Compensating for Academics?

[UT2226]

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What are the lowest academic credentials you have heard of someone matriculating with (firsthand or secondhand--no friends of friends of friends), and why do you believe that they were accepted?

 

[Fivo]

If you have to ask, it's probably not going to happen

 

[mimelim]

I know someone personally who had a 3.1 GPA get into a 'top 5' school. But, given that everything else in their app was in beast mode (MCAT, publications etc.) it wasn't exactly surprising.

 

[xBODOMx]

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[punkedoutriffs]

3.7, 36 - St. James School of Med. Divine intervention.

 

[goodkarma]

https://www.aamc.org/download/270906/data/table24-mcatgpagridall0911.pdf

doesn't speak to ECs though.

 

[Sephiroth]

~3.6c/ 31mcat. Mayo.

damn, how'd they pull that off?

3.7, 36 - St. James School of Med. Divine intervention.

huh?


Lowest I can think of is 25 MCAT getting into US MD school, non-URM

 

[MedPR]

~3.6c/ 31mcat. Mayo.

This isnt all that surprising.. I wouldn't bet on it but it doesn't sound that unlikely.

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[MedPR]

What are the lowest academic credentials you have heard of someone matriculating with (firsthand or secondhand--no friends of friends of friends), and why do you believe that they were accepted?

Depends how many years ago you are willing to consider.

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[Bangersandmash]

1.7 GPA/21 MCAT. Got into Hopkins, but turned them down because he only wanted to go to Harvard.

He is a fry cook now.

 

[RogueUnicorn]

my senior spring gpa was like 2.1

 

[phant0m0o0o]

3.0, 31 Texas A&M

 

[RogueUnicorn]

3.0, 31 Texas A&M

oh you got into texas a&m? i'm sure nobody could tell. and you're not a medical studen.t

 

[Stixman28]

3.01 37, Harvard ugrad, 4.0 post bacc (got his cumulative up to 3.01)

Got into Columbia, harvard, penn
Went to Columbia

 

[phant0m0o0o]

oh you got into texas a&m? i'm sure nobody could tell. and you're not a medical studen.t

Thanks for the info unicorn but your sour mood can't ruin my happiness 🙂

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[PreMedOrDead]

3.5/28, Mayo

They don't care about stats once you pass their cutoff, which used to be a LizzyM of 60-62, now it's 63 I think. He simply had a very, very interesting life story and an admirable passion for medicine. This was a couple years back.