected can be a major let down for most applicants.</p>
<p>I don't think that 'being interviewed' is in any way a consolation prize......unless you really disliked the people who interviewed you and you felt no collegiality/consonance with them.</p>