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I'm really enjoying this. Flatearth's entire post is even more laughable when you consider that 1) his experience with the admissions process consists of what he's read on SDN and the "handful" of personal statements he's read, and 2) the large amount of "information" and "facts" he just simply makes up. I'm having a ball over here.
 
NickNaylor said:
I'm really enjoying this. Flatearth's entire post is even more laughable when you consider that 1) his experience with the admissions process consists of what he's read on SDN and the "handful" of personal statements he's read, and 2) the large amount of "information" and "facts" he just simply makes up. I'm having a ball over here.
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Even after he's blocked me I am still able to rile him up. Good to see we can still correspond through other people quoting my posts 👍
 
flatearth22 said:
Even after he's blocked me I am still able to rile him up. Good to see we can still correspond through other people quoting my posts 👍
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Is that what you focus on? Just getting on peoples nerve?

I think we have another Etzio over here...
 
Nice to see flatearth has derailed another thread.
 
Nah man, you're not even riling me up. I've done my work. Anything you do at this point just makes you look like a bigger *****, which everyone has slowly begun to realize the last week or so. I'm just sitting back and enjoying the show.
 
NickNaylor said:
Figure 1 is a penis.
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zeppelin125 said:
Flathearth is just sore he didn't get into Pritzker with a 4.0/39.
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lol @ you scoring 6 pts below your MCAT target

lol @ your signature being class of 2016

lol @ your avatar (no seriously, it's pretty damn funny :laugh:)
 
I don't think that anyone disagrees that there are diminishing returns past 36. Given two applicants with strong ECs and 4.0 GPAs, I do not think that the 40 would get in over the 36 solely because of the MCAT. More likely the applicant that has the best perceived "fit" for the school and/or the better interview would get in. There is a greater difference between a 28 and 32 than a 36 and 40. I wouldn't go about comparing percentiles though since this doesn't really yield the best argument; dismissing any point difference above 36 is not accurate either (not sure if that's what flat was insinuating).

flatearth22 said:
lol @ you scoring 6 pts below your MCAT target
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😕
 
flatearth22 said:
lol @ you scoring 6 pts below your MCAT target

lol @ your signature being class of 2016

lol @ your avatar (no seriously, it's pretty damn funny :laugh:)
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Ya, I know right? He totally should've quoted himself as a signature 😉
 
flatearth22 said:
lol @ you scoring 6 pts below your MCAT target

lol @ your signature being class of 2016

lol @ your avatar (no seriously, it's pretty damn funny :laugh:)
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What's wrong with my sig?

...and you have no idea what I scored on my MCAT. Why should I take anything you say seriously anyways? You're the type of kid I took lunch money from in high school.
 
Vandy Premed said:
I don't think that anyone disagrees that there are diminishing returns past 36. Given two applicants with strong ECs and 4.0 GPAs, I do not think that the 40 would get in over the 36 solely because of the MCAT. More likely the applicant that has the best perceived "fit" for the school and/or the better interview would get in. There is a greater difference between a 28 and 32 than a 36 and 40. I wouldn't go about comparing percentiles though since this doesn't really yield the best argument; dismissing any point difference above 36 is not accurate either (not sure if that's what flat was insinuating).



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zeppelin125 said:
Hi Everyone:

My situation is that I took the MCAT on 1/26 and got 6 points lower than my goal. I just started restudying about two weeks ago, and am done with school and plan on studying until I'm scheduled to retake on 6/16. As far as my application goes, I have a 3.8 cGPA and 3.8 sGPA at University of Florida, fairly strong EC's and LOR's. I need to go to medical school in Florida, though I have no preference of which school I go to (I believe there are currently 8 in the state of Florida at this time).

I have heard that it is important to apply early in order to have a greater chance at acceptance, but I feel like this is important if you are wanting to go to a certain school. As I stated earlier, I'm not very concerned about which school I get into, as long I get in one. I feel that getting into any medical school in Florida will require a 30+ MCAT score. Therefore, I'm thinking it might be smart to push the MCAT back to July and take it then to maximize my score, because I feel that if I score higher on the MCAT it will increase my status as an applicant as a whole. I plan on submitting the AMCAS app as soon as it opens, though I've heard that a medical school admissions board won't even look at you until your MCAT scores are in. My only concern with pushing it back would be perhaps getting my MCAT scores in too late to medical schools where I will be at a disadvantage (middle of August, though I don't think this will matter if I score 32+), and burning out from studying all summer considering I've already written once. Anyone ever been in this situation, and anyone have advice on what I should do?

Greatly appreciated, regards.
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zeppelin125 said:
What's wrong with my sig?

...and you have no idea what I scored on my MCAT. Why should I take anything you say seriously anyways? You're the type of kid I took lunch money from in high school.
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Pretty alpha. Let me guess....you're planning on matching into orthopedics?
 
flatearth22 said:
1) SDN greatly overrates extremely high MCAT scores (the topic of the latter half of this thread). The adcoms at Harvard, Yale, and Hopkins clearly weren't as enamored with his MCAT score as certain premeds on this site are.

2) EC's weren't elite. They were definitely above average but he did not have the longevity and depth of research that other applicants applying to top schools have. Not to mention his EC's were kind of all over the place and none of them stood out as a true "hook." He basically had elite med school numbers with state med school EC's....not a good combination when you are competing with students that have elite med school numbers AND elite med school EC's.

3) I thought his PS (on his blog section of MDapps) was good but not great. I've read a handful of PS's including 3 from students who ended up at elite places (1 at Stanford, 2 at UCSF) and there is just a different texture to their PS's than there is to his. It's really hard to pin down but his PS, while being good, just didn't have "it."

4) Undergrad reputation. Baylor is (fairly or unfairly) known as a bit of a backwards school. Some even go as far as to call Waco (the town in which it is located) "Wacko." This might or might not have been a factor in his app but there is no doubt in my mind that if he had gone somewhere else (not even a top 25...even just somewhere else instate like UT-Austin) and put up the same stats he would have had a better chance at the elite schools. Especially keeping in mind that Baylor is a conservative, religiously affiliated school while places like Harvard and Yale are bastions of liberal thought and irreligion and might subconsciously look at his app in a different light.

5) Being a TX resident in general. I can imagine lots of schools are wary of TX residents because they have such cheap, quality med schools and really tend to attract and keep their own. I'm sure a decent nubmer of TX rssidents would turn down paying $40k at Harvard (yes, turn down Harvard) in order to just pay $6k at Baylor or UTSW. This might have also played a part, as the top schools really want to keep their yield rates as high as possible.

Overall, the lesson to learn from his app cycle is that there many factors at work when applying to the upper echelon schools and even a 4.0/40 isn't a shoe-in. However, it's not as much of a crapshoot as people think. (see reasons 2-5 above).

That said, the guy did extremely well (several t20 acceptances including full scholarship at UC) but to act like he should get in everywhere is kind of a joke to be honest.
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Just cause your a little crazy and I want to mentioned something that even someone in high school would know. The original 7 ivy league schools (screw UPenn) started out training clergymen. So saying that a school like Harvard is a bastion of liberal thought and irreligion and wouldn't except Cole (your going to be Cole forever to me buddy) for a political or religious affiliation, if he has one, is kind of calling the kettle black.
 
Great job creeping the 1/29 thread. My initial standards were through the roof, and now I've gotten a dose of reality. So what if I set high standards for myself? I'd like to be remembered as the guy that actually did something with his life, and not a guy remembered for quoting himself and talking out of his ass to be an SDN gangster.
 
NickNaylor said:
I enjoyed the original version much more. I laughed for a good 20 seconds.
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I decided to be civilized. Still amazed that I was even a little invested into such a trivial online thread.

He probably didn't even see it; I think he went to bed to get up early for Women's World Cup tomorrow.
 
Alright, well while this has been such good fun, I think that since the OP has been banned for trolling, this thread has more than outlived its usefulness.

Also, please try to be nicer to each other and lay off the personal attacks next time. Make love, not war. Kumbaya. Etc.

Thread closed.
 
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