How is it fair....

[PurpleLove]

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And you were probably the smartest hence my big fish in a small pond reference.... If I went to a school that accepted 16 ACTs, of course I'd be in the top ten percent, lol. I'm just saying a lot of small fish like me would be giant fish elsewhere, it's such a waste of money and time. I wish I knew then what I know now.

 

[PurpleLove]

Thats my point... No one outworks me. What my friend learned all semester at her college, I learned on the first day, after syllabus reading. How is that outworking? You seriously think her 16 ACT vs mine proves she's SMARTER because she could plug **** into her calculator? Lmfao you people are funny.

 

[CSqueed]

Well if admissions look down at that, then no. Or at least not for credit.

Because someone that goes to a cc for two years is not looked down at but someone who does for one class is?

If you want to feel better, I'll tell you there is a trend I have noticed. The people from recognizable undergrads are generally doing better in medical school. This isn't true for everyone, but there is definitely a general trend. A couple of our top dogs went to ivy league/tough undergrads. The bottom 25% of our class are mostly people from no name undergrads in the middle of nowhere who are not really used to the rigor study habits and quite frankly are getting s**t on. Most are passing, but let's just say they wont get an outstanding letter from the dean for having no honors.

Again, in before I'm called out on because someone's best friend went to FYourMom Community College and is #1 in their med school class and other n=1 stories, I said MOST. It is a general trend, but there are still people from UC schools at the bottom of the class because they live it up with the whole "I'll still be a physician in the US" thing. Likewise, there ARE people from FYourMom Community College who are doing exceedingly well because they are just better students in general and had to go to FYourMom Community College due to some circumstances.

 

[Lucca]

Thats my point... No one outworks me. What my friend learned all semester at her college, I learned on the first day, after syllabus reading. How is that outworking? You seriously think her 16 ACT vs mine proves she's SMARTER because she could plug **** into her calculator? Lmfao you people are funny.

Do you have a full-time job, a child, or a similar responsibility? Because all of those people out-work you. So does anyone in the military and anyone at CalTech. Lots of engineers probably outwork you at most schools. Plenty of people outwork you.

If you were really that smart your grades would reflect that.

 

[PurpleLove]

Uhm, she copied her entire report for AP Bio from the internet, transferred a state school, and again- 16 ACT. I've come to the conclusion that everyone on here goes to low rank/unranked schools and therefore does not understand why I'm annoyed.

 

[PurpleLove]

Full time job and As at cc proves my point further. No one here has full time jobs, no one.

 

[PurpleLove]

I know I'm not smarter than kids here, MY POINT. Jesus, I'm saying I will easily be rejected even though I could easily get As at other schools.

 

[justAstudent]

Uhm, she copied her entire report for AP Bio from the internet, transferred a state school, and again- 16 ACT. I've come to the conclusion that everyone on here goes to low rank/unranked schools and therefore does not understand why I'm annoyed.

You sound really bitter at the entire world for your deficiencies lol

 

[PurpleLove]

You sound offended that I'm attacking your intelligence/institution.

 

[PurpleLove]

Also, I beat curves. I get B+s in classes curved to Cs. But guess what, those people getting Cs/Ds would also get As at other schools.

 

[justAstudent]

You sound offended that I'm attacking your intelligence/institution.

Very 😆

 

[Lucca]

I know I'm not smarter than kids here, MY POINT. Jesus, I'm saying I will easily be rejected even though I could easily get As at other schools.

Just get As at your school. Also, the MCAT.

 

[487806]

You sound offended that I'm attacking your intelligence/institution.

Says the person who can't use the reply function

 

[PurpleLove]

I am hitting reply. I JUST hit reply to your post, sorry SDN can't get their apps to work.

 

[PurpleLove]

I can't get As here, no doubt I'll rock the MCAT compared to my friends that gave up their medschool dream after taking it haha.

 

[dieanotherday]

I am hitting reply. I JUST hit reply to your post, sorry SDN can't get their apps to work.

spending way too much time here and not studying

 

[justAstudent]

spending way too much time here and not studying

+1

 

[PurpleLove]

I'm done with school.

 

[Lucca]

I can't get As here, no doubt I'll rock the MCAT compared to my friends that gave up their medschool dream after taking it haha.

No doubt, bro.

 

[PurpleLove]

But can someone seriously explain to me why it's a bad thing to take additional courses elsewhere?
I really want to take a Bio/Chem class this summer.

 

[Willy38]

Full time job and As at cc proves my point further. No one here has full time jobs, no one.

Try being a D1 athlete and routinely dealing with stuff like getting off the bus at 4 am only to take your orgo final at 8am. Hours wise it can be worse than a full time job, especially sports like baseball. Everyone has different circumstances, don't automatically assume that yours are the toughest. Sometimes its best to have some humility and just find a way to reach your goals as best you can. But don't put others down because you've seen a shallow part of what you think they have been through and therefore judge them to be inferior.

 

[CSqueed]

But can someone seriously explain to me why it's a bad thing to take additional courses elsewhere?
I really want to take a Bio/Chem class this summer.

It isn't a bad thing. You're more than welcome to do it.

 

[Goro]

MCAT is a great leveler.

I think the myth of "the easy A" or the "gentleman's A" is vastly overblown. You can't sugar coat an Orgo class.

Can someone please explain to me how this is fair:

I, and many premeds, find it difficult to get good grades in classes. Whatever, challenge accepted.

But what about schools that make it ridiculously easy to get As. Isn't this setting the person up for failure?

 

[CSqueed]

MCAT is a great leveler.

I think the myth of "the easy A" or the "gentleman's A" is vastly overblown. You can't sugar coat an Orgo class.

Is this Sn1 or Sn2?

Is this E1 or E2?

Which of the following compounds are meso?

Give an example of a chlorination reaction.

Anything can be sugar coated.

 

[PurpleLove]

I'm not trying to put anyone down. If you get As at another uni, you probably.could here. But the reverse situation,.below A's here and above As elsewhere comes into play, with school being a full time job, seems unfair.

 

[PurpleLove]

Can I send you my friend's exam vs ours?
Part of her exam was definitions and another part was relevent material.from Inorganic.

 

[CSqueed]

I'm not trying to put anyone down. If you get As at another uni, you probably.could here. But the reverse situation,.below A's here and above As elsewhere comes into play, with school being a full time job, seems unfair.

If you could run the system how would you do it?

 

[487806]

Can I send you my friend's exam vs ours?
Part of her exam was definitions and another part was relevent material.from Inorganic.

Go for it. You'll get different responses though

 

[PurpleLove]

Med schools should SOMEWHAT consider the deflation/difficulty in some unis or not look down at people who bring their GPAs up in the summer, because they contradict each other don't ya think?

 

[CSqueed]

Med schools should SOMEWHAT consider the deflation/difficulty in some unis or not look down at people who bring their GPAs up in the summer, because they contradict each other don't ya think?

For MDs, they do take the undergrad name into some consideration, whether people like it or not. It isn't a huge difference, but it's still there despite what people on SDN say. However, a 3.2 from Johns Hopkins undergrad will never be better than a 4.0 anywhere else.

For DO, they don't care at all if it were Harvard or College of the Dessert.

 

[PurpleLove]

I understand, still a bit unfair but oh well. My friend receieved all As at a CC, transfered here and had to retake the science ones for credit,.she got all C-s but whatever I'll just go into research.

 

[knv2u]

Nope, nevermind, it's just the standard 'woe is me' mantra. And here I thought it was an extra level beyond that. My apologies for thinking the OP was at least on a new and exciting level of complaining.

You were correct in the other thread when you said that being snarky adds to SDN. I like it. 👍

I guess I'm just confused since this is coming from the person whose first ever SDN post lead with "I do just enough to get through the day" with regards to academic work. You've readily admitted to not working as hard as you could have.

Enough with the pity parties, SDN.

I'm actually impressed that you would remember a factoid like this or would care enough to search through his posting history; either that or you are addicted to SDN. You always seem to remember everything that people post. 🙂

 

[CSqueed]

I understand, still a bit unfair but oh well. My friend receieved all As at a CC, transfered here and had to retake the science ones for credit,.she got all C-s but whatever I'll just go into research.

If you really want to be a doctor, just retake some of the classes you didn't do as well in.

 

[grizdad]

Funny how you started out the thread being concerned for those poor stupid people that go to No-Name-U and get straight A's and it quickly changes to how life isn't fair that you got into Big-Name-U and they aren't going to give you a Willy Wonka Golden ticket into medical school. If it's really that easy to fool the Adcoms, who is really smarter-you or your friend?

 

[Lucca]

How bad is your GPA anyway? If it is like a 3.4 then you are still fine. A 2.8 and it doesn't matter what school you go to, you did badly.

 

[terp720]

Uhm, she copied her entire report for AP Bio from the internet, transferred a state school, and again- 16 ACT. I've come to the conclusion that everyone on here goes to low rank/unranked schools and therefore does not understand why I'm annoyed.

why do you keep bringing up this friend and high school stuff? no one cares what happened in high school. I think this is pretty run of the mill stuff that a lot of us saw.

 

[kingjameslbj]

Yea your seriously dumb if you don't think admissions know schools do grade inflation.

 

[CSqueed]

Yea you're seriously dumb if you don't think admissions know schools do grade inflation.

Don't worry about it. Keep it up, you're doing great!

 

[kingjameslbj]

Don't worry about it. Keep it up, you're doing great!

Thanks grammar teacher. I didn't know we had class today.

 

[PurpleLove]

How bad is your GPA anyway? If it is like a 3.4 then you are still fine. A 2.8 and it doesn't matter what school you go to, you did badly.

3.2....

 

[PurpleLove]

why do you keep bringing up this friend and high school stuff? no one cares what happened in high school. I think this is pretty run of the mill stuff that a lot of us saw.

Friends*

Meh, I could gather all the proof in the world to show differences in exams, grading policies, etc and everyone will argue otherwise.

 

[Willy38]

3.2....

That's not the end of the world. If you have already graduated then you can do a postbac to show adcoms that you can handle the coursework in med school. Is there an upward trend?

 

[PurpleLove]

Yea your seriously dumb if you don't think admissions know schools do grade inflation.

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

That's not the end of the world. If you have already graduated then you can do a postbac to show adcoms that you can handle the coursework in med school. Is there an upward trend?

Not really.
I have two years left.

I know I can possibly get a few As along with my B+s and go to a crappy med school. Still not my point. I don't care and I won't attend if I need to put extra money in (besides CC classes which I'm banned from).

 

[Boolean]

I think you need to calm down a bit. You're making a bit of a fool of yourself, and probably saying things you don't necessarily mean. People may be coming off a bit rude here, but you're inciting a bit of trolling yourself. Stating that everyone here doesn't work or doesn't go to a decent school is a very false and skewed assumption. While I'm sure you are doing the best you can in school, that doesn't mean that everyone else here isn't working equally hard. Just take a step back from your computer, think about what you're saying, and then come back to the discussion.

 

[Willy38]

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Not really.
I have two years left.

I know I can possibly get a few As along with my B+s and go to a crappy med school. Still not my point. I don't care and I won't attend if I need to put extra money in (besides CC classes which I'm banned from).

crappy med school? A medical education is a medical education. The krebs cycle is the krebs cycle is the krebs cycle. If you have two years left then you could end up with a 3.6 by graduation. You just have to want it and go after it.

 

[PurpleLove]

I think you need to calm down a bit. You're making a bit of a fool of yourself, and probably saying things you don't necessarily mean. People may be coming off a bit rude here, but you're inciting a bit of trolling yourself. Stating that everyone here doesn't work or doesn't go to a decent school is a very false and skewed assumption. While I'm sure you are doing the best you can in school, that doesn't mean that everyone else here isn't working equally hard. Just take a step back from your computer, think about what you're saying, and then come back to the discussion.

I'm not trying to say anyone on here isn't smart. I'm pretty sure the smartest premeds are on here that would do great even when at schools like MIT. But, what I'm saying is, the knowledge I've gained with my 3.2 could easily get A's at most other schools in my hometown with 1/10 of the work.

LOL. Examples posted:
Gen Chem 1
http://ramsey1.chem.uic.edu/cindy/chem112/FALL02/sample_exam1_detail.pdf

vs.

brb

 

[PurpleLove]

crappy med school? A medical education is a medical education. The krebs cycle is the krebs cycle is the krebs cycle. If you have two years left then you could end up with a 3.6 by graduation. You just have to want it and go after it.

The kreb's cycle is the kreb's cycle. Too bad no professors would ever ask you to define it.

 

[Boolean]

I'm not trying to say anyone on here isn't smart. I'm pretty sure the smartest premeds are on here that would do great even when at schools like MIT. But, what I'm saying is, the knowledge I've gained with my 3.2 could easily get A's at most other schools in my hometown with 1/10 of the work.

LOL. Examples posted:
Gen Chem 1
http://ramsey1.chem.uic.edu/cindy/chem112/FALL02/sample_exam1_detail.pdf

vs.

brb

You don't have to prove anything to us. We understand that some schools are more difficult than others. Some schools can allow you to get a very high GPA with very minimal effort. Nobody is denying that fact. However, falsely inflating your GPA is not something that you should wish for. I'm sure most of us would do very well if we were placed in a middle school classroom. But what does this give us? A false sense of superiority. If anything, you should strive towards the challenge.

 

[justAstudent]

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Not really.
I have two years left.

I know I can possibly get a few As along with my B+s and go to a crappy med school. Still not my point. I don't care and I won't attend if I need to put extra money in (besides CC classes which I'm banned from).

I hope you mean Caribbean by crappy. If not...you just went full ******. And you NEVER go full ******.

 

[PurpleLove]

You don't have to prove anything to us. We understand that some schools are more difficult than others. Some schools can allow you to get a very high GPA with very minimal effort. Nobody is denying that fact. However, falsely inflating your GPA is not something that you should wish for. I'm sure most of us would do very well if we were placed in a middle school classroom. But what does this give us? A false sense of superiority. If anything, you should strive towards the challenge.

To be fair, no one really admitted that.

Okay, but people from community colleges don't challenge themselves with classes at Harvard (though they could).

Why is it so bad to save some money, take a cc class, while I will be taking Physics this summer?

It's so contradicting:
Person B with a 3.8 is comparable to a Person B with a 3.8 at a CC.
But the person A better not dare to take any classes at a CC?
WHAT?