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What do you guys think about SDN's standards? Would you rather they be lower? I personally like that they're high. It's good encouragement for me.
What do you guys think about SDN's standards? Would you rather they be lower? I personally like that they're high. It's good encouragement, it's like the asian parents that I never had.
SDN's high standards are a myth. Just look at the daily postings of "Poor grades, should I abandon pre-med?" with responses typically saying, "Do better next semester and you'll get in somewhere!"
Don't get me wrong, I'm all about the underdog succeeding. But these grade threads are pretty predictable.
I would have to agree with you on this.. It's a strange mix. It seems that only the elite applicants and those who struggle to pass their prereqs congregate here.
Some people find it suffocating and others find it encouraging. Personally, I think I would have scored lower on my MCAT if it wasn't for SDN brainwashing me that a 32+ is the only acceptable score.
The ones who hate the high standards of SDN congregate on /r/premed who proceed to circlejerk about how wrong SDN is because of a few anomalies.
But... 32+ is the only acceptable score...
And pshh, nobody who's done their research even bothers with r/premed. SDN beats all.
SDN's high standards are a myth. Just look at the daily postings of "Poor grades, should I abandon pre-med?" with responses typically saying, "Do better next semester and you'll get in somewhere!"
Don't get me wrong, I'm all about the underdog succeeding. But these grade threads are pretty predictable.
The observation has indeed been made before. SDN is said to have a bimodal distribution of premeds, heavily representing those who are ambitious and excel, looking for knowledge to propel them further, and those who are struggling and strive to recover, looking for knowledge to help them get back in the running.
SDN's high standards are a myth. Just look at the daily postings of "Poor grades, should I abandon pre-med?" with responses typically saying, "Do better next semester and you'll get in somewhere!"
Don't get me wrong, I'm all about the underdog succeeding. But these grade threads are pretty predictable.
Seriously wish there was a one time sticky for panicking, neurotic individuals who can consult that, realize one B, A-, C, whatever wont keep them from med school...and there won't be hundreds of new threads on the topic.
I really wish people would understand that distinction better. When someone says "a 34 is a decent score", you have to figure out which camp they're addressing. Is this the "any school is a medical school" camp or the "I want scholarships and top 10 acceptances" camp.
What do you guys think about SDN's standards? Would you rather they be lower? I personally like that they're high. It's good encouragement for me.
Seriously wish that there was a rule that new members with less than say 50 posts aren't allowed to start a new thread.
I would agree. SDN actually has pretty reasonable standards. Where people go wrong is confusing advice for getting into top schools with general advice for getting into any medical school. It's only the neurotic ones who make threads about not making a 38 instead of a 36 or whether a single C on their transcript is death.
I really wish people would understand that distinction better. When someone says "a 34 is a decent score", you have to figure out which camp they're addressing. Is this the "any school is a medical school" camp or the "I want scholarships and top 10 acceptances" camp.
I could not have said this better.
Also, I was actually referring to you about the bimodal observation being made before haha.
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Seriously wish that there was a rule that new members with less than say 50 posts aren't allowed to start a new thread. That way they have to post on existing threads, use the search function, and actually find what they are looking for. Dear Santa....
I would have to agree with you on this.. It's a strange mix. It seems that only the elite applicants and those who struggle to pass their prereqs congregate here.
Sure, many people fall into the bimodal distribution, but not all. I was EXACTLY average for the state school where I was accepted.
I was on the statistical high side for all of the DO schools where I applied, but within 1 or 2 LizzyM points +/- for all the MD schools. That puts me in the minority around here it seems.
Ok, back to hiding under my rock...
dsoz
There is no such thing as a bimodal user distribution but rather it tends to be those groups of premeds that post/talk more about their stats. I'm a fairly average applicant (3.5-3.6 range for ambiguity) and I hardly ever talk about my stats on here because of all the gunners.
Some people find it suffocating and others find it encouraging. Personally, I think I would have scored lower on my MCAT if it wasn't for SDN brainwashing me that a 32+ is the only acceptable score.
The ones who hate the high standards of SDN congregate on /r/premed who proceed to circlejerk about how wrong SDN is because of a few anomalies.
There is no such thing as a bimodal user distribution but rather it tends to be those groups of premeds that post/talk more about their stats. I'm a fairly average applicant (3.5-3.6 range for ambiguity) and I hardly ever talk about my stats on here because of all the gunners.
There is no such thing as a bimodal user distribution but rather it tends to be those groups of premeds that post/talk more about their stats. I'm a fairly average applicant (3.5-3.6 range for ambiguity) and I hardly ever talk about my stats on here because of all the gunners.