I agree with AWDC. CMCC is competitive but also is a good school. Basically, in the states, if you have a spine and the money, you're in. I think the GPA is 2.5 and there are a few schools that require 3.0. Some schools require an undergrad degree and others do not. Basically the schools that do not require undergrad degree do require 2 years premed.
A couple of things stand out regarding your last post. First of all, you have been treating your LBP for a long time with chiropractic. what does that tell you about the overall effectiveness of chiro?
It tells me that chiropractic helps. She can either see the chiropractor every so often or she can have a prescription for Vioxx and hope she doesn't end up dead. Or maybe she will elect to have surgery and be worse off.
Secondly, if Chiros want to be primary care "doctors" and claim that they can effectively screen for medical problems, how can someone with a 2.5 gpa (demonstrating academic skills just above average) be expected to differentiate LBP from facet arthritis vs a disk injury vs kidney stone vs something more ominous and refer appropriately.
You need to watch the apprentice "book smart against street smarts". The street smarts have three times the net worth of the book smarts and they lead in wins. Now how can the people with no degree and who dropped out of high school be so successful? They are up against people who have very good educations from various schools like Harvard. I'm sure they had outstanding GPA's. Having a great GPA is important with reason, but isn't everything. My father-in-law is a rocket scientist, he has degree(s) in chemistry, and he has an undergraduate degree and a master's degree in chemical engineering from Washington University in St. Louis. This is no easy school regardless of degree. In fact, they have one of the best medical schools in the US. Anyway, he is a brilliant man, he worked for NASA for years, he helped design Skylab, and he designed rockets, commercial jet engines and various missiles such as the Tomahawk and the Patriot missile defense system. Basically he is a very smart. That is, he is book smart. When it comes to common sense the guy is dangerous. He could probably do differential equations in his head but has no clue as to how to change a light bulb. The man would watch my kids from time to time. I would come home on a hot day and he would have the air conditioner on, but left all the windows open and wonders why it's hot. My point again, being book smart or having a stellar GPA isn't everything.
Even though the GPA for entrance to chiropractic school may be weak, that doesn't mean that everyone who enters has the minimal GPA. Chiropractors can't be primary care physicians. There is no way we can function in that capacity without a larger scope of treatment options.
If medical schools put less emphasis on GPA and more on individuality, we would have better doctors. Very seldom do you find a medical doctor that is down to earth, easy going or has a good bedside manner. Some seem kind of stuck-up to me. They think they are better than everyone else because they went to medical school. The practice of medicine does require some book smarts; it also requires other things like talent. You can have a guy that has a 4.0 in medical school who can't make it as a surgeon because he lacks the talent to do the surgery.
