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How strong is your application?

An honest, component-by-component read on your candidacy — academics measured against published national acceptance data, experiences scored against illustrative benchmarks, and your next best moves spelled out.

Unofficial guide. This site is independent — not affiliated with the AAMC, NBME, USMLE, LCME, or NRMP. Everything below is an estimate, not a prediction. No tool can capture your essays, letters, interviews, school list, or mission fit.

Your profile

Total GPA as AMCAS will compute it (all post-secondary coursework).
472–528. Use your most recent score.
Paid or volunteer patient-facing work (scribe, EMT, CNA, MA, hospital volunteering…).
Physician shadowing / clinical observation across specialties.
Lab, clinical, or scholarly research (any field).
Non-clinical volunteering and service.
Sustained leadership roles (org officer, team lead, TA, tutor…).
Holistic review considers distance traveled. These don't change the numbers below — they change how schools read them.

Your readout ESTIMATE

Methodology — printed, not hidden

  • Academics: your GPA and MCAT are matched to the AAMC FACTS Table A-23 acceptance grid (applicants and acceptees to U.S. MD-granting schools, 2021–2022 through 2023–2024 aggregated). The reported figure is the historical acceptance rate for applicants in your GPA×MCAT cell — a description of the past pool, not a prediction about you.
  • Experiences: scored against illustrative benchmarks we set (e.g., 150+ clinical hours = strong). These are not AAMC-published thresholds — the AAMC does not publish hour minimums. They exist to give you directional feedback, nothing more.
  • What's missing: school list, essays, letters of evaluation, interview performance, mission fit, state residency, and trend (upward GPA trends matter). Any of these can move a real outcome substantially.

Sources

  • AAMC FACTS Table A-23: MCAT and GPA Grid for Applicants and Acceptees to U.S. MD-Granting Medical Schools, 2021–2022 through 2023–2024 (aggregated). Data may be reproduced with attribution for educational, noncommercial purposes.
  • AAMC FACTS Table A-16 (2023–2024): matriculant mean total MCAT 511.7, mean total GPA 3.77.