In full disclosure, for medical schools, I would also look at the residency matches. (Last year, we have had a huge number of posts on the same).
If the organization doing rankings share their raw data and methodology, that raw data is useful is making your own view of the relative importance of those factors to you.
I would say take all data from different sources, including match and ranking data, add your own data points, goals, and feel based on visits and other interactions and come up with your own list and use that list to apply to colleges.
@grtd2010 - Thank you for reply. I looked on the admission requirement for certain BS/MD programs. Few college-websites have not provided clear information. As you suggested, I will connect with their admission office and clarify on this.
@NoviveDad.
Thank you for your suggestion. In this situation, regular path MD seems only option. Please suggest if she does her undergrad studies in Canada ( she is Canadian citizen), would it hurt her chances to get admission in USA Medical colleges through regular path ( by this time, she would be USA Permanent resident)?
Even though Reddit might give some insight into some individuals medical school admissions data, I still think that we cannot ignore the “hard” data from AAMC, namely MCAT/GPA grid.
These are factual information from: Table A-23: MCAT and GPA Grid for Applicants and Acceptees to U.S. Medical Schools,2017-2018 through 2019-2020 (aggregated)
With GPA>3.79 and MCAT >517, one’s chance of getting into a MD school was 87.8%.
With GPA (3.6-3.79) and MCAT (510-513), the chance of acceptance was 64.6%.
With GPA (3.4-3.59) and MCAT (506-509), the chance of acceptance was 37.2%.
My advise is to choose a school, where you will be a major factor in any aspect of student life such as arts, sports, research, politics and so on… which means you should attend a school that would allow you to excel both in classroom and outside of classroom. Usually, they will also reward you with a hefty merit award as well.
Reviewing the reqs for Boston SMED, looks like my son will be required to have Calc for admissions. However he is solely dual enrollment- taking Trig this semester, PreCal in fall, and won’t be eligible for Calc until Spr 2021. Will this be an issue?
@ya2021
I know some programs will take green card holders/internationals but they have to have citizenship or a green card before medical school starts. I can’t remember which ones exactly (I think there are only a few if I remember correctly that will take internationals/people other than US citizens).
@YA2021 You should check the requirement for each individual program. Per information posted on their website (1) George Washington University 7-year BA/MD, Canadian citizen is allowed to apply; (2) TCNJ-NJMS 7-year BS/MD, you need to obtain your permanent residence status prior to entering NJMS (not when you start at TCNJ).
I also missed mentioning that as far as I remember those who got it had their interview to early to mid March, so don’t think anybody would have completed it this year. Could check last years thread.