are you related to anyone who attended...

[calbears84]

i hate this question...why do schools keep asking...are you related to anyone who attended our MD program?....why do they ask that....aren't we the ones they're evaluating? am i gonna get the small envelopes because my parents aren't MDs?

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[lady bug]

Many schools give additional consideration to ppl whose parents went to that school. I know, I don't think its particularly fair either.

 

[relatively prime]

Yeah, I hate that too...

Just for fun I'd like to put "yes, my aunt's husband's cousin's adopted daughter's father's brother went to your school... "

 

[jot]

a lot of places guarentee and interview if you are related or attended their undergrad (i.e. cornell) - but getting in is another matter - you can still definately be rejected, but i'm sure it helps a bit.

 

[none]

My grandfather went to UCSF. Sure didn't help me! I wouldn't worry about it. If you start obsessing about how or why everyone else got in...you won't be able to concentrate on yourself.