<p>Just out of curiosity, is a 3.7 gpa from a top 10 school academically competitive enough for the likes of Harvard/UCSF/Stanford/JHU? Assuming the applicant scored a 38+ on the MCAT.</p>
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^Harvard medical school.</p>
<p>If the average GPA is 3.8, it is likely that at least a good portion of the class had around a 3.7. So…yes to your question. Don’t bank on getting a 38+ on the MCAT though. And don’t expect that medical schools will be lining up to accept you just because you have those stats; you need more in your application that those two numbers.</p>
<p>I’m speaking of a case I know where the GPA is the weakest part of the application, don’t worry about the rest.</p>
<p>The answer is duh.</p>
<p>A 3.75-3.8 from anywhere is enough to compete at these schools, or at least that is what other posters on this forum have said. Once you hit that gpa range its important to focus on other aspects of your application. </p>
<p>I remember a couple of posters also saying that there are diminishing marginal returns as gpa is increased above a 3.8. In other words an application won’t get more of a boost if the applicant has a 3.9 while another applicant has a 3.8.</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/pre-med-topics/1073598-how-important-premed-publish-articles-science-journals.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/pre-med-topics/1073598-how-important-premed-publish-articles-science-journals.html</a></p>
<p>^^^ Check out norcalguy’s post, post #5</p>