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My friend Jacob has a 3.2 gpa. He got D's in chem 1, 2, and organic 1. He took the classes again because those are terrible grades and got 2 A's and a B. What I want to know is how he got 5 interviews in the United States and 2 acceptances already with a 33 mcat and only a 3.2 gpa, with barely any EC, s.
 
JforJared said:
My friend Jacob has a 3.2 gpa. He got D's in chem 1, 2, and organic 1. He took the classes again because those are terrible grades and got 2 A's and a B. What I want to know is how he got 5 interviews in the United States and 2 acceptances already with a 33 mcat and only a 3.2 gpa, with barely any EC, s.
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School names or it didn't happen.
 
I believe the acceptances were the med school in Galveston Texas, and possibly Howard, ill have to double check and get back to you.
 
JforJared said:
My friend Jacob has a 3.2 gpa. He got D's in chem 1, 2, and organic 1. He took the classes again because those are terrible grades and got 2 A's and a B. What I want to know is how he got 5 interviews in the United States and 2 acceptances already with a 33 mcat and only a 3.2 gpa, with barely any EC, s.
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Maybe your friend is just that good or maybe he interviews really well. Who knows? To be honest its really pointless to try and get an explanation for your friends success. Medical schools are highly selective and give weight to several other parts of a person's application besides the raw numbers and the number of EC's (also a 33 is a very good score that can help elevate an application). We as applicants will never be privy to the reason why certain people were selected over others and this is as it should be. So instead of wondering how your friend got in you should probably be either working on your application or preparing for your matriculation if you were accepted this cycle.
 
Why the hell are you surprised? He got a 33 MCAT and how do you know he has very few ECs?
 
It's best not to get worked up over other people in this process. Stop worrying about it and concentrate on your own app. That's the only one you have power over.
 
Im not worked up, I just take the mcat soon and am nervous. I am a ta for micro and hold an Ra job at a big dorm on campus. Im happy for the guy just weird how sometimes a 3.6 gpa with a 30 mcat may not get accepted.
 
So because an individual is african american, latino, or native american they have a better chance?
 
Haha thanks man, and im not boo hooing. I want others to be successful as well as myself.
 
It says that page does not exsist.. My apologies if the question seemed ignorat,, just wasnt aware of the whole urm situation.
 
JforJared said:
So because an individual is african american, latino, or native american they have a better chance?
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Even if trolling, I feel obliged to post to clarify some things.

What you said is kinda, but not quite, true. There are certain populations and regions in the US that do not have enough physicians. Trying to get physicians to go there to practice medicine is also difficult because, frankly put, there are reasons why physicians do not want to live or practice there. The thought process is that if medical schools recruit students from those regions, the physicians will be more likely to practice medicine there.

Also, sometimes people do not go in to physicians because of cultural or language boundaries. Having a more diverse population of physicians ensures there will be a matching physician for each patient (if that is what the patient wants), whether that be a physician fluent in their language or one that grew up in their surroundings. You have to admit, having a physician who grew up in rural Kentucky probably doesn't know much about gangs, illegal drugs or the neighborhood structure in Queens.

Many people are quick to attribute success in getting to medical school because of URM status. However, these people have faced way more hurdles than you have probably ever realized. The same applies to socioeconomically disadvantaged and that is why schools also give a slight preference for those students.
 
babsstudent said:
even if trolling, i feel obliged to post to clarify some things.

What you said is kinda, but not quite, true. There are certain populations and regions in the us that do not have enough physicians. Trying to get physicians to go there to practice medicine is also difficult because, frankly put, there are reasons why physicians do not want to live or practice there. The thought process is that if medical schools recruit students from those regions, the physicians will be more likely to practice medicine there.

Also, sometimes people do not go in to physicians because of cultural or language boundaries. Having a more diverse population of physicians ensures there will be a matching physician for each patient (if that is what the patient wants), whether that be a physician fluent in their language or one that grew up in their surroundings. You have to admit, having a physician who grew up in rural kentucky probably doesn't know much about gangs, illegal drugs or the neighborhood structure in queens.

Many people are quick to attribute success in getting to medical school because of urm status. However, these people have faced way more hurdles than you have probably ever realized. The same applies to socioeconomically disadvantaged and that is why schools also give a slight preference for those students.
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thank you!!!
 
Telling us that his name is Jacob was really unnecessary.
 
JforJared said:
Im not worked up, I just take the mcat soon and am nervous. I am a ta for micro and hold an Ra job at a big dorm on campus. Im happy for the guy just weird how sometimes a 3.6 gpa with a 30 mcat may not get accepted.
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It's impossible to know exactly what makes up an application unless you're on the admissions committee. What you see may be a guy with a sub-par GPA, a good MCAT, and a handful of average ECs. An adcom may see a guy with an upward trend to his GPA, indicating he's gotten his act together, a solid MCAT, a handful of ECs he's dedicated to, and someone who has had to face a number of obstacles to get where he is now and now shows the maturity to enter the medical profession.

Numbers aren't everything.
 
URM, duh.
 
MedPR said:
No you don't.
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Also Texas give their own applicants a break with low stats. That could also contribute to it. Adcoms seem to be forgiving when an applicant has a crappy freshman year, but they bring up their GPA later on--the so called upward trend.
 
lobo12 said:
Also Texas give their own applicants a break with low stats. That could also contribute to it. Adcoms seem to be forgiving when an applicant has a crappy freshman year, but they bring up their GPA later on--the so called upward trend.
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Texas also has the JAMP program. JAMP has some pretty massive loopholes...
 
Only on SDN would pre-meds get so worked up over someone that got accepted with "average" stats *gasp* 🙄
 
Gut Shot said:
One is above, one is below.
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One is barely above (60th percentile) the other is way below (10th percentile). Average that to 35th percentile and he has below average stats.

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