Typical Pre-Med/Med Applicant

[Az1698]

What is the typical pre-med like? What ec's do most have, what GPA, how are the lors? What is the majority like?

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[Rendar5]

Most initial pre-meds don't bother applying to med school. Of those who do, at least for those getting into allopathic schools (unless stats have changed muchin the last 5 years), you're looking into someone who has a 3.5-3.6 college GPA, MCAT ~27, has volunteer or shadow experience, did some sort of science research (publications are nice but not necessary), has 1-2 ECs they're really into/involved with, is extremely extremely extremely interested in becoming a physician, and went to a good 4-year college. That's your plain vanilla applicant. Since 50% of applicants get in, you want something unique or ou want to power that up for a higher shot of getting in. That doesn't speak to DO schools where perhaps the MCAT score doesn't need to be as high for a competitive chance.

 

[bkz]

The average MCAT score for matriculating allopathic students is around 31, I believe. The trend keeps increasing so expect that to go up next year.

If you want to get a very rough idea of a med school applicant's profile, check out mdapplicants.com, but keep in mind that some of those profiles are made up/exaggerated. Also keep in mind that one sure way to get rejected is to try to copy other people's apps--do what YOU find interesting and can speak passionately about. There's no point doing research if you hate it, and thus can't effectively speak about these experiences in your interviews and essays.