Mail from Medical Schools

[pinacol]

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Okay, this is kind of a weird question, but I just have to ask.

Do medical schools send mail advertising themselves to people who have taken the MCAT? I just remember after taking the SAT and ACT I got a ton of brochures from undergraduate institutions, and I want to know if medical schools do the same thing. And if they do, how long after the MCAT does it take for mail to start coming?

Thanks!

 

[prdv]

Yes,

I just received a letter from Harvard Med because I'm URM and took the MCAT. If you answered yes to place yourself on the MCAT minority registry (Med-MAR), they will send you mail. I take it with a large grain of salt, because my stats are nowhere near Harvard's avg. It's something to laugh about.

 

[kraskadva]

Emails, but not a ton. It's a sellers market, so they typically don't bother.

And 1-2 months in my experience

 

[TastingJustice]

I hear from military-related medical training programs all the time despite never showing any interest in serving. Some others do too. It is hard to determine any pattern for who gets what emails.

 

[darklabel]

Most of the mail I got was military. I also got a few, but I wouldn't put any stock into them. One even said to apply to the MD/PhD program and I was no where near the stats for that!