How is the composite score calculated?

The composite is a weighted blend: composite = academic_score × (1 − interview_weight) + interview_score × interview_weight. The academic score is the average of your normalized test score and GPA, and the interview score is your 1-10 rating scaled to 100.

What interview weight should I use?

MMI-heavy programs often weight the interview 30-50% of the final ranking, while panel-interview programs may use 10-25%. Check your program's published admissions rubric and enter the actual percentage.

Is the offer probability accurate?

No — it is an illustrative band, not a prediction. Real admissions use cohort-relative ranking, supplementary essays, references, and quotas. Treat the probability as a directional sense of how much the interview moves your standing.

How much can a strong interview help?

If the interview is weighted 40% and you move from a 5/10 to a 9/10, that is a 40-point swing on the interview axis, contributing up to 16 points to the composite — often enough to cross a banding threshold.

Why scale the interview rating to 100?

So both axes share a common 0-100 scale before blending. A 1-10 rating is multiplied by 10, making a 9/10 equal to 90, directly comparable to a 90% academic score.

University Interview Score Simulator

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Simulate your university interview impact

Many competitive programs — especially medical, dental, and law schools — rank applicants on a weighted blend of academics and interview performance. This simulator lets you see how much a strong (or weak) interview shifts your overall standing, by combining a normalized academic score with a self-rated interview score using the published interview weight.

How it works

Both inputs are placed on a common 0-100 scale. Your academic score is the average of your normalized test score and GPA (each entered 0-100). Your interview score is your 1-10 self-rating multiplied by 10. The composite is:

academic = (testScore + gpaScore) / 2
interview = rating × 10
composite = academic × (1 − weight) + interview × weight

The composite is then mapped to an illustrative offer-probability band. A higher interview weight means your interview rating moves the composite — and your odds — much more.

Tips and notes

Use your program’s actual interview weight. MMI circuits commonly run 30-50%; traditional panels 10-25%.
Self-ratings are optimistic — try simulating a worst case (rating 4) and a best case (rating 8) to see the realistic spread.
The probability bands are heuristic. Treat the tool as a way to understand leverage, not as an admissions oracle.