Grades Vs Schools

[AndrewHernandez]

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Both students are undergrad.

1st student attends a SUNY but maintains a gpa of 3.0 [which isn't bad].

2nd student attends a CUNY with a gpa of 3.8.

Both students wants to go to medschool upon completion. Which one is more likely to get selected.

 

[MilkmanAl]

Even if you switched it to 3.0 at MIT and a 3.8 at Nowheresville State Tech, the 3.8 would be seen as the more qualified applicant. It's all about the number, not how you got it.

 

[AndrewHernandez]

Just read a story about a guy who went to NYU but held like a 3.0 or somewhere along that line, but didn't get accepted to Med School. His friend went to Hostos and got accepted, he as close to a 4.0.. and how the NYU student was upset, because he has spent so much money, just to be apart of a school with a reputation, that when it came down to it. It didn't even matter, he could've saved half the money spent.

 

[IvyHopeful20]

This is not even close. If you got a 3.8 at CUNY and 3.5 at SUNY, the kid from CUNY would still get into more schools.

 

[IvyHopeful20]

just to be apart of a school with a reputation

NYU for four years costs like $200k. That's a lot of money to spend just for a name on an undergrad degree.

I mean, if it was MBA or Law, the reputation argument would make sense, and the money would be an investment.

For undergrad, it is not unless you A) are independantly wealthy (or your parents are) and it's not a big deal, or B) you get massive amounts of aid/scholarships.

 

[tryin2suxede]

Both students are undergrad.

1st student attends a SUNY but maintains a gpa of 3.0 [which isn't bad].

2nd student attends a CUNY with a gpa of 3.8.

Both students wants to go to medschool upon completion. Which one is more likely to get selected.

SIMILAR QUESTION:
Michigan: 3.8 GPA, 33 MCAT
Michigan State: 3.8 GPA, 33 MCAT

similar community service, shadowing, research, etc.
who has a better chance?

 

[getdown]

SIMILAR QUESTION:
Michigan: 3.8 GPA, 33 MCAT
Michigan State: 3.8 GPA, 33 MCAT

similar community service, shadowing, research, etc.
who has a better chance?

Not sure if this is a legitimate question but if you hadn't noticed, the name of the school doesn't really factor that much in a decision. Your grades and MCAT scores do. So both these students will probably get interviews somewhere and most likely will get accepted somewhere pending their interview ability.

 

[IvyHopeful20]

SIMILAR QUESTION:
Michigan: 3.8 GPA, 33 MCAT
Michigan State: 3.8 GPA, 33 MCAT

similar community service, shadowing, research, etc.
who has a better chance?

UMich would. But not by as much as you'd expect.

 

[tryin2suxede]

Not sure if this is a legitimate question but if you hadn't noticed, the name of the school doesn't really factor that much in a decision. Your grades and MCAT scores do. So both these students will probably get interviews somewhere and most likely will get accepted somewhere pending their interview ability.

i forgot to add that it was at only one school...say (theoretically) Northwestern. who would have a better chance. who would have a better chance of being given an interview if the adcoms were made to only choose one of the two.

 

[IvyHopeful20]

That's a stupid hypothetical. It's never like that. They'd both get it or neither would, depending on their criteria. Meaning, the undergrad school wouldn't rule someone out.

 

[wanderer]

Other than maybe 2 or 3 SUNYs, I don't think the schools see SUNY as very different than CUNY. Pretty much all the SUNY applicants I've seen on the trail were from the top two or three SUNY schools, though I can't say with certainty that those applicants are treated preferentially relative to other SUNY applicants.

 

[NickNaylor]

Oh look, it's this thread again.

 

[MossPoh]

UMich would. But not by as much as you'd expect.

Unless your interviewers went to Michigan state....or ohio state.

You can do all the hypotheticals you want, but the truth is that NOBODY is identical. Even if you are identical on paper, when the interview comes one person will be different than the other. Only in the truly extreme scenarios does it make a difference. If someone had a 3.75 and a 32 from Princeton and someone else had a 3.8 and a 33 from North Dakota State and applied to the exact same schools that do not show favoritism towards regions then the princeton person would most likely win out. Note that it is still a trivial difference in gpa and mcat. If it were a 3.2 and 37 versus 3.8 and 33 then I'd put money on the NDSU person.