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[Raja_online786]

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[Drshor]

Hi Guys:
I am premed student in usa. I have done well in the first two years of my undergraduatte degree. I had the GPA=3.4 My last year was not good at all. My GPA dropped to 3.2 as i made one C, and a D grade. Its cus i am suffering from a health issue that i am working on ( Its an undefined- not diagonosed- muscular disease). I am planning to Take MCAT in this April. I am taking Kaplan classes to do well on the test. Please let me know that WHAT ARE MY CHANCES OF GETTING IN MED SCHOOL IN USA or UK. What score on MCAT i have to score to get in medical school. Thanks in advance.

hi Raja,

you don't need to take the MCAT to get into a UK med school. For a US med school, you need to get a minimum of 9 in all sections on the MCAT to be considered. I am not sure what GPAs the US schools need, you have to go to their websites or call them to figure that out.

[itihad]

Hi Guys:
I am premed student in usa. I have done well in the first two years of my undergraduatte degree. I had the GPA=3.4 My last year was not good at all. My GPA dropped to 3.2 as i made one C, and a D grade. Its cus i am suffering from a health issue that i am working on ( Its an undefined- not diagonosed- muscular disease). I am planning to Take MCAT in this April. I am taking Kaplan classes to do well on the test. Please let me know that WHAT ARE MY CHANCES OF GETTING IN MED SCHOOL IN USA or UK. What score on MCAT i have to score to get in medical school. Thanks in advance.

there is good advice on mcat on medstudentz.com

[alhunu]

Hi Guys:
I am premed student in usa. I have done well in the first two years of my undergraduatte degree. I had the GPA=3.4 My last year was not good at all. My GPA dropped to 3.2 as i made one C, and a D grade. Its cus i am suffering from a health issue that i am working on ( Its an undefined- not diagonosed- muscular disease). I am planning to Take MCAT in this April. I am taking Kaplan classes to do well on the test. Please let me know that WHAT ARE MY CHANCES OF GETTING IN MED SCHOOL IN USA or UK. What score on MCAT i have to score to get in medical school. Thanks in advance.

It depends on which medical school you want to get into. The average MCAT score of the admitted applicants to different universities ranges from 25 to 35+. Also, what my pre-med advisor kept telling was that even an exceptionally good MCAT score will not make up for a lower GPA, and vice versa. But if you only have a couple low grades, you might as well make a sound explanation in your essay. So, work on your essay really well during the summer, and if you are a US citizen, do apply to schools in your home state, which might slightly increase your chances. Also, the US medical schools look beyond the GPA and the MCAT. If you have a strong volunteering experience, as well as extracurriculars and references, I don't see any reason why you would be in trouble in gaining admission.
As for the UK medical schools (I am assuming you don't have A-levels) you can apply to graduate-entry programs, but they are highly competitive, and each and every school has different admission policies in terms of which majors they accept and what the GPA requirements are (the UK grading system is not like that of the US; they have first class, second class, etc. degrees). Plus, there are at least 4 different medical tests required by different schools. If you are not an EU citizen, you might have a better chance of being accepted, as you will be paying roughly 6 times more than "home" students, and since all the universities in the UK are in financial trouble, there is no reason why they will not overlook some of your weaknesses.
Good luck. Be positive and persistent.

[Scottish Chap]

Hi Guys:
I am premed student in usa. I have done well in the first two years of my undergraduatte degree. I had the GPA=3.4 My last year was not good at all. My GPA dropped to 3.2 as i made one C, and a D grade. Its cus i am suffering from a health issue that i am working on ( Its an undefined- not diagonosed- muscular disease). I am planning to Take MCAT in this April. I am taking Kaplan classes to do well on the test. Please let me know that WHAT ARE MY CHANCES OF GETTING IN MED SCHOOL IN USA or UK. What score on MCAT i have to score to get in medical school. Thanks in advance.

I'm a product of both the British and the American education systems, so maybe I can chime in.... U.S. allopathic (M.D. degree) medical schools have a GPA average of around 3.6 and an MCAT average of around 30. U.S. osteopathic (D.O. degree) medical schools have a GPA average of around 3.3. and an MCAT average of 24. British medical schools looking at North Americans generally expect 3.4+ for the GPA, but I have known people to me accepted with less. British medical schools generally don't look at the MCAT for North American applicants but Edinburgh, for the past two years, wants to see the score if the exam was taken and they are asking for a score of at least 28 (no less than: 9, 9, 10 in each section). Hope that helps!