to medical school.

You worked hard to position yourself

as a competitive medical school applicant.

I'm gonna show you which statistics

are important for medical school applicants,

so you can make the best decisions

on where to apply this coming cycle.

By the end of this video you will understand,

what medical school admission statistics

are the most important to consider,

as you get ready to apply to medical school.

So let's get started now.

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I'm Doctor Jessica Freedman,

founder and chair of MedEdits Medical Admissions.

And in this video we're going to discuss

the data, that will help you to get into medical school.

Our motto at MedEdits is to work efficiently

and effectively, so we don't waste your valuable time.

I will follow that ideal today.

If you review the comments on my videos,

my articles or on my Amazon page,

you will see, that I'm often asked,

what are the most important pieces

for medical school admissions?

Is it your essays?

Your letters of reference?

Your grades, your research, your clinical experience?

At MedEdits over the last 12 years

we've been helping students beat the odds,

and get into medical school.

One of the reasons our students are so successful,

is because we spend hours

reviewing admission's data and information.

Down in the comments, please let me know,

if there are any statistics,

that you want me and my team to review.

Yes, we do pay attention to your comments,

so please post down below.

So, which medical school admission statistics

will help you build a solid foundation

and impact your success?

I will review these important numbers,

but, before we begin, here's a warning,

that can be difficult to hear.

No matter how exceptional an applicant's background,

personal statement, activities entries,

letters of recommendation, secondary assays,

it is often impossible to overcome

low medical school statistics.

It's true, so, we have to know,

which numbers are important and which statistical forces

you'll be competing with.

I have a question for you,

do you know the two biggest

objective med school admissions stats,

that determine an applicant's success?

Here they are and they probably

won't come as a surprise to you.

The medical college admission's test or MCAT score

and undergraduate grade point average or GPA,

your BCPM, meaning biology, chemistry,

math and physics GPA matters as well.

This seems simple, but don't be fooled,

it is not always easy to find out

a medical school's average MCAT score and GPA

for accepted students.

Down below in the description section,

I put a link to the MSAR, the medical school

admission requirements published by the AMC,

most students rely on the MSAR to make decisions

about where to apply, but that may not answer

some important questions however.

The MSAR only lists median or middle statistics,

and not mean or average statistics for accepted students.

So what can you do?

Some medical schools, but not all,

post this data on their websites.

So do a Google search for the school,

and see if you can find this data.

If you can, we can help.

Post a message below in the comments,

and let the MedEdits team get to work for you,

this process is really important,

because understanding the numerical criteria,

that influence an applicant's success,

will allow you to set goals.

It also enables medical school applicants

to gauge, how competitive they are in general.

Next, I want you to review medical school

acceptance rates, so you get an idea,

of how competitive some medical schools are.

Remember, the lower the medical school acceptance rate,

the more competitive the medical school,

and the higher a medical school acceptance rate,

the less competitive the medical school.

When deciding where to apply to medical school,

you must know each medical school's

average acceptance rate.

Every year we spend countless hours with students,

trying to figure out if they'll be competitive

for a particular school, but, here is the problem,

many medical schools do not disclose,

how many interviewees they actually accept.

Medical schools may only publish the following,

how many applications they received,

the number of applicants they interview,

how many applicants actually matriculate,

therefore it isn't always possible to know,

what percentage of applicants interview

are ultimately accepted.

Either way, my faculty and I

always stay on alert for new data.

So be sure to subscribe to this channel below,

or head over to our blog to keep up to date.

Next, I wanna introduce you to what we refer to

as camouflage medical schools.

These medical schools are, you might think,

are not very competitive, based on the average GPAs

and MCATs of accepted students, however,

as I discuss in my top ranked Amazon book,

the MedEdits Guide to Medical School Admissions,

some of these less competitive schools receive

a huge number of applications,

and interview a very small percentage of applicants,

making them fiercely competitive.

So don't be fooled by all this statistics.

Can you name a camouflage medical school?

Post below what you think that might be.

So which schools receive the most applications?

There are a few schools, that get

more than 15,000 applications.

On our website we profiled these schools,

and we update that profile throughout the season.

Then there's the 10,000 application group,

these groups receive more than 10,000 applications,

Georgetown, Chicago Med Rosalind Franklin,

Tulane, Tufts, Wake Forest, New York Medical College,

Drexel, Temple Katz, so, do you think

10,000 to 14,000 applications seems like a lot?

Well, let's take a look at this year's

overall applicants pool.

In 2018, 2019, there were nearly 850,000

medical school applications submitted

by almost 53,000 applicants.

Therefore, on average, each applicant applied

to 16 medical schools.

In total, almost 22,000 applicants matriculated,

meaning 41% of medical school applicants matriculated.

So here's the question,

of schools to which you are applying,

what are the actual acceptance rates?

Acceptance rates between medical schools

vary significantly, for most selective medical schools,

such as Harvard Medical School,

the acceptance rate is very low, at below 4%,

however, some medical schools

have much higher acceptance rates,

for example the University of Tennessee

has an acceptance rate of almost 14%,

average medical school acceptance rates are 7%,

increasing number of medical school applicants every year,

acceptance rates continue to decrease,

especially very popular or very competitive medical schools.

Next I'm going to explain, what a competitive MCAT score is

for medical school admissions.

For reference purposes know, that the highest

possible MCAT score, you can earn, is a 528

with a 132 on each of the four subsections.

According to the association of American Medical Colleges,

the average MCAT score for students acceptance

allopathic medical schools United States,

was 511.2, which was slightly higher

than the previous year of 510.4,

showing an upward trend of average scores

for accepted students.

The typical MCAT score, one needs to be competitive

for medical school admission, is a 508.

MCAT scores of 507 or below are generally considered low,

and not competitive

for allopathic medical school admissions,

however, there are exceptions to this rule.

An MCAT score of 518 or above

is considered exceptional and makes you

a very competitive applicant.

Most medical schools have MCAT cut off scores,

meaning, that an applicant must earn above

a specified score in order for the medical school

admission's committee to review the application.

Unfortunately, medical schools do not always make

this data public.

Earning the highest MCAT score possible,

with the lowest number of exam attempts,

is ideal for getting into medical school.

For example the student, who has taken the MCAT

three times, earning scores of 503, 504 and 512,

may be evaluated as a less competitive applicant,

than the applicant, who took the exam once,

and earned a 512 on the first attempt.

Which medical schools have some of the lowest

median MCAT scores for accepted students?

Let's review.

University of Mississippi, 503,

Louisiana State, 504,

Northeast Ohio, 506,

Central Michgian, 506,

Florida State University, 506,

Southern Illinois, 506,

Michigan State, 507,

Brody and Cooper, 508,

and Loma Linda, 508 as well.

Which medical schools have some

of the highest median MCAT scores for accepted students?

Harvard, 519,

Hopkins, Pritzker, Penn and Northwestern, 520,

Vanderbilt, Wash U and Yale and NYU, 521.

Next I want to explain the importance

of the three GPA categories, as listed on MCAT,

a medical school applicant's GPA is considered

one of the most important admissions criteria

when applying to medical school.

GPAs are broken up into three categories

on MCATs as follows, your overall GPA,

your BCPM, meaning biology, chem, math, physics GPA,

and your non-science GPA.

An applicant's GPA in all three categories

is one of the most important factors

in medical school admissions,

like the MCAT, medical schools have minimum

GPA cutoffs, they will consider,

but beware when doing your homework.

GPA cutoffs are not always made public.

In 2018, 2019, the average medical school

matriculant GPAs were as follows,

overall 3.72, BCPM GPA 3.65, non-science GPA 3.8,

keep in mind, that these are average GPAs,

there's a pretty big variation

of matriculant GPAs from medical school to medical school.

The typical GPA we advise students to have,

is a 3.5 across all subjects,

however, we work with many students,

who have GPAs lower than this,

who are accepted to medical school.

Grade trends are also important,

with an upward trend

making you a more competitive applicant,

the vigor of your academic classes

and your undergraduate college reputation

can also impact, how your grades are interpreted.

At MedEdits we consider the range of competitive GPAs

to be 3.4 to 3.5 or higher,

so, which medical schools have some

of the lowest mean GPAs for accepted students?

So, let's review the most important medical school

admissions criteria, the most important criteria

in the medical school admissions process,

are MCAT scores and GPAs.

These factors are the corner stone

of every applicant's candidacy.

If you are about to embark on your pre-medical journey,

keep in mind, that academic excellence

should be your primary goal,

if you are getting ready to apply to medical school,

honestly assess your changes of medical school admissions