<p>"I don't know about that. Getting good grades might mean you're smart. Or it might just mean that you took lots and lots of really easy classes at a really easy school. "</p>
<p>Your wrong...if I can get straight A's, I can blow the MCAT out of the water, theoretically ;).....or at least, I'll do well enuf to get into a med school. The top students in every class have a great chance of getting into med school.....in fact, there's a 50/50 chance for everyone that applies, and of course the odds are MUCH better for the students with the better GPA +mcat scores!!!</p>
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Your wrong...if I can get straight A's, I can blow the MCAT out of the water, theoretically .....or at least, I'll do well enuf to get into a med school.
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<p>Oh really, I'm wrong? Come on. You know and I know people who have strong grades despite being lazy idiots, mostly because they took easy classes in easy majors. Do you think these guys are going to have a good chance of getting a top MCAT score. </p>
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in fact, there's a 50/50 chance for everyone that applies, and of course the odds are MUCH better for the students with the better GPA +mcat scores!!!
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<p>And that's the rub. How do you know you're going to be one of those students with the better GPA and MCAT score.</p>
<p>Keep in mind that the MCAT is relative. You score is scaled based on how you do relative to how well everybody else who takes the test does. Everybody who takes the MCAT has some reason to believe that they can get into med-school. Hence, that eliminates a lot of the lazy idiots. To do well on the MCAT, you have to do well relative to all these people.</p>
<p>Now look aehmo, I'm not saying that you personally won't do well on the MCAT and on your grades. You may do well. However, you have to agree with me that there are plenty of people who don't do well on either their MCAT or their grades or both, such that they can't get into med-school. And people need to determine what they are going to do if they can't get in.</p>