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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]One thing frequently parroted is wherever you can get the highest gpa and costs the least. Solid advice. However, everyone seems to ignore that fact that while gpa is very important, there is a huge disparity between average MCAT at an Ivy/elite and other schools. So, the 4.0 or 3.9 may also coincide with a 522 and a 502.[/quote]

Students admitted to elite schools are more likely to have a demonstrated ability to score high on standardized tests than those at less elite schools, and the MCAT is a standardized test.  [b]If the student admitted to the elite school attended a less elite college, it probably would not alter their MCAT score.[/b][/quote]

Talk to professors. The course content is taught at a much higher level at elites, at or above difficulty of the MCAT tests. Plus, having a large cohort of similar level peers can push you to study hard and put the work in outside of class on research and clinicals. At many good but not great undergrads, "no one gets into medical school it is so hard" is repeated all the time, sewing seeds of doubt in the fully capable. At ivy+ levels, almost everyone gets in somewhere, it is not considered rare or terribly difficult, and the school cultures center around studying and maximizing the resume. That environment cannot be duplicated and accounts for a portion of the success.[/quote]

Agreed, they have strong test takers and it’s this. The depth of the classes are not same. It’s proven by needing significantly less time preparing for MCAT. A common theme from one prof was you’ll hate my exams, but thank me later when taking MCAT. [/quote]

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