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Because I am considered a minority I keep getting letters and emails from schools stating their interest in me, and their invitation to apply to their school. I guess it is a ploy to get more minority applicants to apply to their schools.
The letters go on about how my MCAT score is competitive, but I know it really it isn't for their schools. I scored a sub 30 score. I mean it is probably competitive for my state schools, but not Ivy league schools.
Anyway, I guess I am just venting and warning others, because these seem to be a complete waste of time. I applied to two "reach schools," got these letters a month later from them, saying I was competitive, and should apply to that school (even though I had already applied before the letter came) and got rejection letters from the admission office shortly after. So, I am guess the minority office and admissions office have no real sync or knowledge of what goes on with each other.
Every time I see something in the mail or in my email box, I start getting my hopes up, and then I see it one of those letters again...
So far, I have got letters from...
Iowa-Carver
Columbia
Vanderbilt
Northwestern
Emory
University of Missouri
Wash U
Loma Limda (sp) - for their phD in epidemiology...wtf
The letters go on about how my MCAT score is competitive, but I know it really it isn't for their schools. I scored a sub 30 score. I mean it is probably competitive for my state schools, but not Ivy league schools.
Anyway, I guess I am just venting and warning others, because these seem to be a complete waste of time. I applied to two "reach schools," got these letters a month later from them, saying I was competitive, and should apply to that school (even though I had already applied before the letter came) and got rejection letters from the admission office shortly after. So, I am guess the minority office and admissions office have no real sync or knowledge of what goes on with each other.
Every time I see something in the mail or in my email box, I start getting my hopes up, and then I see it one of those letters again...
So far, I have got letters from...
Iowa-Carver
Columbia
Vanderbilt
Northwestern
Emory
University of Missouri
Wash U
Loma Limda (sp) - for their phD in epidemiology...wtf