Applicants with Acceptances: Why were you accepted?

[Tadaaa]

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I was better than the people who got rejected 😎

 

[MiracleforMD]

I was better than the people who got rejected 😎

...with your 2.9 sGPA?

 

[iave9963]

...with your 2.9 sGPA?

 

[Black Mamba24]

Since we all know that it's not only about your stats, what do you think influenced a SOM to accept you? (gender, special research, URM status, under-privileged background, high MCAT, high GPA, bi-lingual, etc.)

I'll go first:

SOM #1 (midwest private) : I think my fluency in Spanish helped. The SOM has a group that helps provide medical care to the Hispanic community. I think my high GPA also helped.

SOM #2 (midwest private) : Same as above

SOM #3 (state SOM): Instate public and I met the threshold.


For all of the above.... 😀 I'm under-represented in medicine. I'm a blond male.

Must have been this. There is no other logical explanation.

 

[Tadaaa]

Hahahaha.... well the only reason I was accepted and other people weren't has to be because I was better in other ways, no? I mean how else could I compensate with my crappy GPA. Also, it's not just luck because I've been accepted to multiple schools... there's more than meets the eye, or the GPA in this case 😀

I also carry one of these to all interviews http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8knwmypzd1rzq8heo1_400.gif

 

[Spinach Dip]

EE is undoubtedly harder than ChemE.

Perhaps, but Into to Communications is even harder.

(Or so says my Intro to Communications teacher.

 

[MaenadsDance]

It's weird how pre-meds, most of whom are science majors and all of whom have taken some science class at some point, become intensely superstitious about the med school application process. It reminds me a bit of this:

http://www.smbc-comics.com/?id=2559

I swear, if NickNaylor told people that the best way to get into med school is to wear a chicken as a hat for 30 minutes every day, a non-zero number of idiots on this forum would do so...

 

[MedPR]

It's weird how pre-meds, most of whom are science majors and all of whom have taken some science class at some point, become intensely superstitious about the med school application process. It reminds me a bit of this:

http://www.smbc-comics.com/?id=2559

I swear, if NickNaylor told people that the best way to get into med school is to wear a chicken as a hat for 30 minutes every day, a non-zero number of idiots on this forum would do so...

It's only weird if it doesn't work.

 

[MedPR]

 

[Wait For It]

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[113]

I walked across America for teh Jesus.

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[CsHead]

It's only weird if it doesn't work.

 

[Lys Ile Glu Leu]

Wait....

Are you saying that having a high GPA, good MCAT, speaking spanish at schools which have large local hispanic populations, and being an in-state student better than average are all things which can get you an acceptance at med school?

You just blew my mind!!

Couldn't save a d-bag with no tact.

 

[Lys Ile Glu Leu]

It's only weird if it doesn't work.

Well played. 😀

 

[MiracleforMD]

Confused about poster's thought process is not quite the same as being mad, but props for your incredibly original post.👍

 

[Lys Ile Glu Leu]

I rode into the admissions office on a unicorn.

I mean... Can't compete with that, really.

Hopefully not too far forward..

 

[touchpause13]

EE is undoubtedly harder than ChemE.

Hahahahahahhahahahahahhahahahah

No.

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[mirimonster]

AE ftw! Gotta keep the adcoms guessing. What are you doing here? You realize that airplanes aren't people, right? Accepted!

 

[Frazier]

I walked across America for teh Jesus.

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I see what you did there, Lazarus.

 

[bluestreaks]

I mastered the secret handshake

 

[Oogieboogie]

To the OP:

I think that the reasons the ADCOM liked me (And I'm JUST guessing because I don't really know) is because I am extremely passionate about taking care of patients (I had a lot of clinical experience), and because I also was involved in research. I think that in my interviews I stood out from the crowds a little bit because I seemed sociable and excited to be at the school (which I was!). I'm also pretty actively involved in community service. I am an enormous advocate for education, so I do basic literacy teaching for people looking to improve themselves. I had a decent MCAT score and a mediocre GPA, so I won't argue that numbers weren't a factor.

Although it's just a guess! I honestly have no idea! 🙂 But I am certainly thankful I am being given this opportunity to pursue my dream!

 

[Doctor Strange]

Voodoo.

 

[darktooth]

My good looks =D

 

[IncognitoGuy]

Voodoo.

More like made a deal with a crossroads demon.

 

[Doctor Strange]

More like made a deal with a crossroads demon.

Shhhhhhhhhhh.

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[MiracleforMD]

Hahahahahahhahahahahahhahahahah

No.

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Second poster to dispute this without giving reasons. Much of what I base this off is my three different friends with ChemE majors at two different schools that all tell me this is what they and many of their fellow classmates believe.

 

[touchpause13]

Second poster to dispute this without giving reasons. Much of what I base this off is my three different friends with ChemE majors at two different schools that all tell me this is what they and many of their fellow classmates believe.

Look at average starting wages of ees and chemes. Its not because of lack of numbers of either group, its because a cheme is more desireable and a more difficult degree to achieve.

Also: transport phenonom, reaction design. At my univ. all engineering majors are required to take a meche class and a ee class, but no one is required to take cheme classes except chems (because the other engineers would fail it)

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[EarthtoneJon]

I got accepted by imposing my masculine dominance over the less evolutionarily fit candidates. I also wiped my tie down with wolf mating pheromones before the interview.

J.O.N:

Juggernaut

Obliterate

Nail gun

 

[Aerus]

Perhaps, but Into to Communications is even harder.

(Or so says my Intro to Communications teacher.

My psychology professor last quarter claimed that Psychology holds one of the largest failing rates, so we had better take her class seriously.

 

[MiracleforMD]

Look at average starting wages of ees and chemes. Its not because of lack of numbers of either group, its because a cheme is more desireable and a more difficult degree to achieve.

Also: transport phenonom, reaction design. At my univ. all engineering majors are required to take a meche class and a ee class, but no one is required to take cheme classes except chems (because the other engineers would fail it)

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I really hope your main argument isn't based off starting salaries....

And the reason other engineers don't take any ChemE is probably because they haven't taken as much upper division chemistry. Regardless of the why for your proposed scenario (which is probably not standardized for all schools) I hope you weren't planning on basing difficulty of major based off a single elective?

 

[Arbor Vitae]

My good looks =D

it's called pretty boy swag

 

[CrimsonKing]

Look at average starting wages of ees and chemes. Its not because of lack of numbers of either group, its because a cheme is more desireable and a more difficult degree to achieve.



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Your logic is flawed; if this were true, then physics majors and architecture majors would have astronomical salaries.

The reason ChemE starts out with higher wages on average is that they're going to work for oil companies, which have ridiculous amount of money to throw around. Plus, there are fewer of them in the workforce, which also drives up their salary a little bit.

I'm not going to comment on which one is actually more difficult, but from my friends that I have had in both of those majors, EE seems to be much more time consuming with much more intense analysis and math.

 

[Midifelder10]

Your logic is flawed; if this were true, then physics majors and architecture majors would have astronomical salaries.

The reason ChemE starts out with higher wages on average is that they're going to work for oil companies, which have ridiculous amount of money to throw around. Plus, there are fewer of them in the workforce, which also drives up their salary a little bit.

I'm not going to comment on which one is actually more difficult, but from my friends that I have had in both of those majors, EE seems to be much more time consuming with much more intense analysis and math.

Another reason is working places are not so desirable hence chem e have higher wages. EE have EM theory which is hard but chem e have reactor, transport, kinematics and unit ops - exponentially more difficult than ee. Sheer volume of work that chem e have to do is mind boggling.

 

[amazing tekkers]

My psychology professor last quarter claimed that Psychology holds one of the largest failing rates, so we had better take her class seriously.

My pet peeve is instructors who make an easy class hard.

 

[Guero]

My pet peeve is instructors who make an easy class hard.

I literally had a professor explain why 50 was the class average for our exam with this gem: "It's just academic hazing." I was SO pissed! But at least she was honest. It made me feel better in the end.

They do that crap all the time, especially at top 20 schools. Thank god I had a 70% tuition benefit. Ugh, moving on...

 

[SOMBound13]

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Originally Posted by MiracleforMD
EE is undoubtedly harder than ChemE.

Hahahahahahhahahahahahhahahahah

No.

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Second poster to dispute this without giving reasons. Much of what I base this off is my three different friends with ChemE majors at two different schools that all tell me this is what they and many of their fellow classmates believe.

They're both difficult. My cousin is a double EE & ChemE major at Vandy. He says that they're both difficult. While his case is anecdotal, at least he's doing both unlike others who are saying otherwise. I am ChemE and I think it's challenging, but I really don't care whether it is or isn't harder than EE.

 

[MiracleforMD]

They're both difficult. My cousin is a double EE & ChemE major at Vandy. He says that they're both difficult. While his case is anecdotal, at least he's doing both unlike others who are saying otherwise. I am ChemE and I think it's challenging, but I really don't care whether it is or isn't harder than EE.

Good point. At this point they are probably both hard enough that it just depends on your individual strengths.

 

[Guero]

Good point. At this point they are probably both hard enough that it just depends on your individual strengths.

Speaking of which, I just saw a pt with a ChemE degree from back in the 50s. I asked him if he had kept up with the literature since graduating. Unfortunately, he didn't keep up. I can only imagine how much has changed since then and the plethora of new synthesis methods. Q.Q