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[JeetKuneDo]

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CA resident, 3.3 gpa 3.2 sgpa

9 interviews (didnt go to 2 of them)
5 acceptances (2 UC's)
2 waitlists

bust ass on the mcat, take a year to do something different and youll be fine.

Nice job, especially on the UC's. I'm assuming you got a very very high mcat score; do you think this was what set you apart from the other applicants or did you do other EC's?

 

[RoadRunner17]

If its anonymous, like most internet forums, even this one, I'm sure people do lie. Do I condone it? or like the fact that people are dishonest? No. But there will no doubt be some people who lie for whatever reason, either to make themselves feel better, for acceptance with their peers, or to make others feel worse. It will happen. I believe its a small minority who do it, but no one is being held to the fire here nor are people putting up official records so you never know. I like to believe people are being honest, and there's many great supportive members here, but take what you read with a grain of salt. Maybe they didn't get hugged enough as a kid.

I just don't see any possible gain that one would get from falsifying their MDapp records. It's a waste of time to come up with a fake profile that doesn't scream fake, and I would imagine it's kind of tough to do that. For the most part, I think what you see is what you get, even though the sample size is obviously skewed towards the people who are successful or have reason to feel that they will be.

 

[MAXIMUS 1]

This is correct, according to AAMC's monster table.

Can you PLEASE attach this so-called 'monster table.' Im sure many of us would be really interested to see it-- I know I am.
Thanks.

 

[MAXIMUS 1]

.... also, great job with this thread everyone.

having many < 3.6 gpa'ers together is pretty uplifting to be honest (especially when there is input from " <3.6 gpa alumni" that can attest to their success even though, in the past, they have had low numbers in one way or another.

As an SDN member for about a year.. its about time we start getting involved with more positive posts.......

lets keep this goin--

 

[LittleRocker]

3.24 cumulative, 3.55 science, 3.9 over the last 2.5 years (all at a crappy state school), 34 mcat, amazing letter of rec from a tenured bio prof at MIT, 4 acceptances, one of which is a top 5 school.

 

[HaveHope]

Wow. It's nice to see so many people with "lower" GPAs do so well in the application process. Wish it had turned out the same for me. I'm getting ready for round 2 of applying... (GPA etc on MDApps)

 

[Slade]

Was the school that you went to competitive because, med schools know that low GPA from one school=good GPA from other school
Also what was your MCAT?

the undergrad school I went to was competitive but very few students from there go on to med school... thus it is unknown in the med school circles

my mcat was really good, so that certainly helped, but my ECs were definitely not spectacular!

 

[Shawnpremed]

Wow. It's nice to see so many people with "lower" GPAs do so well in the application process. Wish it had turned out the same for me. I'm getting ready for round 2 of applying... (GPA etc on MDApps)

I agree. It's nice to hear encouragement from other 50% below that 3.8 median.

 

[rrs127]

Nice job, especially on the UC's. I'm assuming you got a very very high mcat score; do you think this was what set you apart from the other applicants or did you do other EC's?

i got a 35m on the mcat, so i did fairly well, but i feel like that is a score anyone who will succeed in med school can get if they really study hard. (and the M shows the essay portion doesnt mean anything if english is your first language.)

i think my mcat showed that i am intelligent enough to become a DR, essentially balancing out my gpa.

the rest of my app is what got me interviews: diverse ECs and good Letters of Rec. By the way, I only had one letter of rec from a prof, the rest were from research/volunteer supervisors.

 

[MAXIMUS 1]

i got a 35m on the mcat, so i did fairly well, but i feel like that is a score anyone who will succeed in med school can get if they really study hard. (and the M shows the essay portion doesnt mean anything if english is your first language.)

i think my mcat showed that i am intelligent enough to become a DR, essentially balancing out my gpa.

the rest of my app is what got me interviews: diverse ECs and good Letters of Rec. By the way, I only had one letter of rec from a prof, the rest were from research/volunteer supervisors.

That all sounds great. if you dont mind me asking.. what is you gpa?

 

[0Complications]

My cGPA is 3.66 and sGPA is 3.45. I'm hoping to have higher so here's to hoping lol

Mine are the opposite of yours

cGPA 3.49 sGPA 3.65