In the bio2 class I TA'ed for, one of our linebackers would get really high grades...top 5% of class...BME major..
Your stereotypes are getting old
They recruit them for athletics, not academics...hello...
An exception does not make the rule. Sure, there may be smart linebackers somewhere, but all things being equal, id bet you find them at an elite private, not at a Big Ten party school. My generalization does apply though - the kids who compete in an elite environment, will, as a group, outclass those kids from a school like FSU where basically everyone gets in.
All hail the mighty SAT!!!! I can't tell you....I don't remember ever giving a **** what other students got on the SAT. Do you have a life? Or do you constantly compare numbers and statistics of people around you and at other schools because you have nothing better to do and cannot get laid?
The SAT is a proxy for other things, namely ability to process and sort through information, etc.
Don't go into medicine, then....since you are SO OBSESSED with this, be an ADCOM.
its just hilarious to stir up premeds
Assuming that they DID want to an ivy-league school, and did not get in, maybe it was b/c their parents were not rich enough to send them to a snooty prep-school? Or because they were born into a family of drug addicts and poverty...Seriously....contrary to your belief, most people aren't born with a silver spoon in their mouth.
all the top-15 schools meet 100% of need with financial aid (mostly grant aid btw). Give me a f'in break, money's not gonna be a factor for whether a poor kid ends up attending (it may be a factor why they *GET IN*, but that's something ive already addressed - if they end up at a local public because of that, but still do well *on the MCATs*, that's fine. These are people that should be doctors. you're much more likely to find an upper-middle class slacker or BMW-driving fraternity rockhead at FSU (i'm assuming this is your school) than at elite undergrads, because those schools accept on brains. C'mon now, be honest.
anyway, its the *******es that get the high GPAs, but suck on the MCATs that still end up attending med school that concerns me, because there are far more qualified people than them that are precluded because of a low GPA. As I said, MCATs should be weighed far more than it is. At 99% of the schools in the country, you really don't know what the GPA is actually worth or means. I have taken math/science courses at a state univ and math/science courses at an elite undergrad - indeed, i even took one particular science course over again at the latter. that course was 10x better taught at the elite undergrad, and even harder to get an A in.
I bet they can't WAIT to meet you!!! And what are you considering a "top" med school? One with a certain name associated with it? I saw from your other post what you said about the kid at U of R. Rochester has a terrific program and is a GREAT med school. And I'd love to hear you argue that with me, seeing as you probably know nothing on the topic. I was born and raised there, did tons of summer research @ URMC with a MD/PhD and volunteered at Strong for 2 years. Obviously you do not know what you are talking about, because it is well-known that it is a great school[/QUOTE]
ok, you've impressed me.
🙄 . UofR is more like the last choice school for good premeds at elite schools (only the 3.3 GPAs go there) - the 3.0s unfortunately have to attend FSU Med and live in Tallahassee for four years.
