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Took me three years to get in. Great MCATs (if I do say so myself) but screwed around my freshman year in undergrad and paid dearly for it on my GPA. In the end
by classichasclass 4y ago
Took me three years to get in. Great MCATs (if I do say so myself) but screwed around my freshman year in undergrad and paid dearly for it on my GPA. In the end it was a professor I was doing research work for who knew the dean of admissions at the school that I eventually matriculated at, and put in a good word for me.
- greggarious 4y agoFun fact: Ted Bundy also compensated for GPA with recommendations.
- Eisenstein 4y agoIs that a joke? If it is I don't get it. If it isn't I don't understand what the relevance is, since Ted Bundy was never to my knowledge in medical school.
- greggarious 4y agoI thought they’re both terminal degrees with legal power over others? He was most certainly physically inside one at points ;-) Edit: I guess a form of a joke, but more of a funny fact
- zahma 4y agoI feel that. As someone who’s going back to med school well out of undergrad, I have no doubt that even with good MCAT scores, I’m still going to need to be lucky to find the right med school who will appreciate my atypical profile. I feel like I’m competing with teenage prodigies for coveted spots.
- classichasclass 4y agoThat's exactly whom you're competing with. The MCAT got me interviews in which the first question was, "what's up with your GPA?" Invariably I'd end up on the waiting list. This was in the late 1990s.