That number seems really low. If true, that would mean a 33% acceptance rate. That's way too high...
Wouldn't the overall acceptance rate be calculated with the number of people that applied, not just those that interviewed?
That number seems really low. If true, that would mean a 33% acceptance rate. That's way too high...
Wouldn't the overall acceptance rate be calculated with the number of people that applied, not just those that interviewed?
Wouldn't the overall acceptance rate be calculated with the number of people that applied, not just those that interviewed?
Salary is more a function of where you're willing to work and how hard you want to work than what specialty. It is true that certain specialties reimburse more, but you can find primary care docs making $500k-1M a year given the right circumstances.
For instance, if you're an FP who goes somewhere rural where you have a corner on the market, you are willing to be on call all the time, you do simple procedures/ob, etc you could make that kind of money.
It's all about practice decisions and work ethic. In general, academics pays less than private practice. Big cities usually mean less pay because of a more saturated market and more sub-specialty coverage (i.e. no family physician is going to be doing ob in Atlanta). Being a hospital-employed physician usually reimburses less as well (but hours and benefits are generally better and there's no overhead/malpractice).
Nowadays, what seems to drive competition among medical students is the ratio of work to income. Med students want to make the salaries of guys who work 100 hours per week in 50-60 hours a week of work.
Reimbursement will change for all of us, but it shouldn't drive your decision to become a physician. My point in stating the scenario in my last post was just to illustrate that paying off loans in a reasonable time AND living comfortably are both possible on any doctor's salary.
Remember that accepted ≠ matriculated. Last year, they accepted 152 of 329 interviewed. So if you interviewed, your probability of acceptance is 46% (this doesn't take into account EDP, though).
Money hasn't influenced my decision to practice medicine. Also, just want to let you know I wasn't arguing with your statement I was just trying to get some clarification. I have actually enjoyed the posts and information you have been sharing on this blog. However, the price of medical school is daunting and it is always good to hear that it really can be payed off. All of the schools I have been accepted to thus far have come with high price tags and it is a little frightening!
Don't burn up a spot for someone who actually wants it since your clearly not all in. Some of us truely want this, regardless of the debt.
Don't burn up a spot for someone who actually wants it since your clearly not all in. Some of us truely want this, regardless of the debt.
I really wish that I could fast-forward to Wednesday evening. This anxious waiting is really killing my productivity!
Hey guys. I was wondering what my chances are with the EDP. I made a 11ps 6vr and 11bio with a 4.00 science GPA and a 3.99 overall GPA. What do my chances look like?
I also have 200hr shadowing, 3years of research, volunteering, and good LOR's.
Thanks guys!
Supposedly. I think they make the waitlist soon afterward, going by previous Mercer application threads.Hey I just interviewed at Mercer and they told us that they have already accepted 80 so only about 20 spots left. Also the next voting date will be the final one on March 21, 2012. Good luck!
I interviewed at Mercer this year with a 6 PS,11 VR, 9 BS and a lower GPA, so you would probably get an interview. Saying that, I took a kaplan course and retook the MCAT in January and increased my score to a 32 (10 PS, 11 VR, 11 BS) because I was unhappy with my score. Your BS and PS scores are already good, so I bet you could increase your VR score if you took it again. Did you study VR before you took the MCAT?Hey guys. I was wondering what my chances are with the EDP. I made a 11ps 6vr and 11bio with a 4.00 science GPA and a 3.99 overall GPA. What do my chances look like?
I also have 200hr shadowing, 3years of research, volunteering, and good LOR's.
Thanks guys!
Well I have already taken a course but I have never been good at the verbal section. My scores just fluctuate way too much in verbal and I know I am smarter than that score I received. Idk what to do anymore. Just wondering if I could squeeze my way in to mercer for EDP. And I'm also for Albany ga which I hope helps.I interviewed at Mercer this year with a 6 PS,11 VR, 9 BS and a lower GPA, so you would probably get an interview. Saying that, I took a kaplan course and retook the MCAT in January and increased my score to a 32 (10 PS, 11 VR, 11 BS) because I was unhappy with my score. Your BS and PS scores are already good, so I bet you could increase your VR score if you took it again. Did you study VR before you took the MCAT?
Being from an underserved area most likely helps. I am from South Georgia as well and that probably helped me get an interview this year with my low PS score. Also, it could not hurt to call Mercer and ask them about your score. I have called a couple of times and the admissions staff is always very nice and helpful.Well I have already taken a course but I have never been good at the verbal section. My scores just fluctuate way too much in verbal and I know I am smarter than that score I received. Idk what to do anymore. Just wondering if I could squeeze my way in to mercer for EDP. And I'm also for Albany ga which I hope helps.
Not this year. I submitted my secondary about a week before the deadline in January.Thanks bud! Hope it will all work out. Did you by any chance apply early?
Well, if I actually get an acceptance AND I actually take the acceptance, I'm going into med school with only a few loans and the rest is being paid for with cash from my family. That way if I start crashing going down in flames in med school then I'm dropping out from med school by Christmas, and I'm going to go pursue a different career, DNP or PA school. I'm not going to be the one stuck with student loans the size of a house, 2 new cars, new furniture, starting my kids undergraduate savings fund AND boat payment. Yeah I would be a real doctor, which was my dream as a kid, but I'm getting older and I feel like my priorities in life are changing and the idea if being so ass deep in debt for do long doesn't sound so great anymore. I was hoping to get into a cheaper MD school but that's starting to look bleak with my 'fair' mcat and my stellar gpa.
Also if I do actually accept an offer and start school I'll tell my patents not to get too excited at my white coat ceremony because I might find myself in the bottom half of the class and be quitting right around Christmas to go be a doctor, of nursing that is!
I'm also going to find somewhere that lets me rent for only 6 months at a time. That way I can drop out easier if needed.
Also, I'm not telling many of my friends or announcing it on Facebook if I accept my med school offer. That way I can quietly enter med school and quietly quit if I start doing below the class average. Of course I didn't mention any of this in my interview, they never asked me! Lol.
Unless they make a way to go to med school for under $100,000 without joining the army, I don't want to keep sign those loan papers unless I'm in the upper half of the class shooting for specialty care.
I'm just too scared of the risk if going into primary care with those loans in this crap economy. Call me practical, a worry wart, not committed, (not committed to taking out those loans that is!).
Has anyone heard anything or is this week the big week? I haven't seen anyone get accepted from this forum in a long while. Let's get some good news!
Accepted!!!! Call by Dr. Walker