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I doubt there is much out there to cite. This isn't a medical school anecdote, but it's a similar process. My sister and someone she went to high school with b

I doubt there is much out there to cite. This isn't a medical school anecdote, but it's a similar process. My sister and someone she went to high school with both went to the same college to pursue physical therapy. When it came time to apply for the physical therapy program after undergrad, my sister was denied while the other girl was accepted. There were only two differences on paper: 1. My sister's GPA was somewhere around 0.3-0.4 points higher; and 2. The other girl is a minority.

hackuser 11y ago
It's very hard to imagine they were otherwise exactly the same. How can you know enough about the other woman to know? Maybe her essay or interview were better. Maybe she took harder classes or had better recommendations. Maybe she came from a more difficult background or maybe she didn't need a grant. Maybe she knew someone; maybe someone knew your sister and didn't like her. (No offense to your sister whom I don't know at all.)