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There was a thread which talked about GWU acceptances earlier on and confusion about why people were put on hold or rejected. The profile of this applicant seems to be proof that GWU screens out students that they probably think won't go there anywhere (has no connections to the school,etc..etc..) Anyway, just an interesting thought 🙂
 
I knew a guy who applied to 14 places, entirely top-tier, and was accepted into 12 of them.
 
scentimint said:
nope, chuck norris was accepted to EVERY medical school he applied, what with his 60 on the MCAT. the med schools actually offered to pay HIM to go to their school.
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Not only that, he got a Z on the verbal section, his interviews consisted of Chuck Norris basically round-kicking his interviewers for daring to question his motivation, and of round kicking all other applicants whom he found annoying....of course, instead of wearing a suit to the interviews, he wore his usual cowboy attire, boots and hat.

Also, he did not get an acceptance letter, he got an acceptance medal made of real gold, and a full scholarship and all-expenses paid ride to every medical school he applied to. I think the winner school actually threw in a beemer and a couple of beach houses for him.
 
Perhaps you guys have not met PhotoGirl07 (I think it's 07...).
 
baylormed said:
Not only that, he got a Z on the verbal section, his interviews consisted of Chuck Norris basically round-kicking his interviewers for daring to question his motivation, and of round kicking all other applicants whom he found annoying....of course, instead of wearing a suit to the interviews, he wore his usual cowboy attire, boots and hat.

Also, he did not get an acceptance letter, he got an acceptance medal made of real gold, and a full scholarship and all-expenses paid ride to every medical school he applied to. I think the winner school actually threw in a beemer and a couple of beach houses for him.
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Chuck Norris also answered his PS, every secondary and interview questions with the response: "I am Chuck Norris". He was immediately rewarded with an M.D. and offered tenure as Chief of Medicine and Surgery.
 
NCF145 said:
Chuck Norris also answered his PS, every secondary and interview questions with the response: "I am Chuck Norris". He was immediately rewarded with an M.D. and offered tenure as Chief of Medicine and Surgery.
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:laugh: :laugh:

I also heard he dared answer his MCAT essay section in blue pen.
 
NCF145 said:
Does anyone know or know of an applicant that was accepted to all of the top 10 schools?

This is the best set of acceptances that I have seen so far. http://www.mdapplicants.com/viewprofile.php?id=4019

Anyone know of somene with a better set of acceptances?
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getting into U of Washington is so hard if you aren't from WA or one of the moutain west states that they have an agreement to take students from that getting into all top 10 schools is a feat only achievable by a limited number of those that would be even capable of getting into all the other top schools.

also, I doubt anyone is insane enough to go on that many interviews when it is obvious that they are going to get into a top school...too much travelling
 
obviously chuck norris sprung from the womb with an innate divine ability to heal all with a single roundhouse kick.

and therefore does not need an MD
 
Colonel Mustard said:
obviously chuck norris sprung from the womb with an innate divine ability to heal all with a single roundhouse kick.

and therefore does not need an MD
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No, the roundhouse kicks are destructive. It is his tears that have curative powers...too bad he's never cried. 😉
 
Hehe, chuck norris :laugh:
 
quantummechanic said:
I doubt anyone is insane enough to go on that many interviews when it is obvious that they are going to get into a top school...too much travelling
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Thats exactly what i was thinking. If I could get into any top 10 school, I would definitely visit the ones that give scholarships (Penn, WashU, Duke) and a few others top top choices that are your true top choices (though all these schools are ridiculous).

Unless you seriously have no clue where you want to end up, there's no reason to waste all that money.
 
NCF145 said:
Does anyone know or know of an applicant that was accepted to all of the top 10 schools?

This is the best set of acceptances that I have seen so far. http://www.mdapplicants.com/viewprofile.php?id=4019

Anyone know of somene with a better set of acceptances?
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Ohh that was Kimka83's profile from last year. I remember cuz I first started talking to her in oen of the MCAT countdown til score release threads.

She was a stellar applicant on all grounds. There was another person who is her classmate at HMS right now that also had a similarly brilliant profile.
 
Stolenspatulas said:
Something inside me tells me this is fake
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Actually it is not fake at all. I know exactly who's profile that is. She was going through the application process last year. Her username on SDN was Kimka83. Her last posts I believe were in the C/O 2010 thread for HMS before her and her classmates transferred over to facebook as means of communication between one another.

Another of her current classmates had an equally brilliant profile and was a South Indian girl who had both amazing stats and ECs of which included training and performing as a dancer since she was 5, which translates out to nearly 16 years in the art of Indian classical dance/music. This other girl also had a 4.0 at Harvard undergrad and 40 or 41 on her MCAT.

Kimka's profile originally included a lot more schools then were listed on her profile. She had originally applied to well over 20-30 schools of which many were much much lower tier schools. That was before she got her MCAT score back. When she got her scores back and started getting interviews she withdrew from the places she knew she didn't want to really go to.
 
I think his application photo had something to do with his wide acceptances...


Norris1.jpg
 
quantummechanic said:
getting into U of Washington is so hard if you aren't from WA or one of the moutain west states that they have an agreement to take students from that getting into all top 10 schools is a feat only achievable by a limited number of those that would be even capable of getting into all the other top schools.

also, I doubt anyone is insane enough to go on that many interviews when it is obvious that they are going to get into a top school...too much travelling
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You'd be surprised. One of the SDNers on here that I know, no names mentioned, had gone on almost 20 interviews. A few people do so because they want to see what each school they are interviewing at is like before they make premature decisions on where they want to go. This particular person had a tough time deciding where they wanted to go. Its not as easy as it seems once you have options.
 
gujuDoc said:
Actually it is not fake at all. I know exactly who's profile that is. She was going through the application process last year. Her username on SDN was Kimka83. Her last posts I believe were in the C/O 2010 thread for HMS before her and her classmates transferred over to facebook as means of communication between one another.

Another of her current classmates had an equally brilliant profile and was a South Indian girl who had both amazing stats and ECs of which included training and performing as a dancer since she was 5, which translates out to nearly 16 years in the art of Indian classical dance/music. This other girl also had a 4.0 at Harvard undergrad and 40 or 41 on her MCAT.

Kimka's profile originally included a lot more schools then were listed on her profile. She had originally applied to well over 20-30 schools of which many were much much lower tier schools. That was before she got her MCAT score back. When she got her scores back and started getting interviews she withdrew from the places she knew she didn't want to really go to.
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wow, she must be loaded. she wasted so much money flying around everywhere.

There are always superstars that get in everywhere they want... but not this many schools just bc 99% of the people in this situation would start cancelling interviews.
 
Stolenspatulas said:
Thats exactly what i was thinking. If I could get into any top 10 school, I would definitely visit the ones that give scholarships (Penn, WashU, Duke) and a few others top top choices that are your true top choices (though all these schools are ridiculous).

Unless you seriously have no clue where you want to end up, there's no reason to waste all that money.
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Please read my posts above. I didn't even have to scroll down and see my old posts on her profile from when she was going through the process and I recognized it cuz I talked with her a bit on SDN last year. She's not a fake and if she were it would have been flagged and deleted by now. The schools she interviewed at are a small fraction of the original amount she applied to.

She just deleted the details of where else she originally applied on there.

I know someone who currently has applied to nearly 40 or 50 schools. So take what you will of that.
 
I believe the most amazing applicants DO NOT end up at Harvard.

My reasoning? SCHOLARSHIPS.

The most amazing applicants likely go to the best school that offers scholarships. Why would you pay money to go to harvard where you can get a comparable (or even arguably better) education at another top school.

I believe the top 10 schools that offer full rides are Penn, WashU, and Duke.
 
gujuDoc said:
Please read my posts above. I didn't even have to scroll down and see my old posts on her profile from when she was going through the process and I recognized it cuz I talked with her a bit on SDN last year. She's not a fake and if she were it would have been flagged and deleted by now. The schools she interviewed at are a small fraction of the original amount she applied to.

She just deleted the details of where else she originally applied on there.

I know someone who currently has applied to nearly 40 or 50 schools. So take what you will of that.
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Applying that widely is not uncommon, if you consider yourself an average-to-weak applicant (its normal just to be safe). If you know you are a solid applicant, forget that, a killer applicant... then its clearly just a waste of money. I know she was waiting for her mcats... but she had to know she would get at least a 32+ (that mcat, with her goldwater, her ECs, her gpa, etc... she knew she was going to get into most insane schools)
 
gujuDoc said:
Actually it is not fake at all. I know exactly who's profile that is. She was going through the application process last year. Her username on SDN was Kimka83. Her last posts I believe were in the C/O 2010 thread for HMS before her and her classmates transferred over to facebook as means of communication between one another.

Another of her current classmates had an equally brilliant profile and was a South Indian girl who had both amazing stats and ECs of which included training and performing as a dancer since she was 5, which translates out to nearly 16 years in the art of Indian classical dance/music. This other girl also had a 4.0 at Harvard undergrad and 40 or 41 on her MCAT.

Kimka's profile originally included a lot more schools then were listed on her profile. She had originally applied to well over 20-30 schools of which many were much much lower tier schools. That was before she got her MCAT score back. When she got her scores back and started getting interviews she withdrew from the places she knew she didn't want to really go to.
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So that's the type of ppl they accept:idea:
Re: applying widely - I can understand her decision. We've all heard about how this process is a total crapshot. What if you thought you just weren't that great at interviewing and were afraid of screwing up your chances at the interview stage? Here's another applicant FYI:
http://www.mdapplicants.com/viewprofile.php?id=5678
Just looking at the stats and ECs, I'd expect him to get a top 10 offer (though perhaps not as many as the two girls above), but it's probably a good thing that he applied to and interviewed at U. Calgary which is clearly the backup.
 
so back to the real stuff... chuck norris not only scored a 60Z on the MCAT and was given an instant MD... the people from the Marshall and Rhodes offices heard about him and he subsequently became a Rhodes and Marshall Scholar, given a PhD in being a freakin bada$$ from Oxford, and elected the new god of the universe by Richard Dawkins who then put out a new book entitled... The God Delusion Part II: Chuck Norris controls the universe

he was then given seed money by Bill Gates to start his own med school at which no one has been accepted yet because he holds chuck norris-type standards.... ya hes the man!
 
Stolenspatulas said:
I believe the most amazing applicants DO NOT end up at Harvard.

My reasoning? SCHOLARSHIPS.

The most amazing applicants likely go to the best school that offers scholarships. Why would you pay money to go to harvard where you can get a comparable (or even arguably better) education at another top school.

I believe the top 10 schools that offer full rides are Penn, WashU, and Duke.
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you're right and wrong. for example, Harvard's HST program draws alot of people away from MSTP programs (ie full ride+stipend, guaranteed to be on md/phd path) for an MD only route (you can often get a phd, but its not a guaranteed track though) which you have to pay for.
 
quantummechanic said:
you're right and wrong. for example, Harvard's HST program draws alot of people away from MSTP programs (ie full ride+stipend, guaranteed to be on md/phd path) for an MD only route (you can often get a phd, but its not a guaranteed track though) which you have to pay for.
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Yea thats right.... You have to be pretty damn awesome to get HST.

I dont think that md/phd is neccessarily a 'bargain' as people like to think due to its fully paid nature.

Think about it this way. You are 200K in debt for an MD. BUT, you graduate in 4 years.

MSTP takes 6/7 years right? Thats 2/3 years where you could have been making money!!!! so if you graduate with an MD and go onto a desirable specialty, you'll be 2/3 years ahead of a counterpart that decides to go MSTP but go to residency instead of sticking with research.

If you want to do research, by all means, MSTP is the way to go. But there's no reason for an MD hopeful to be jealous of the fully paid track...
 
quantummechanic said:
you're right and wrong. for example, Harvard's HST program draws alot of people away from MSTP programs (ie full ride+stipend, guaranteed to be on md/phd path) for an MD only route (you can often get a phd, but its not a guaranteed track though) which you have to pay for.
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I would wager these are mostly people with wealthy family members, who can help them pay the massive tuition.

For someone with no financial assistance, it would be pretty nuts to turn down a scholarship from any of the top schools that offer full rides.

I believe these schools are--Penn, WashU, Duke, Chicago, Pitt, Vandy. Are there any more?
 
Towelie said:
I would wager these are mostly people with wealthy family members, who can help them pay the massive tuition.

For someone with no financial assistance, it would be pretty nuts to turn down a scholarship from any of the top schools that offer full rides.

I believe these schools are--Penn, WashU, Duke, Chicago, Pitt, Vandy. Are there any more?
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I believe U of Mi does too
 
gujuDoc said:
Please read my posts above. I didn't even have to scroll down and see my old posts on her profile from when she was going through the process and I recognized it cuz I talked with her a bit on SDN last year. She's not a fake and if she were it would have been flagged and deleted by now. The schools she interviewed at are a small fraction of the original amount she applied to.

She just deleted the details of where else she originally applied on there.

I know someone who currently has applied to nearly 40 or 50 schools. So take what you will of that.
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Disregard this post of mine. I tried editing it but SDN is being ******ed.
 
Towelie said:
I would wager these are mostly people with wealthy family members, who can help them pay the massive tuition.

For someone with no financial assistance, it would be pretty nuts to turn down a scholarship from any of the top schools that offer full rides.

I believe these schools are--Penn, WashU, Duke, Chicago, Pitt, Vandy. Are there any more?
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Probably true too to a certain extent. Some people are really bent on a school and would turn down scholarship for a place that has a big name.
 
omegaxx said:
So that's the type of ppl they accept:idea:
Re: applying widely - I can understand her decision. We've all heard about how this process is a total crapshot. What if you thought you just weren't that great at interviewing and were afraid of screwing up your chances at the interview stage? Here's another applicant FYI:
http://www.mdapplicants.com/viewprofile.php?id=5678
Just looking at the stats and ECs, I'd expect him to get a top 10 offer (though perhaps not as many as the two girls above), but it's probably a good thing that he applied to and interviewed at U. Calgary which is clearly the backup.
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That mdapps was a Canadian who probably had no desire of getting into a US school.
 
omegaxx said:
So that's the type of ppl they accept:idea:
Re: applying widely - I can understand her decision. We've all heard about how this process is a total crapshot. What if you thought you just weren't that great at interviewing and were afraid of screwing up your chances at the interview stage? Here's another applicant FYI:
http://www.mdapplicants.com/viewprofile.php?id=5678
Just looking at the stats and ECs, I'd expect him to get a top 10 offer (though perhaps not as many as the two girls above), but it's probably a good thing that he applied to and interviewed at U. Calgary which is clearly the backup.
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I'm not an IDIOT you *****!!! I'm aware what kind of people they accept. Here's an IDEA since you need me to spell it out to you in baby terms. I was MAKING A POINT TO PEOPLE WHO LIKE TO ACCUSE STELLAR APPLICANTS OF BEING FAKES!!!!!!

Perhaps you should direct that at the naysayers who were accusing people of putting up fake profiles and not me. :idea: :idea:
 
quantummechanic said:
you're right and wrong. for example, Harvard's HST program draws alot of people away from MSTP programs (ie full ride+stipend, guaranteed to be on md/phd path) for an MD only route (you can often get a phd, but its not a guaranteed track though) which you have to pay for.
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Besides the HMS name, I'd presume part of that has to do with what another poster also mentioned. 4 yrs vs. 6-7 is a huge difference. Getting to do something that allows you to do research without having to go the full extra mile of getting a PhD is what some people have in mind.
 
Stolenspatulas said:
I believe the most amazing applicants DO NOT end up at Harvard.

My reasoning? SCHOLARSHIPS.

The most amazing applicants likely go to the best school that offers scholarships. Why would you pay money to go to harvard where you can get a comparable (or even arguably better) education at another top school.

I believe the top 10 schools that offer full rides are Penn, WashU, and Duke.
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Yeah you are right to an extent. I know of at least one person who did just that last year. However there are a lot of people who want the HMS or Hopkins name that would turn down full scholarships in a heartbeat and not look back for the chance to be at one of the two most prestigious institutions out there. I suppose some of those people have real money but others are poor who make that decision but the name means a lot to some.
 
gujuDoc said:
Yeah you are right to an extent. I know of at least one person who did just that last year. However there are a lot of people who want the HMS or Hopkins name that would turn down full scholarships in a heartbeat and not look back for the chance to be at one of the two most prestigious institutions out there. I suppose some of those people have real money but others are poor who make that decision but the name means a lot to some.
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Also, some of these killer schools have ridiculous financial aid. I hear Hopkins is very very generous.

Honestly, if I could get enough fin aid that made my entire med education at Hopkins 80K, I would take that small amount of debt over a full-ride at Pritzker or a comparable school.
 
Stolenspatulas said:
Also, some of these killer schools have ridiculous financial aid. I hear Hopkins is very very generous.

Honestly, if I could get enough fin aid that made my entire med education at Hopkins 80K, I would take that small amount of debt over a full-ride at Pritzker or a comparable school.
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That's interesting. I did not know that.
 
My sister ended up getting into all the top tiers, she just didnt apply to 10 (I think it was Columbia, Harvard, Yale, Emory, Hopkins and a couple others).

She was a 3.98 in a French/Bio major, 39T, got the Marshall scholarship, had 2 masters in Epidemiology/History of Medicine at Oxford, spent 6 summers in different countries doing field work, etc...

and I am not.
 
MWK said:
My sister ended up getting into all the top tiers, she just didnt apply to 10 (I think it was Columbia, Harvard, Yale, Emory, Hopkins and a couple others).

She was a 3.98 in a French/Bio major, 39T, got the Marshall scholarship, had 2 masters in Epidemiology/History of Medicine at Oxford, spent 6 summers in different countries doing field work, etc...

and I am not.
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Its alright man. My brother goes to Hopkins right now. Its pretty sweet that I got waitlisted there. Hah.

My mom's like so what happened? As if its so easy to get in to Hopkins (Im South Asian Indian btw, so double wammy with parents not understanding certain things about this process....ie, that its hard as 4uck to get into places like Hopkins).
 
MWK said:
My sister ended up getting into all the top tiers, she just didnt apply to 10 (I think it was Columbia, Harvard, Yale, Emory, Hopkins and a couple others).

She was a 3.98 in a French/Bio major, 39T, got the Marshall scholarship, had 2 masters in Epidemiology/History of Medicine at Oxford, spent 6 summers in different countries doing field work, etc...

and I am not.
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Haha, your sister sounds like my sister. Marshall Scholarship and all😛

I've learned to live in her shadow. After all, it's 10 degrees cooler in the shade, eh?
 
Stolenspatulas said:
Also, some of these killer schools have ridiculous financial aid. I hear Hopkins is very very generous.

Honestly, if I could get enough fin aid that made my entire med education at Hopkins 80K, I would take that small amount of debt over a full-ride at Pritzker or a comparable school.
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Why? Have you been to Baltimore?
 
Wow GujuDoc, was it really neccessary for you to post SEVEN TIMES IN A ROW?!?

I mean honestly, this entire thread has devolved into GujuDoc talking to herself.🙄

~Silk and Steel
 
SilkandSteel said:
Wow GujuDoc, was it really neccessary for you to post SEVEN TIMES IN A ROW?!?

I mean honestly, this entire thread has devolved into GujuDoc talking to herself.🙄

~Silk and Steel
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If you bothered to read any posts of mine, you'd realize I was responding to particular posts. If I didn't get a chance to read them before, then I'm sorry. I just tend to post all at once sometimes because i wasn't around when people posted originally and everyone was on. So my posts tend to come one after another in response to earlier posts that I didn't get to respond to before but wanted to respond to. If you have a problem with that then that's your fault.

Also, one of those posts I tried to edit or delete but it didn't work because SDN was being stupid and not allowing me to do it.

But if you have nothing real to contribute then perhaps you shouldn't have bothered responding yourself. Get over yourself.
 
Stolenspatulas said:
Its alright man. My brother goes to Hopkins right now. Its pretty sweet that I got waitlisted there. Hah.

My mom's like so what happened? As if its so easy to get in to Hopkins (Im South Asian Indian btw, so double wammy with parents not understanding certain things about this process....ie, that its hard as 4uck to get into places like Hopkins).
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Yeah I understand. So what part of India are you from??? South, North, West, East??
 
gujuDoc said:
Yeah I understand. So what part of India are you from??? South, North, West, East??
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Well I'm of Indian background (guju as well).
Born in UK, lived in FL for most of my life. Parents are semi-americanized.
 
Stolenspatulas said:
Well I'm of Indian background (guju as well).
Born in UK, lived in FL for most of my life. Parents are semi-americanized.
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Sounds like my life story except the born in UK part. However we do have friends in the UK. I love going there to visit them.
 
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