re: #698 lawhawk

If you have two candidates with the same MCAT score but only one slot, you need to take other factors into consideration to differentiate and judge a better candidate for school - who will be more successful.

No, the MCAT is not used as the primary decider. Schools actually in general rely on GPA (with consideration for the university) more than they do the raw MCAT. The MCAT and GPA are both used as a cutoff, but after that, GPA will tend to matter more.

The bar stuff is an interesting wrinkle, since passing law school and taking the bar can be seen as two tests which are obviously somewhat trying to test the same thing, and yet clearly not very in synch.

And I have no idea what’s up with California’s bar, when Orly Taitz passed it.