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Hi everyone!
I'm new to the forum but I just wonder whether you guys could give me some advice?
I am a junior at a pretty good liberal arts college who plan to apply to matriculate in 2016. Today I had my interview with my pre-med counselor. My MCAT and GPA are all fine and she told me everything else looks good (good research experience, volunteering, letters of rec, and clinical experience). Then we begin to discuss the list of schools I want to apply to and she told me that it is unlikely that I will get into the top schools (UPenn, Harvard, Stanford, UChicago) because I am not taking a gap year. She said the average of incoming class at top schools are 23 and they take more people who takes gap year to do other things. I am just confused because I didn't know I can be penalized for my age. I want to apply straight out of college because I know this is what I want to do and I am not burnt out by school yet but I don't know why I should be forced to take a gap year just to get to a school I want to go to.
Just want to hear you guys' experience and opinion on this!
I'm new to the forum but I just wonder whether you guys could give me some advice?
I am a junior at a pretty good liberal arts college who plan to apply to matriculate in 2016. Today I had my interview with my pre-med counselor. My MCAT and GPA are all fine and she told me everything else looks good (good research experience, volunteering, letters of rec, and clinical experience). Then we begin to discuss the list of schools I want to apply to and she told me that it is unlikely that I will get into the top schools (UPenn, Harvard, Stanford, UChicago) because I am not taking a gap year. She said the average of incoming class at top schools are 23 and they take more people who takes gap year to do other things. I am just confused because I didn't know I can be penalized for my age. I want to apply straight out of college because I know this is what I want to do and I am not burnt out by school yet but I don't know why I should be forced to take a gap year just to get to a school I want to go to.
Just want to hear you guys' experience and opinion on this!