medicator007
12-17-2002, 12:00 PM
G'day,
I was recently at the McGill admissions website and just wanted to point out something that i think may be confusing to some applicants with respect to requirements.
We all know that a minimum MCAT score of 30 is required for entry. And yet when you look on the bottom of the page, you see that the "average overall score" for a recently admitted class is 30.55 .... intrigued? I know i was, as this would seem to indicate that they accept people with MCAT scores below 30.
However, they also post the average scores in each of the sections of the test. What they did was simply add up the averages of the sections to generate the "average overall score", which as anyone knows is rather interesting math. As a sum of averages is not overly representative of the true situation.
Example.... someone may get a VR-7 but score really well on the other sections and get the thirty. This throw off the numbers..... A more representative stat would be to post the average of the total score for each student.... but who knows?
Bottom line...... you still need AT LEAST the thirty for admissions.
Just thought it would be helpful to point that out as a number of friends have called me since that data was posted wondering how many people with MCATs under 30 there must be in the class.
Cheers,
Medicator
I was recently at the McGill admissions website and just wanted to point out something that i think may be confusing to some applicants with respect to requirements.
We all know that a minimum MCAT score of 30 is required for entry. And yet when you look on the bottom of the page, you see that the "average overall score" for a recently admitted class is 30.55 .... intrigued? I know i was, as this would seem to indicate that they accept people with MCAT scores below 30.
However, they also post the average scores in each of the sections of the test. What they did was simply add up the averages of the sections to generate the "average overall score", which as anyone knows is rather interesting math. As a sum of averages is not overly representative of the true situation.
Example.... someone may get a VR-7 but score really well on the other sections and get the thirty. This throw off the numbers..... A more representative stat would be to post the average of the total score for each student.... but who knows?
Bottom line...... you still need AT LEAST the thirty for admissions.
Just thought it would be helpful to point that out as a number of friends have called me since that data was posted wondering how many people with MCATs under 30 there must be in the class.
Cheers,
Medicator