You don't get it do you? I know these doctors personally. That is how I know that stuff.
Your basketball analogy doesn't win in an argument. I would rather take 65% foul shooter with a good 3-point shotting percentage. There are many variables that go into making a good basketball player. Foul shooting is about the last thing coaches look at when deciding if they want this or that player. Heck, O'Neal is a bad foul shooter but he was (he no longer is what he was) one of the best players to ever play in the NBA.
You have to take everything into acount. Not one single person said a 3.0 is better then a 4.0. It is the person behind the 3.0 and 4.0 that matters. Once you are out of school, your GPA no longer sets you apart from others around you (beyond the first job if you go into the job world right after undergraduate school...this doesn't apply to medicine).
If you want me to, I can give you the emails to the doctors I'm talking about.
The world works very similar to this.
You work hard in high school to get into the best undergraduate school you can. Once you are in undergraduate school it doesn't matter what you did in high school. While in undergraduate school you work hard to get into graduate school or get the best GPA you can and try to get those internships that can help lead you to a job. Once you get into graduate school what you did in undergraduate school no longer matters. Once you get that first job what you did as an graduate student no longer matters (beyond the development of certain skills).
What you were able to do in your first job matters more in your second job then what you have ever done in your whole life.
LawDoc has already pointed out that what you did as an undergraduate student no longer matters when you are in medical school and when you are a resident it no longer matters what you did in medical school. Once you are done as a resident it no longer matters what you did when you are doing a fellowship. Once you are done with your fellowship it no longer matters because it is what you are CURRENTLY doing as a praticing doctor that matters. Once you retire, if you didn't do anything outstanding, then everything you did your life becomes dust.
There are reasons why companies look for people with experience over new graduates. Graduating from undergraduate school with a 3.0 or above shows you have the ability to put up with crap on a daily basis. Employers like that. Employers really are not interested in what degree you get as an undergraduate. They care more that you got a degree and have developed the basic skills of communication, work ethic, critical thinking, and so forth.
A lot of graduate programs are designed for specific jobs.
Not saying they're not out there, just that I don't know any of you guys personally. Can't say that I know the people on MDApps personally either, but I hope exmike will pardon me if I don't pursue his *****ic advice to go forth in search of them. Didn't mean to confuse the OP.
On this whole 3.0 is better than a 4.0 thing (all other things being equal of course), how could you ever justify this, to the "A+" kid you just turned down especially? To use the basketball analogy, why would you ever want an 80% foul shooter on the line instead of your 90% guy? It's not that the guy with the "B" average isn't qualified to be a doc, it's that there are literally thousands of people every year who are better qualified.
Maybe it's your Probationary Status, but I have a sneaking suspicion you're making this stuff up. I work with and have worked with a lot of physicians, and don't know a single one's undergraduate gpa or medical school class rank, much less both for three separate docs. Where they did residency or fellowship training yes in many cases, but not that. I doubt I'll remember my undergrad gpa in 10-15 years.
