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Hello everyone!
This is my first post
I recently ran into a dilemma. After graduating high school, I applied and was accepted to an early acceptance program to a medical school in my state. What this basically means is that if I kept a certain GPA and met the required MCAT score, I would be guaranteed a spot in medical school the year I applied. My program encourages us to apply out to other medical schools as well, and I had always planned to do this. Now, I just received the MCAT score I needed for my program. I went to talk to my program coordinator and I mentioned how I wanted to apply to other schools. He said that in his opinion it was not ethically correct for me to apply to other schools after being accepted to this program. He said it was wrong because when I accepted the position in my program, I basically took that opportunity from someone else. He said that because my program had invested in me with MCAT prep and summer workshops, they did all this with the idea that I would be loyal to that program and attend that medical school. In essence, I would be telling the school my program is in conjunction with that they are not good enough for me. In my opinion, because I did not sign a binding contract and have been encouraged to apply to other schools by the program director, I do not see a problem with applying to other schools. There is no paperwork that states that I must attend this school. I think that I should be allowed to try my luck and apply to all schools.
This is my first post
I recently ran into a dilemma. After graduating high school, I applied and was accepted to an early acceptance program to a medical school in my state. What this basically means is that if I kept a certain GPA and met the required MCAT score, I would be guaranteed a spot in medical school the year I applied. My program encourages us to apply out to other medical schools as well, and I had always planned to do this. Now, I just received the MCAT score I needed for my program. I went to talk to my program coordinator and I mentioned how I wanted to apply to other schools. He said that in his opinion it was not ethically correct for me to apply to other schools after being accepted to this program. He said it was wrong because when I accepted the position in my program, I basically took that opportunity from someone else. He said that because my program had invested in me with MCAT prep and summer workshops, they did all this with the idea that I would be loyal to that program and attend that medical school. In essence, I would be telling the school my program is in conjunction with that they are not good enough for me. In my opinion, because I did not sign a binding contract and have been encouraged to apply to other schools by the program director, I do not see a problem with applying to other schools. There is no paperwork that states that I must attend this school. I think that I should be allowed to try my luck and apply to all schools.
