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@CadenceC6
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 • 3 years ago •
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What metrics were used to rank the schools (pre-med programs)? Were all metrics weighed equally? Where can I find these metrics for my schools of interest? Can you share these metrics and their sources (in case I want to weigh one more than the other)? Thank you

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@moriah.adeghe
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30 answers, 40 votes
 • 3 years ago

Hi! The rankings are based off of 4 key pre-application metrics: GPA, MCAT prep, patient care experience and research experience. We don't share the specific weight of each of our metrics, but hopefully knowing these are our metrics, will be helpful for you!

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[🎤 AUTHOR]@CadenceC63 years ago

So I can assume that average gpa’s for top ranked premed programs are on the high end?? They’re the ones who don’t deflate grades?

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@CameronBameron
2,265 answers, 8,647 votes
 • 3 years ago

Hi, what is your question referring to? Are you asking about something you saw on this website on a chart or specific article or videos a College Vine expert talked about?

I personally have never seen a pre-med program ranking on CollegeVine. I do know that other sites like USNews & World report and Niche do a pre-med ranking. But CV is not a ranking service so I've never seen a ranking list of any colleges on here.

Please clarify what you are asking by pointing to a specific area of this website.

Thank you.

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@joeyc423 years ago

I think that they are referring to the category where you can sort all colleges by best for pre-med, here is the link https://www.collegevine.com/schools/hub/pre-med/sheet

@CameronBameron3 years ago

If that's the case, I think it's just an opinion. Some colleges seem out of whack. Like Columbia #20 when US News has it ranked as #4. I wouldn't use this list.

[🎤 AUTHOR]@CadenceC63 years ago

Does US News rank premed programs?

@joeyc423 years ago

@CameronBameron the us news list that you are referring to is ranking the best medical schools, not best undergraduate school pre-med programs. But as someone said in another comment “ The rankings are based off of 4 key pre-application metrics: GPA, MCAT prep, patient care experience and research experience. We don't share the specific weight of each of our metrics, but hopefully knowing these are our metrics, will be helpful for you!” So, I think that they are somewhat credible.

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