Do most schools send out secondaries?

[coolkid311]

I'm getting secondaries from a lot of schools I thought were reach schools. My MCAT is 3-5 points below their average and my GPA is .2-.3 below their average. Do most schools sends secondaries to everyone for extra cash or is there a screening process before.

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[medhopeful82]

MSAR will tell you each schools method, but the majority of them send secondaries to everyone

 

[NeuResurgens]

Most schools send most of their students secondaries. More $$ that way. Some schools (such as UCSF as I've heard) only send secondaries to a smaller proportion of their applicants whom they're more likely to interview.

 

[Goro]

I consider most secondaries to be a tax on the hopelessly optimistic, if not pathologically naive.

I'm getting secondaries from a lot of schools I thought were reach schools. My MCAT is 3-5 points below their average and my GPA is .2-.3 below their average. Do most schools sends secondaries to everyone for extra cash or is there a screening process before.

 

[takeurmeds02]

I consider most secondaries to be a tax on the hopelessly optimistic, if not pathologically naive.

A tax that I would gladly pay to open up a door somewhere lol. At this point in the admissions process, all I have it hope.

 

[GapingBagina]

I shotgunned my application and got into a public school in a state I have no ties to. <10% OOS matriculation. Turned out it would my only acceptance. Why they accepted me I have no idea and don't care to know.

Just do whatever you feel is right. Can't predict the future.

 

[ChrisMack390]

@GapingBagina there is a tendency for SDNers to see "10%" and read "0%".

10% of a class is 5 - 25 people depending on the school.

 

[GapingBagina]

@GapingBagina there is a tendency for SDNers to see "10%" and read "0%".

10% of a class is 5 - 25 people depending on the school.

Understandable though, I'm sure for most, the availability of resources can make that 10% look like 0%. I took a loan for my app year. Didn't want to self select myself out by making cost a limiting factor. I got lucky.