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[quote=Anonymous]Having gone through this process at a top med school: 1. GPA does really matter. I went to a weed out HPYS school and wasn’t premed. I ended up deciding on med school later and did a post bacc. I had to have a perfect 4.0 gpa and I worked for it. You can actually get away with a much lower GPA at some schools and majors but MCAT must be high. A 520 MCAT makes up for a lot. 2. MCAT is so important!! Way more than GPA. Again a 520 will make up for a lot 3. Med school admissions suck. Even if you have good scores, nothing is guaranteed. Also, it matters what state you are in! Some states have great state schools that protect their own. New Jersey comes to mind. They have 3 state schools for MD and 1 DO that have to be 70% jersey resident. So a NJ student will have a better shot 4. Foreign MDs fill unmet residnecy spots usually in areas and fields that American students don’t want- though this may change with DO and MDs combining residencies in 2022. [/quote]
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