Baylor Question

[Texas Mom]

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Hi. Has anyone ever heard of Baylor accepting less than perfect students? Thanks.

 

[trauma_junky]

It's hard to define the perfect student in this game. But they have accepted people with lower than normal stats. I know for a fact, 26 MCAT 3.4 GPA, but they were also hispanic.

 

[HiFi]

Originally posted by Texas Mom
Hi. Has anyone ever heard of Baylor accepting less than perfect students? Thanks.

Baylor accepts a lot of less than perfect students.
the problem is they all look good on paper and don't turn up as real stinkers until after admission ( like every medical school )

 

[trauma_junky]

HiFi,

Love the Avtar, is that the joker in the US deck of most wanted playing cards, the Iraqi press secretary?

 

[Peter Parker]

Texas Mom,
Don't worry. Baylor accepts a great many less-than-stellar applicants, and doesn't have a problem with turning down hot shots, either. I know from personal experience. If you get an interview, consider yourself lucky ... because they interview ~600, and will accept half of the interviewees in the end. There's a 1 in 3 shot of landing an interview, and a 1 in 2 shot of getting in after that. 1 in 6 overall odds are not bad for a top 10-ish place.

P. Parker
BCM 2007

 

[Gleevec]

Originally posted by Texas Mom
Hi. Has anyone ever heard of Baylor accepting less than perfect students? Thanks.

I sure hope so, for my sake. 😉

But seriously, dont let non-existant ideal premeds scare you from applying to any school. And Peter is right on about the interview. Im assuming from your name that you are a texas resident, and thats a big plus for Baylor (unless they changed their in-state acceptance policy due to their funds being cut at the state level).

 

[ms. a]

I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but Baylor isn't so simple to get into. I've worked in Nuerosciences research at NASA for 5 years, had a great GPA from an ivy school, physics major, pretty good MCAT, really cool ECs, pretty high-up connections, was interviewed by Baylor and shot down ... well, put on the wait list, but that's proven to be worthless. I am also on two other top 10 school wait lists, also proving to be worthless. Hopefully I'll have better luck this next application cycle.

One a good note, I am a fellow Texas Mom, and this means I get another year with my daughter (9 months old) before beginning the rigors of med school.

 

[thackl]

I'm right at the matriculating Baylor averages and won't even be applying there because I am a parent. Three reasons:

1. Don't want to raise my kids in Houston
2. Hate the traffic there (to little time to spend with family as it is in med school)
3. Too competitive (time issue/family again)

My brother chose UTSA 6 yrs ago (with a 3.8/36) for the same reasons. A friend of his in SA (young mom) chose Baylor (instead of staying in SA or going to a "family freindly" school and ended up divorced the first yr and lost custody of her kid to stay in at Baylor.

Just because you can get in at a top 20 doesn't mean you should. As a parent, make sure there is plenty of you left for the kids while in school.

 

[DrDRE]

Originally posted by trauma_junky
It's hard to define the perfect student in this game. But they have accepted people with lower than normal stats. I know for a fact, 26 MCAT 3.4 GPA, but they were also hispanic.

I met some applicants with similar stats when I was interviewing there early this year, but they were caucasian. I do not know if they got accepted, waitlisted, rejected but they did get an interview and once you get that your chances are good.

Me: male latino, Ca resident, published 2 papers (3 on the works), excellent LORS, 3.6, 35MCAT, non-traditional on account of my age. Waitlisted...which was looking to be worthless but then I got accepted at my top choice school so it did not matter.

Do not worry whether you fit the profile of the "Baylor average stats applicant." Have faith on yourself, if you have experienced life events that set you apart from others, impacted your education, etc, etc talk about them. Tell them what makes you a person interested in medicine. I got a good vibe from them, at least the people I interacted with, that they were open minded and willing to consider people past their academic accomplishments.

HiFi makes an excellent point and the schools are aware of it. Sometimes if you have a superb interview that will tip the balance on your favor big time. If they notice, or you happen to effectively convey, that you posses the intangible that make the good doctor (besides proven ability to memorize and spit out facts which is what most undergraduates train for) then you are golden.

Go for it! Good luck!

 

[texasgal1112]

Hi Texasmom,
I guess that depends on what you mean by perfect student. I got in this year off the waitlist. I graduated in 2002 with a 3.6 and 29 MCAT and I am not a URM. So there is hope! =) All I can say is don't ever say it can't happen and stay positive! You never know! =) GOOD LUCK in applications!

 

[doctorperez]

Even for minorities

Baylor is about numbers, then and maybe then all else comes in the picture.

I am not speculating this is the summary of what the top dog there for minority recruiting has said.

 

[DRANTWAN]

NO OFFENSE TO THE PEOPLE AT BAYLOR..ITS ONLY MY OPINION BUT ALL THE MED STUDENTS THERE ARE RICH SNOBS. I WOULD RATHER GO TO UT-H THAN BE STUCK AT BAYLOR

 

[Indy]

Originally posted by DRANTWAN
NO OFFENSE TO THE PEOPLE AT BAYLOR..ITS ONLY MY OPINION BUT ALL THE MED STUDENTS THERE ARE RICH SNOBS. I WOULD RATHER GO TO UT-H THAN BE STUCK AT BAYLOR

i am not rich, and to my knowledge no one thinks of me as a snob, so you must be wrong. that being said, uth is also a great school with great facilities.

texas mom, this is just based on my situation, but in my opinion baylor is not all about numbers. my science gpa was somewhat low because of spending a lot of time on extracurriculars in college, but i had a high mcat. i didn't hear back from most schools post-secondary, but baylor interviewed me early in their cycle and accepted me a week later. a big part of the application is the essay and the interviews, and of course texas residency.

good luck to you!

indy
bcm 2007