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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Admissions are already rolling in across the country. We know one 2025 (doing 4+1 MPH)and one 2026 grad(senior now) who are already each into two med schools (one a T25) with more than 10 interviews each and many more decisions still pending. They both attend/ed a T10/ivy, both have over a 3.9 one has a 3.97, MCATs 519,521.

MCAT and gpa are key, OP. Your kid should have gotten better advice and not applied until they had scores within range for US MD programs, then applied to a balanced list of reach match safer bets. 40% of all US applicants get into one or more MD programs per AMCAS. AMCAS has overall charts on GPA range vs MCAT range and % of applicants who get at least one admission. Kid's T10/ivy gives them internal data based on their school: a 3.7 and 518 is all but guaranteed admission, at a school where 3.75ish is the overall student average. However these students apply to a broad list and do not apply until they have their best application to put forward. 
Your kid needs to step back, reassess, do not apply again unless they have a 508+. Do a post-bacc or masters in a science program if the GPA is not considered competitive from their undergrad. Make sure they have research as well as clinical hours too. They may need 2 years. Ideally their advising at their school will give them specifics on what their odds are.

If their MCAT was under 495, it is highly unlikely to ever work, encourage a change of path.  Just being honest. [/quote]
MCAT score was “within range,” as OP said it was median for schools applied to. I’m aware of someone with a score that is significantly over school average who was R’d from that school  this cycle but in at another school with a higher average.[/quote]

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