<p>Doesn't matter where you go for undergrad because uGPA isn't as good an indicator of medical school and medical board exam performance as the MCAT. Med-school admissions committees realized long ago that uGPA can be affected by grade inflation, socioeconomic factors curricula rigor etc. etc. etc. If you're interested in finding out exact admissions requirements and statistics for individual U.S. medical schools, and a few in Canada, buy the MSAR (Medical School Admissions Requirement) guide book.</p>
<p>I personally know several people that got into med-school with less than stellar uGPAs but did fantastically well on the MCATs. One person had an overall 2.7 uGPA from UCLA and got accepted into Stanford med-school. Now I'm not saying MCATs hold greater weight with med-school admissions committees. They scrutinize all aspects of a med-school applicant's file very carefully so that any issues with uGPAs, MCATs, extracurriculars, research, volunteer activities, awards, scholarships, publications, letters of recommendations etc. are brought up and questioned during the med-school interview process.</p>
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<a href="http://www.aamc.org%5B/url%5D">http://www.aamc.org</a>
Not only is MCAT a good predictor of USMLE scores in general, but ~1/2 of the variance (via correlation=.69) in USMLE I (science) scores is predictable by MCAT score alone. And combining undergrad gpa to MCAT adds nearly nothing for predicting any of the USMLE scores.
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1: Acad Med. 2005 Oct;80(10):910-7.
Validity of the Medical College Admission Test for predicting medical school performance.</p>
<p>Julian ER.
Medical College Admission Test, Association of American Medical Colleges, 2450 N Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20037-1127, USA.</p>
<p>PURPOSE: Since the introduction of the revised Medical College Admission Test (MCAT(R)) in 1991, the Association of American Medical Colleges has been investigating the extent to which MCAT scores supplement the power of undergraduate grade point averages (uGPAs) to predict success in medical school. This report is a comprehensive summary of the relationships between MCAT scores and (1) medical school grades, (2) United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) Step scores, and (3) academic distinction or difficulty. METHOD: This study followed two cohorts from entrance to medical school through residency. Students from 14 medical schools' 1992 and 1993 entering classes provided data for predicting medical school grades and academic difficulty/distinction, while their peers from all of the U.S. medical schools were used to predict performance on USMLE Steps 1, 2, and 3. Regression analyses assessed the predictive power of combinations of uGPAs, MCAT scores, and undergraduate-institution selectivity. RESULTS: Grades were best predicted by a combination of MCAT scores and uGPAs, with MCAT scores providing a substantial increment over uGPAs. MCAT scores were better predictors of USMLE Step scores than were uGPAs, and the combination did little better than MCAT scores alone. The probability of experiencing academic difficulty or distinction tended to vary with MCAT scores. MCAT scores were strong predictors of scores for all three Step examinations, particularly Step 1. CONCLUSIONS: MCAT scores almost double the proportion of variance in medical school grades explained by uGPAs, and essentially replace the need for uGPAs in their impressive prediction of Step scores. The MCAT performs well as an indicator of academic preparation for medical school, independent of the school-specific handicaps of uGPAs.</p>
<p>PMID: 16186610 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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<p>TonyLTH12 speaketh the truth. UCLA is on a similar point system.</p>