help with acceptance, no interviews with 31 mcat

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<p>hello</p>

<p>i am a recent us graduate from a top undergrad school in PA. i have a 31 in mcat after taking Berkeley review and doing all practice tests and keeping up with the homework. science gpa of 3.6 and gpa of 3.8 major in marine biology. </p>

<p>first time with only a few weeks of studying my mcat was 29. after months of prep with berkeley review bumped it up to 31. however the past application cycle i didnt get any interviews and i applied to far more than my premed counselor even suggested i do including many lower tier and public schools. </p>

<p>should i retake and try again this year? or apply again with the same score, i am going to talk to the premed counselor again. most of my friends that got interviews said they had 33-36.</p>

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<p>Research which Med. School accept with MCAT = 31 (on average) and apply to these schools. There are even couple with MCAT = 24 on a list.</p>

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<p>How are your LORs, ECs, clinical experiences, and your personal statement? I think those are important as well.</p>

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<p>How many schools did you apply to?</p>

<p>What kind of schools did you apply to?</p>

<p>When did you apply? (usually when I see someone who should’ve done better than they did, it’s because they applied too late)</p>

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<p>The National Average MCAT score for 2009 admits was 29, so I do not think that your 31 was the reason why you did not get any interviews. Look at your whole application, LORs, PS and activities. I think that is where your problem was.</p>

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<p>29? Really? That would be pretty surprising seeing as it used to be 31-32 for admits.</p>

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<p>**** the randomness in med school apps, scares the **** out of me</p>

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<p>I guess it is surprising then, but that is what it was. The National Acceptance Rate was 46%. I believe it used to be around 50% in previous years, so that has also dropped.</p>

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<p>The mean was 30.8 according to AAMC in 2009. <a href=“http://www.aamc.org/data/facts/applicantmatriculant/table17-fact2009mcatgpa98-09-web.pdf[/url]”>http://www.aamc.org/data/facts/applicantmatriculant/table17-fact2009mcatgpa98-09-web.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>I see 27.9 as the mean for 2009. Am I looking at it wrong?</p>

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<p>EH (and apparently MO) are reading from the applicants chart. You want the matriculants chart on the second table.</p>

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<p>There we go, I thought so, 28/29 is much too low.</p>

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<p>^It’s been right about 31 for the avg matriculant for quite a few years now. I’d be somewhat surprised if it dropped to 30.8 for 2009, actually, as it was closer to 31.5 last cycle.</p>

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<p>I know someone with 31, she got accepted to OD. There are Med. Schools (MD) with average well below 31. So, it depends on which schools you apply. Pre-med advisor at D’s UG told her to emial him after she gets her score. He will help her with her list. He was willing to so even in a summer. Good pre-med advisor should be able to help or just do it yourself by going to website that lists average MCATs for each Med. School. I imagine that everything else is covered, since area of improvement is pointed out by pre-med advisor usually as well as list of potential Med. Schools to apply. So, I am some what surprized by results.</p>

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<p>The National Average MCAT score for 2009 admits was 29 (AVERAGE, not MEAN). At least that is the information released by some schools -Health Careers Advising Departments.</p>

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<p>What does “average” mean to you?</p>

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<p>LOL…You are right, I was reading MEDIAN. I wonder about the number disparity though. I will find the link.</p>

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<p>FWIW, I’m kinda gonna stay with the AAMC numbers on this one. ;)</p>

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<p>MyOpinion, my guess is that we are dealing with one of the many “definition” problems you can find in this process. Medical schools may well be 28-29. But for US allopathic medical schools it’s 30.8 for 2009.</p>

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<p>Hey. My link stopped working up there. I dunno what happened. :confused: Try this one for AAMC data. Just scroll down to what you need. [FACTS:</a> Applicants, Matriculants, Graduates, and Residency Applicants - Data - AAMC](<a href=“http://www.aamc.org/data/facts/]FACTS:”>http://www.aamc.org/data/facts/)</p>