re: #717 lostlakehiker

MCATS are not the only predictor. College grades are also predictive. Character, if it can be discerned, is important. Where the grades were earned, and in which courses, has to be considered.

Then why not the MCAT alone? What do the others show that the MCAT does not?

If MCATS were not predictive, they would not be used.

Um, you do realize we’re not arguing whether they’re predictive, right? You’re claiming the equate perfectly to real-world success. It’s obviously untrue. If that were true, it’d be impossible for people to have high GPAs but low MCATs, and vice versa. Which happens all the time.

If all you’re saying is that tests offer some predictive ability, then sure, nobody would argue against that. But there can obviously be better predictors; for most med schools, GPAs are better predictors than MCATs.