High Stats, What are your top choices and how's your cycle going?

[notsobabydoc]

Please and really please, don't take this thread the wrong way. I am only wanting to canvass here to see how (3.6+/520+, or LM 75+) people are doing. Let's talk about where you got your R's instead!

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[deleted987519]

No peasants pls

 

[strappysandals]

Damn didnt make the stats cut off....

 

[notsobabydoc]

Damn didnt make the stats cut off....

Loosened the cut-off! LOL

 

[deleted987519]

Damn didnt make the stats cut off....

That's why you don't have 20+ IIs.....



Peasant.

 

[u_raptor]

EDIT: actually nvm I will wait to post my thoughts on this later lol

 

[deleted972488]

I would rather not post my top choices here, but the cycle is going a lot better than I expected and I am grateful.

 

[notsobabydoc]

edit: no one wants to show their cards! come on!

 

[jfijiefjieji]

edit: no one wants to show their cards! come on!

What is your top choice?

 

[BUSM24Student]

4.0 528 at ~ Y I K E S ~ University School of Medicine

 

[notsobabydoc]

What is your top choice?

all top 20's? lol

 

[strappysandals]

Loosened the cut-off! LOL

Damnn still not above. Lm74 with 518... smh

 

[notsobabydoc]

Damnn still not above. Lm74 with 518... smh

you are considered in! lol

 

[notsobabydoc]

see above for the edits! Let's talk about our R's!

UChicago

 

[JessicaJones123]

Top choice = any school granting significant merit scholarship (haha)
Next top choice T10
Next T20
Etc.

Submitted all secondaries between first half-July and mid-August.
Have had decent success with 4 IIs from T10/T20 schools, obviously way less than the SDN II super stars. Traditional, non-URM. Very high stats, strong ECs but not much research.

It is interesting how different T10/20 schools’ interest in a candidate can be; although it is still possible that not all have fully reviewed my app yet, or waiting to issue more IIs from earlier batches.

Pre-II Rs: Tulane

 

[notsobabydoc]

Top choice = any school granting significant merit scholarship (haha)
Next top choice T10
Next T20
Etc.

Submitted all secondaries between first half-July and mid-August.
Have had decent success with 4 IIs from T10/T20 schools, obviously way less than the SDN II super stars. Traditional, non-URM. Very high stats, strong ECs but not much research.

It is interesting how different T10/20 schools’ interest in a candidate can be; although it is still possible that not all have fully reviewed my app yet, or waiting to issue more IIs from earlier batches.

Pre-II Rs: Tulane

Love that Tulane R lol.

 

[JessicaJones123]

Love that Tulane R lol.

I have to make myself feel better and claim “Yield Protection” as I have lots of both clinical and non clinical volunteering for the underserved. Despite seeing Yield Protection was laughed at on the Tulane thread. ;-)

 

[deleted850921]

I’m not super high stats but still hoping at least one school will offer me some kind of scholarship lol

so if y’all get scholarships please decline and send them my way, much appreciated XD

 

[notsobabydoc]

I have to make myself feel better and claim “Yield Protection” as I have lots of both clinical and non clinical volunteering for the underserved. Despite seeing Yield Protection was laughed at on the Tulane thread. ;-)

well, of course you get laughed at there. But I think you may not fit in their mission too Lmao!

 

[deleted688779]

What was your initial definition of high stats?

LM76.5, worse than expected. Looking back and rereading my app, I suspect I wasn’t able to sell myself enough in my writing.

 

[JessicaJones123]

well, of course you get laughed at there. But I think you may not fit in their mission too Lmao!

No, I wasn’t the one who posted about Yield protection in that thread.

Tulane Mission
We improve human health and foster healthy communities through discovery and translation of the best science into clinical practice and education; to deliver the highest quality patient care and prepare the next generation of distinguished clinical and scientific leaders.

Fit? My clinical an non clinical volunteering were perfectly aligned.

 

[notsobabydoc]

What was your initial definition of high stats?

LM76.5, worse than expected. Looking back and rereading my app, I suspect I wasn’t able to sell myself enough in my writing.

That's my next question for everyone here. How do you define high stats? I think 520+/LM 75+/3.6+ ?

 

[notsobabydoc]

No, I want the one who posted about Yield protection in that thread.

Tulane Mission
We improve human health and foster healthy communities through discovery and translation of the best science into clinical practice and education; to deliver the highest quality patient care and prepare the next generation of distinguished clinical and scientific leaders.

Fit? My clinical an non clinical volunteering were perfectly aligned.

guess you missed my "lmao" earlier. I was being sarcastic.

 

[deleted688779]

That's my next question for everyone here. How do you define high stats? I think 520+/LM 75+/3.6+ ?

I meant, what’d you write before you changed it (just for laughs)

 

[JessicaJones123]

That's my next question for everyone here. How do you define high stats? I think 520+/LM 75+/3.6+ ?

I would say at least 50th percentile LM for both gpa and MCAT for T20 schools (76ish) and top tier WARS score.

 

[pBar]

Moderately high stat applicant, LM 75. Overall the cycle is going about how I wanted it to. Have definitely heard from schools I wasn't expecting to. However, as an MD/PhD applicant definitely feel as though high stats really don't mean much. I feel like my research experience, some unique EC's,and life events have played a much greater role in my application so far than my stats have.

 

[RJ McReady]

I refuse to answer or respond to this elitist thread (notwithstanding this statement) and so should the rest of you

 

[notsobabydoc]

I meant, what’d you write before you changed it (just for laughs)

Oh I just added LM 75+ to increase diversity lol

 

[GloballyMed]

I didn’t make the stats cut but my top choice is Princeton Medical School.

 

[Heliobacter]

Thanks for the R, Pitt.

 

[710118]

Top choice is prob Harvard. Also really like Stanford, Hopkins, Yale, duke, Columbia......dammit I like almost every school! Been super fortunate to not have a R yet but I’m sure USC-Keck will deliver it to me soon.

 

[Jappa]

Top choice is prob Harvard. Also really like Stanford, Hopkins, Yale, duke, Columbia......dammit I like almost every school! Been super fortunate to not have a R yet but I’m sure USC-Keck will deliver it to me soon.

holy **** 23/27 II's... that has to be some kind of record

 

[star-lily]

I have to make myself feel better and claim “Yield Protection” as I have lots of both clinical and non clinical volunteering for the underserved. Despite seeing Yield Protection was laughed at on the Tulane thread. ;-)

How many hours for each type of volunteering?

 

[710118]

holy **** 23/27 II's... that has to be some kind of record

Haha I can’t believe it either I’ve been really fortunate. I am going to all 23!

 

[darth_chonker]

4.0/523, honestly kinda disappointing. 1 top 10 II and 4 holds at places I love

 

[RJ McReady]

Mods
Please close this thread

 

[Jappa]

Haha I can’t believe it either I’ve been really fortunate. I am going to all 23!

Good luck to you and your bank account haha

 

[907914]

Mods
Please close this thread

While the thread might be from a potentially toxic place, no one is really being rude about anything. Why can’t successful applicants share where they want to go (note, I agree with the others in not personally sharing, but what is inherently wrong with it?)

 

[xkcd6330]

While the thread might be from a potentially toxic place, no one is really being rude about anything. Why can’t successful applicants share where they want to go (note, I agree with the others in not personally sharing, but what is inherently wrong with it?)

There’s no reason for that discussion to be limited to those with high stats though. Why not just “What’s your top school and why?”

(Although if you want actually interesting answers, you’d have to tell people not to include (a) “wherever I get in” or (b) “wherever is cheapest”)

 

[RJ McReady]

While the thread might be from a potentially toxic place, no one is really being rude about anything. Why can’t successful applicants share where they want to go (note, I agree with the others in not personally sharing, but what is inherently wrong with it?)

While you may feel it’s harmless, it isn’t. It’s a thread for people to brag about their stats and interviews, often cloaked in supposed self-deprecating humor, which adds or does nothing to the discussion for those persons with high or great stats who for whatever reason haven’t been fortunate enough to receive interviews.
In my opinion it adds nothing except the opportunity for people to flex their stats and tell us how great they are relative to everyone else, which most people responding have already done anyway.

 

[907914]

relative to everyone else,

I 100% agree with everything you and @xkcd6330 jus said except this. Where is anyone comparing themselves? People are Bragging and flexing, but they are stating “I have this number” as opposed to “I have 3 times more than you.” If people are just stating their success without comparing to others, but the others are observing a comparison, then isn’t the onus of responsibility for making a comparison not on the braggart but on the others? Again, not saying people should brag, but...do you get my point?

 

[RJ McReady]

I 100% agree with everything you and @xkcd6330 jus said except this. Where is anyone comparing themselves? People are Bragging and flexing, but they are stating “I have this number” as opposed to “I have 3 times more than you.” If people are just stating their success without comparing to others, but the others are observing a comparison, then isn’t the onus of responsibility for making a comparison not on the braggart but on the others? Again, not saying people should brag, but...do you get my point?

No. I don’t. It is my humble opinion that such a thread and responses to same only encourage an environment of elitism and serve no purpose other than to feed the egos of those making the thread or those responding to it.

 

[710118]

No. I don’t. It is my humble opinion that such a thread and responses to same only encourage an environment of elitism and serve no purpose other than to feed the egos of those making the thread or those responding to it.

You must be a ton of fun at parties hahahahah

 

[tessellations]

If we’re including a LizzyM 74 here (round up to 75 I guess lol), I applied late August/early September and have heard nothing. I assume I haven’t been looked at yet, since no Rs yet. I imagine they’re coming though, lol

 

[907914]

No. I don’t. It is my humble opinion that such a thread and responses to same only encourage an environment of elitism and serve no purpose other than to feed the egos of those making the thread or those responding to it.

So those who are perceived as elite can only celebrate and support each other in private?

 

[deleted996731]

You must be a ton of fun at parties hahahahah

Nah I agree with him. SDN is highly fragmented based solely of stats. I think a lot of high stat applicants (including myself) forget that there are a lot more people on sdn than our friends on the top 20 school specific threads. Even though no one is making a direct comparison, posts such as these create anxiety in lower stat individuals when they see posts such as “ugh I only have 4 iis” (aka me). Let’s just all wait till closer to the end of the cycle when we hopefully have a few acceptances and then we can start a circle jerk.

 

[RJ McReady]

You must be a ton of fun at parties hahahahah

So those who are perceived as elite can only celebrate and support each other in private?

Idk man.
I’m obviously not going to change your mind(s), so have at it. And congratulations to you both on your successes so far!

 

[Jappa]

If we’re including a LizzyM 74 here (round up to 75 I guess lol), I applied late August/early September and have heard nothing. I assume I haven’t been looked at yet, since no Rs yet. I imagine they’re coming though, lol

Sorry not LM 75?

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[Orangekiwi]

You must be a ton of fun at parties hahahahah

If you’re the kind of person who ends up at t20 schools I’m certain I want nothing to do with them.

 

[RJ McReady]

Sorry not LM 75?

Let me show you the door:

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Please and really please, don't take this thread the wrong way. I am only wanting to canvass here to see how (

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