<p>I am trying to get an idea of what medical schools UCF students get accepted to...can anyone tell me? are there ppl out there who know ucf students applying to med school, or even better if u go to ucf and are currently applying? will going here instead of fsu affect my medical school admissions?</p>
<p>people get into med school from not highly ranked colleges/Universities all the time if:</p>
<p>GPA is top 5% (doesn’t matter the Major)
GPA in the 6-8 premed req classes (Bio, Physics, Chemistry + maybe Calculus) is strong
GMAT is 30ish or above
Extra Curriculars show leadership and passion
Research is solid
Professor recommendations are strong and appropriate to each school, specifically</p>
<p>The problem I have with these questions is that they typically come from posters whose SAT is OK but not great… let’s say 2000 or below. In that case, where is the indication that four years hence they will suddenly ace a standardized test? There is a CR portion of the MCAT, along with BIO, Physics, Writing. I guess I’m trying to say that an under 30 MCAT, and certainly an under 27 MCAT, is a very quick and easy way to remove Med School apps from getting an interview. So you’e better be good at standardized testing no matter the college you’re applying from.</p>
<p>On the SAT and MCAT topic, if anyone has a link to a site or study that might show correlation between SAT score and future MCAT score, I’d love to read it.</p>
<p>Then there is the secondary question: if high GPA and high standardized testing is needed for Med School admissions, and the best predictor of future high GPA and future high standardized test scoring is the current performance in high school, one would expect future med school students to come from very highly ranked colleges, which are typically those chosen by high GPA, high scoring, high EC high school students. So there is a bit of a disconnect to me about why someone who doesn’t match to a very highly ranked college would think they would match to med school in the future. I realize there are very highly statted students who choose a lower ranked college for financial or personal reasons, and I’m not talking about these peopel… I’m talking about those who would not be able to get into Top 50 colleges due to performance.</p>
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What you say is probably true for a population as a whole, but there is a lot of variability among individuals. Some people blossom a little later than 17 in terms of reasoning ability, perhaps take a review course and learn how to take standardized tests better, etc. And MCAT is more of a skills test than the SAT. That said, a sizeable number of countries have adopted your reasoning. In many parts of the world you take a test near the end of HS and that pretty much determines the rest of your life because it determines what higher education you are allowed to get (and where).</p>
<p>As to the OP, your choice of school ranks as almost insignificant compared to the factors under your control – your grades, volunteer and research experience, recs based on getting to know some profs, your essays, how well you interview, etc. There is an excellent online guide to med school admissions that lays out the scope of what you need to do; see <a href=“https://www3.amherst.edu/~sageorge/guide1.html[/url]”>https://www3.amherst.edu/~sageorge/guide1.html</a></p>
<p>I have a friend who scored a 1400 on his SAT for all three sections (yes, that’s all 3 sections) and had no shot in hell in getting into a top 50 university as he was maybe top 50% of his high school class, at best. He’s currently going to a local state school and is maintaining a 4.0, while shadowing, researching during the summers, and volunteering. How did he do it? He basically started studying for hours every day, even during the breaks, for his courses. Point in case: people do blossom late.</p>
<p>OK, I googled “MCAT SAT correlation” and did find there is only a loose correlation. There is a pre-med website where the issue was asked several times over the past few years. There are those who got 1230 on the SAT and then 33 on the MCAT, whereas if they were strongly correlated I would expect a 26 or 27 on the MCAT from the 1230.</p>
<p>Surprisingly, the ACT seems anecdotally to be somewhat correlated to the MCAT… i.e. 30 ACT, 30 MCAT. But the correlation is still pretty loose.</p>
<p>So, my conclusion is that it is quite possible to be below the 1400 or so SAT range and still do very, very well on the MCAT four years later.</p>
<p>What I haven’t really looked into yet is whether there may be a stronger correlation between SAT CR and MCAT… hmmm. My suspicion is yes.</p>
<p>Bottom line: study your arse off in college, study your arse off for the MCAT, and see where it goes. And if you can, start saving up now to hire a tutor for O-chem.</p>
<p>my SAT is perfectly fine and I am confident in my ability to take standardized tests.</p>
<p>I have also gotten into a number of differnt schools, but I like ucf and its campus and ive heard they have a good bio program…thats why i was asking. ucf is not a last result by any means.</p>