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Here is the truth about this game we call "medical school admissions." The first thing you have to understand is that med school (just like your current university and
almost everything else in this world) is a business. In a nut shell, you send in an application, they send you a secondary, you send the secondary back with $50, and
they either eat up your money and reject you or invite you to an interview. Either way your $50 is gone. Now if you are a decent applicant, you'll get anywhere from
1 to as many as 10 secondaries (assuming you apply to 10 schools). Now with $50 PER secondary you can see that med schools rake in the dough from all those
hopefuls who send back those secondaries. So you realize that first and foremost med schools want your money. As far as "well-roundedness" goes, that is all a
bunch of b.s. The very first thing the admissions comittee looks at are your CORE science prereqs (gen. chem, physics, ochem, bio) and your MCAT. If those are
not up to par then they toss your application and don't even waste a secondary on you. Of course there are those med schools (i.e. Tulane) who send a secondary to
everyone who applies. This way they're assured of getting that $50 from the majority of the people who send back their secondaries thinking they have a chance
when in reality they've been hussled for $50 (and med schools talk about "integrity", integrity my ass). I know this sounds easier than it is done, but a 3.7+ science
GPA, 30+ MCAT, and an undetectable acting job at the interview will get you into a med school, but maybe not your preferred choice of school. But let's face it
and M.D. is an M.D. There are doctors who graduate from top places like Harvard and JHU who opt to do academic medicine and rake in no more than $120K a
year, while there are doctors who graduate from schools like Southern Illinois and pull in over $500K a year. It's all about what you do after you get that M.D. that
counts...you can either waste your time doing research in a lab or you can set up shop in Beverley Hills and bring in the big bucks. And why is "well roundedness" a
bunch of b.s.? Simple, because every year med schools graduate a large majority of self-centered, arrogant docs who are in this business for themselves. They "say"
they want compassionate docs, but for the most part doctors are less than so. So you see, a high GPA, a high MCAT, and a good con job at the interview WILL
get you into a med school...the rest is b.s.
almost everything else in this world) is a business. In a nut shell, you send in an application, they send you a secondary, you send the secondary back with $50, and
they either eat up your money and reject you or invite you to an interview. Either way your $50 is gone. Now if you are a decent applicant, you'll get anywhere from
1 to as many as 10 secondaries (assuming you apply to 10 schools). Now with $50 PER secondary you can see that med schools rake in the dough from all those
hopefuls who send back those secondaries. So you realize that first and foremost med schools want your money. As far as "well-roundedness" goes, that is all a
bunch of b.s. The very first thing the admissions comittee looks at are your CORE science prereqs (gen. chem, physics, ochem, bio) and your MCAT. If those are
not up to par then they toss your application and don't even waste a secondary on you. Of course there are those med schools (i.e. Tulane) who send a secondary to
everyone who applies. This way they're assured of getting that $50 from the majority of the people who send back their secondaries thinking they have a chance
when in reality they've been hussled for $50 (and med schools talk about "integrity", integrity my ass). I know this sounds easier than it is done, but a 3.7+ science
GPA, 30+ MCAT, and an undetectable acting job at the interview will get you into a med school, but maybe not your preferred choice of school. But let's face it
and M.D. is an M.D. There are doctors who graduate from top places like Harvard and JHU who opt to do academic medicine and rake in no more than $120K a
year, while there are doctors who graduate from schools like Southern Illinois and pull in over $500K a year. It's all about what you do after you get that M.D. that
counts...you can either waste your time doing research in a lab or you can set up shop in Beverley Hills and bring in the big bucks. And why is "well roundedness" a
bunch of b.s.? Simple, because every year med schools graduate a large majority of self-centered, arrogant docs who are in this business for themselves. They "say"
they want compassionate docs, but for the most part doctors are less than so. So you see, a high GPA, a high MCAT, and a good con job at the interview WILL
get you into a med school...the rest is b.s.
