Does mail from a medical school mean anything?

[Astra]

I got a letter from Northwestern to apply there but my stats are way below their average.

Just advertising or legit chance?

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[Mansamusa]

I depends on your race. If you are URM or come from a low SES family, it could be a recruitment thing (that stills doesn't mean you'll get interviewed- they just want a larger pool of URM applicants to choose from). Otherwise, it might be advertising that you shouldn't read much into (but still apply if you have the stats because Chicago is a fantastic city and Northwestern is cool)

 

[DocJuan]

I got a letter from Northwestern to apply there but my stats are way below their average.

Just advertising or legit chance?

I also got a letter from Northwestern and Harvard about my MCAT. I know a lot of other people who did as well. I think if you're black and do well on your MCAT they automatically send them out (assuming you consented to the Recruiting Service). I didn't take them seriously and don't plan to apply to either. My app is already muy expensivo without being manipulated into paying more secondary fees.

 

[JoannePrada]

That decision is valid. I don't think they actually mean much, just letting people know that they're within range and shouldn't be discouraged from applying.

 

[Nontradunderdog]

The real fun for me was getting emails from caribbean and podiatry schools lol.

 

[mrpeduncle]

Hard to say what this stuff actually means.

I was shocked to get emails from Case Western and Harvard based on my mcat score (31), which was way below the medians at both schools. I got an interview at Harvard but was rejected post interview. Accepted at Case.

I got a similar letter from wash u inviting me to apply, but then a week later got another letter that said we made a mistake...your mcat score was erroneously recorded in our system as being higher than it actually was. This was followed by an email a few months later encouraging me to apply again. I didn't bother.

 

[ndafife]

It means "Apply to my school so we can collect your application fee."

Don't read into it any more than that

 

[bananafish94]

I hate those letters so much. It's ridiculously slimy. When I was in high school I was a terrible student and still got emails and letters from prestigious schools encouraging me to apply. Do you not make enough money as is from the application fees?

 

[MaxPlancker]

I received 2…1 from the Caribbean and another from Case Western Podiatry School 😛

That being said, if you got a mail, I think it's safe to say that you don't have a ZERO chance…otherwise, they probably wouldn't send you the mail. Your chances may be very small; the purpose of the ads is probably to get that 1 or 2 hidden gems who have awesome ECs, story, etc but low stats.

 

[aldol16]

I depends on your race. If you are URM or come from a low SES family, it could be a recruitment thing (that stills doesn't mean you'll get interviewed- they just want a larger pool of URM applicants to choose from). Otherwise, it might be advertising that you shouldn't read much into (but still apply if you have the stats because Chicago is a fantastic city and Northwestern is cool)

Chicago is a terrible city to be in. Unless you want to be murdered, of course. I guess if you made an effort to stay out of the South Side, it'd be safer but it's still not a great city to be in. Business is leaving the city and a lot of it has become run down. Northwestern is very cool though.

OP, it means they want your money.

 

[Mansamusa]

The real fun for me was getting emails from caribbean and podiatry schools lol.

More will be coming. Now that the application season is over, I'm getting a ton of emails to apply to masters program. I got an "invite-only" email to apply to Jeff's MPH program.

Nah man, I'm gonna take my med school acceptance instead

 

[Nontradunderdog]

More will be coming. Now that the application season is over, I'm getting a ton of emails to apply to masters program. I got an "invite-only" email to apply to Jeff's MPH program.

Nah man, I'm gonna take my med school acceptance instead

I got invited to apply to a SMP at a med school that I declined an acceptance to lol

 

[redferrari]

The real fun for me was getting emails from caribbean and podiatry schools lol.

I still get emails from Caribbean schools occasionally haha. It got so bad with SGU that I forwarded one of my MD acceptance emails to them and said I will send a different one next time if you keep loading up my inbox with your spam. While a tad bit on the arrogant side, this worked quite well.

 

[Psai]

Got a shiny glossy from rochester encouraging me to apply. Rejected.

 

[LuluLovesMe]

Got an info packet in the mail from WUSTL. I had a 3.5x gpa. Did not waste my money applying.