Guaranteed Acceptance, or gamble?

[Holloner]

If you were guaranteed acceptance to a school (for instance WVU SoM), but were required to apply early-decision, would you take the guaranteed spot, or gamble on getting in to a different (hopefully better) med school?

Pretend you had a 3.8GPA w/ MCAT score of 30?

..this is all hypothetical

opinions?

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[USArmyDoc]

Ummm....no I would not take my chances. Those scores are about average for schools if not a little low on the MCAT side.

 

[schrizto]

I would take the guaranteed acceptance, definitely.

 

[Holloner]

Ummm....no I would not take my chances. Those scores are about average for schools if not a little low on the MCAT side.

At what GPA / MCAT Score would you consider applying elsewhere?

 

[loveoforganic]

Depends if I love the school. If not, I'd probably push my luck and go for a cycle.

 

[FluffyRabbit]

I assumed people tend to apply ED only to their top choice, so this wouldn't be a usual problem to have.

Personally, I think applying ED is a huge risk, since if you don't get in it delays the rest of your applications.