<p>Woohoo, I'm back again, um, my friend who is in med. school right now got a 23 on her MCAT, but now, she's one of the top students in her class! Something to think about</p>
<p>Yeah, but don't you need a high score to get into one of the good schools?</p>
<p>what's better than a med school? I just got back from a 3 day tour of three medical schools in Texas, and one of the admissions committee that I had a talk to told me about a guy who scored an 18 on his MCAT, got admitted, and did perfectly well. Besides, there's always a case where they turn down people with 4.0s and 42s on the MCAT and always prefer those who are more well rounded aside from academia. It should be kept in mind that standardized test are not always a precise indicator of how successful you will be.</p>
<p>SATs measure nothing but your ability to take the SATs.
It's like an IQ test, someone who gets 160 can be a complete dumbass while someone who barely scores 100 is a genius otherwise.</p>
<p>Anyway I don't have anything against the SATs except that people make them up to be what they're not, such as indicators of your potential and ability, or how smart you are.</p>
<p>lol yea, I just got into Williams and my sat was 1270.</p>
<p>"what's better than a med school?"</p>
<p>Er, he meant that you need a high MCAT for most of the better med schools, not other schools better than med school (which would make no sense, as you don't compare a PhD program in Philosophy to med school). The point is that for most of the top med schools you need quite a high MCAT.</p>
<p>MCAT is much more important than SAT....lol. if u do badly....(obviously there wlil still be SOME schools out there) that would suck....</p>
<p>thats a really bad MCAT score....why is this person going into med field....</p>
<p>The truth is med schools don't like extremes. They prefer normal humans rather than a bookworm, cause in the end, most would prefer someone that they can talk to and care compared to someone who's only good on books. My point is you need to be as well rounded as possible, not devote yourself on making the 4.0s and studying for the MCAT.</p>
<p>Haha, I have a low SAT score (1160 and 26 ACT) and was never bothered by it, cant say I really cared. By regardless of that, I have been preaccepted to Texas A&M College of Medicine, woot woot. So, to all who have doubts about your intelligence cause of standardized test scores, get over it, there's a lot of people who go through that phase, and it doesn't mean that all doors of opportunities close on you, believe me, I know. Oh yeah, because of my preacceptance, the MCAT requirement has been waived, no more standardized test for me 'til USMLE Step 1.</p>
<p>Food for thought:</p>
<p>You can be smart and get a bad SAT score</p>
<p>But remember, to get a good SAT score, you can't be dumb.</p>
<p>Oh and mr. marc nhs...you flaunted your homosexuality on your application to college. You called yourself a "gay asian" and used it to your advantage.</p>
<p>well, I just sort of forgot to add that to my Texas A&M College of Medicine application, I mean we all know Texas A&M is an ultra-Republican, right-wing school, and I still managed to get in. BTW, that process included a real, actual medical school interview with faculties, student panels, and medical doctors; I got in so dont give me that BS. Love ya</p>