conbrio Posted June 23, 2019 Report Share Posted June 23, 2019 Hi all, Just looking at the next cycle and last year's stats, and I saw that the OOP stats are really high compared to the stated minimums. I was wondering if anyone had an idea of what the chances are for being OOP with the following: AGPA: 4.18 MCAT: 520 ~3 publications Low SES I'm guessing I'm going to need to do well on the Casper? Thanks very much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xbox Skully Posted July 22, 2019 Report Share Posted July 22, 2019 You need a z score of 3 on Casper maybe greater. Your scores are converted to z scores. The average applicant for oop has about 520 mcat and 4.3 Agpa. So your z score is 0 for mcat and negative for agpa. It’s probably -1. The z score of interviews applicants is about 1 for each category. You multiply your z score the weighting for that component. Casper is normally distributed. Good luck!! conbrio 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
conbrio Posted July 22, 2019 Author Report Share Posted July 22, 2019 12 hours ago, Xbox Skully said: You need a z score of 3 on Casper maybe greater. Your scores are converted to z scores. The average applicant for oop has about 520 mcat and 4.3 Agpa. So your z score is 0 for mcat and negative for agpa. It’s probably -1. The z score of interviews applicants is about 1 for each category. You multiply your z score the weighting for that component. Casper is normally distributed. Good luck!! Thanks!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xbox Skully Posted July 22, 2019 Report Share Posted July 22, 2019 I wonder how the ses multiplyer works for negative z scores? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xbox Skully Posted July 22, 2019 Report Share Posted July 22, 2019 Also, your mcat z score gets multiplied by .5, casper by .3 and gpa by .2. It looks like from previous years that if you have an overall z score of + 1 or more gives you and interview. conbrio 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xbox Skully Posted July 22, 2019 Report Share Posted July 22, 2019 My hunch tells my every 4 points above 520 is a z score point. So 528 gives you a z score of 2. If multiply by .5 it becomes 1 which is enough for an interview.... assuming that your other 2 components aren’t negative. conbrio 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alrightythen Posted July 22, 2019 Report Share Posted July 22, 2019 (20% AGPA + 50% MCAT® + 30% CASPer®) X (rural coefficient if >0) X (academic co-efficient if >0) X (socioeconomic and cultural diversity co-efficient if >0) How much does it hurt you to have 0 rural attributes? conbrio 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xbox Skully Posted July 22, 2019 Report Share Posted July 22, 2019 A max rural score gives you a 1.1 multiplyer. So you would need a z score of .91 instead of 1 to get an interview. So you could score .5 points lower on the mcat probably. alrightythen and conbrio 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
conbrio Posted July 23, 2019 Author Report Share Posted July 23, 2019 Thanks very much @Xbox Skully that really helps give me a better idea how the score works. So going by the calculation and given that you need an overall score of 1: 1 = 0.2 * -1(AGPA) + 0.5 * 0 (MCAT) + 0.3 (x) x=4 So need a CASPER z-score of 4. Yikes! I'm about as low-SES as they come, but that may not be enough to mitigate a low GPA if it's similar to the max rural score. Still, good to know what to expect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xbox Skully Posted July 23, 2019 Report Share Posted July 23, 2019 Once the stats for this year are released we will have a better understanding of how Casper affected this. Those with a Casper score of -1.5 don’t go to a file review. conbrio 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xbox Skully Posted July 24, 2019 Report Share Posted July 24, 2019 Does anyone know if professional doctorate degrees count towards the agpa? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UMmmMed Posted July 26, 2019 Report Share Posted July 26, 2019 On 7/23/2019 at 7:17 PM, Xbox Skully said: Does anyone know if professional doctorate degrees count towards the agpa? Nope, only undergraduate level courses count towards the AGPA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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