How is Phi Delta Epsilon viewed by adcoms?

[seals44]

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[Oso]

I was in a selective pre-med honors fraternity --- no school gave a f**k. But that's ok, because I met a lot of awesome people and it was a good time overall. So join if you want, but I wouldn't do it to impress med schools.

edit: it could be an opportunity for a leadership position, so I suppose that's something to consider.

 

[deleted407021]

From what I have gleaned from this forum, pre med clubs are widely thought of as being useless. You may meet some people who you can relate to, but the Phi D E at my school is stocked with gunner types and they get podiatry and Caribbean school reps to come and give talks. Pretty lame, really. It is heavily dependent upon the members and school though, as to whether you really can get anything out of it. But don't expect med schools to look twice at it.

PS: They also claim like 98% acceptance, but I feel like that is bogus b/c all the people I know in it have changed to different fields like PT or public heath when they got like 20s on their MCATs.

 

[Ismet]

Is this a group actually appreciated by adcoms (for this reason), and would it actually be considered a "meaningful" EC by most people?

Short answer: No
Longer answer: Just joining the group is in no way a meaningful anything. If you actually do something with the group, like leadership, service, etc, then those things can make it meaningful. But that goes for any organization, the fact that it's tied to PDE has nothing to do with the meaningful experience.

 

[plumhill]

PhiDE is not that selective (at least at my school). I'm in AED which probably isn't any more useful but it at least got me a long-term service opportunity that I can talk about. I'd say its good only for getting connections to other activities (such as shadowing, volunteering, etc) and leadership, but in and of itself being a part of PhiDE or any other pre-med group isn't that useful.

 

[seals44]

I have great shadowing and volunteering covered, but no real leadership. Would it be worth it for the sole benefit of a leadership position?

 

[deleted407021]

I have great shadowing and volunteering covered, but no real leadership. Would it be worth it for the sole benefit of a leadership position?

Eh. It depends on the leadership positions which exist. Many have said that these clubs are full of meaningless leadership titles. I would say the ones that would afford you the most responsibility would be president/vise president, treasurer and secretary. Being the designed pizza order guy isn't a big deal. However, anyone who understands leadership knows that it's not really about the titles. You can be an effective leader in most any capacity. Overall, I would say "no", to that question. It wouldn't make sense anyway if you were a leader in a club that didn't really do anything.

 

[darklabel]

I was in a selective pre-med honors fraternity --- no school gave a f**k. But that's ok, because I met a lot of awesome people and it was a good time overall. So join if you want, but I wouldn't do it to impress med schools.

edit: it could be an opportunity for a leadership position, so I suppose that's something to consider.

I echo this. Don't do it because med schools like will be impressed (they won't be), but it may give you a lot of opportunities and you can make like minded friends who you can study with.

Just avoid the gunners.

 

[deleted407021]

It may also give you the chance to help the premeds who think all you need in 100 hrs of volunteering and shadowing because the premed dept told them so.

 

[LizzyM]

I'd never heard of it until today. I guess I wouldn't be impressed.

 

[Catalystik]

I have the chance to join phi delta epsilon (a pre-medical chapter of the international medical fraternity). They like to throw around the statistic that 92% of their members gain acceptance to medical school, and from what I've seen there is a fair amount of selectivity.
Is this a group actually appreciated by adcoms (for this reason), and would it actually be considered a "meaningful" EC by most people?

No.

 

[No Limits]

I'd never heard of it until today. I guess I wouldn't be impressed.

lol. Craaaap I joined like four honor societies early in my college career. I do have leadership positions with two of them. Do I even mention the others on my upcoming app @LizzyM and @Ismet and @Catalystik? Sorry to hijack.

 

[LizzyM]

lol. Craaaap I joined like four honor societies early in my college career. I do have leadership positions with two of them. Do I even mention the others on my upcoming app @LizzyM and @Ismet and @Catalystik? Sorry to hijack.

mention them if you wish but I doubt that anyone will care. It can look like padding if you didn't do anything aside from attending meetings.

 

[No Limits]

mention them if you wish but I doubt that anyone will care. It can look like padding if you didn't do anything aside from attending meetings.

Hmm definitely don't want that. I got small scholarships from them and went to pretty much went to all their functions aside from regular meetings. Hopefully, the rest of my app will speak for itself. Thanks for the clarification.

 

[Catalystik]

lol. Craaaap I joined like four honor societies early in my college career. I do have leadership positions with two of them. Do I even mention the others on my upcoming app .

I got small scholarships from them and went to pretty much went to all their functions aside from regular meetings.

You could group the small scholarships under Honors with your other honors. If Phi Beta Kappa is one of them, some adcomms feel it's worth mentioning.

 

[No Limits]

You could group the small scholarships under Honors with your other honors. If Phi Beta Kappa is one of them, some adcomms feel it's worth mentioning.

Okay, got it! Thank you.

 

[Goro]

No and no

Is this a group actually appreciated by adcoms (for this reason), and would it actually be considered a "meaningful" EC by most people?