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It has been quite some time since they rejected me pre-telephone interview (post-$$$, of course)...I have just been reflecting on it this morning...and now it is kind-of getting to me.
Here's the story. After you pay your application fee to Mayo, they screen all applications and decide who gets a telephone interview. Its the way they screen and decide that is the rub. The magic formula is if ten times your undergrad GPA plus your MCAT score is equal to or greater than 60...your application gets further consideration. If not...rejection.
That's right ladies and gentlemen, I said UNDERGRAD GPA...NOT post-bacc...NOT graduate...undergrad...that's it...no exceptions...no matter how long ago...no matter if you have the above listed GPAs to offer (post-bacc / graduate)...no matter ECs, LORs, experience, research, etc. I had a teleconference with the admissions director...there are NO exceptions...my undergrad GPA (2.8) is over 15 years old, and I have 56 hours of recent post-bacc work (3.9) and a MS in Biochemistry (3.8, current).
My question is this...what percentage of us returning students (compared to traditional students) have stellar undergrad GPAs (by stellar I mean anything above 3.0). My educated guess is that many of us career changers and returning students did not even major in the life / physical sciences during our undergrad, let alone earn great grades.
The salt in the wound is that you could not use an MCAT score - the other half of that magic formula - older than 3 years even if you wanted to .
I see this as a potential bias against non-trads inherent in Mayo's selection process .
Has anyone else applied-to and been rejected by Mayo? Is this an issue? How many potentially great Mayo Medical School graduates and future physicians are they missing out on? Do you think other schools use a similar screen?
I welcome anyone affiliated with Mayo to comment as well.
Here's the story. After you pay your application fee to Mayo, they screen all applications and decide who gets a telephone interview. Its the way they screen and decide that is the rub. The magic formula is if ten times your undergrad GPA plus your MCAT score is equal to or greater than 60...your application gets further consideration. If not...rejection.
That's right ladies and gentlemen, I said UNDERGRAD GPA...NOT post-bacc...NOT graduate...undergrad...that's it...no exceptions...no matter how long ago...no matter if you have the above listed GPAs to offer (post-bacc / graduate)...no matter ECs, LORs, experience, research, etc. I had a teleconference with the admissions director...there are NO exceptions...my undergrad GPA (2.8) is over 15 years old, and I have 56 hours of recent post-bacc work (3.9) and a MS in Biochemistry (3.8, current).
My question is this...what percentage of us returning students (compared to traditional students) have stellar undergrad GPAs (by stellar I mean anything above 3.0). My educated guess is that many of us career changers and returning students did not even major in the life / physical sciences during our undergrad, let alone earn great grades.
The salt in the wound is that you could not use an MCAT score - the other half of that magic formula - older than 3 years even if you wanted to .
I see this as a potential bias against non-trads inherent in Mayo's selection process .
Has anyone else applied-to and been rejected by Mayo? Is this an issue? How many potentially great Mayo Medical School graduates and future physicians are they missing out on? Do you think other schools use a similar screen?
I welcome anyone affiliated with Mayo to comment as well.