<p>I was looking at my state's only med school (Univ. of Wash. - Seattle) and it says that they accept the MCAT or the GRE?</p>
<p>Is this true for many schools or just UW? </p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>I'm stunned. Maxing out on the GRE's is really quite trivial -- they're not a very good measure at the top.</p>
<p>Certainly I've never heard of this. Others?</p>
<p>I'll look at other schools like this..I'm trying to find the site where I found this info. I'll post it as soon as i find it.</p>
<p>Found it: </p>
<p>Entrance Requirements:
GRE or MCAT, minimum 3 years of college.</p>
<p>From UW</p>
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Applicants must submit scores from the Medical College Admission Test (MCAT). This exam must be taken no later than autumn of the year before matriculation and cannot be more than three years old at the time of matriculation. MCAT registration blanks are available through premedical advisers or through the Office of Admissions. Under exceptional circumstances, to be determined by the Admissions Committee, the GRE may be considered during the admissions process; however, if accepted, the applicant will be required to take the MCAT prior to matriculation.
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<p>If we just had posting times in seconds....</p>
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Under exceptional circumstances, to be determined by the Dean for Admissions, the GRE taken in 2004, 2005, or 2006 may be considered during the admissions process; however, the applicant will be required to take the MCAT prior to matriculation.
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<p>EDIT: Haha. Yay for concurrent posting.</p>
<p>Dang...if only every applicant had exceptional circumstances..</p>
<p>"When everybody's special... no one is."</p>
<p>To be honest, I do really like the MCAT. I think it's a good test. I think it's well-structured and tests skills that really are relevant. I know it's hard and frightening, but I really do think it provides admissions committees with valuable information.</p>
<p>Too, I think the upward-scaling of the exam is also a good thing. Unlike the SAT/GRE -- and like the LSAT -- each point is progressively harder to earn. This "de-compacts" the field at the top. While it's true that single questions can be rather arbitrary ways to assign points, it's equally true that the rest of the process is equally arbitrary, and that this at least injects *some *predictability into the process.</p>
<p>The MCAT tests a person's science knowledge very well..it's just the way they ask the questions that frightens me...</p>
<p>I still have a while to go though...I hope it works out.</p>
<p>Well, but that's my point. Science knowledge isn't at all the point of the MCAT, nor should it be. Half of what you learn in medical school is obsolete within five years, anyway.</p>
<p>They ask the questions in a way that forces you to use your science knowledge to find the solution to the questions they're asking you. And they don't leave you stranded, either; you're given a reference material.</p>
<p>Like I said -- I found it to be a good test. But that's just one opinion.</p>
<p>Some grad problems will take the MCAT instead of the GRE but I don't think the converse is true of med schools.</p>
<p>Sorry, I meant grad programs*</p>
<p>you have to take the MCAT if you want to go to medical school</p>