Question about applying to Med School

[NubianPrincess]

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When you see admission statistics that show less than 10% of applicants being accepted, is it safe to assume that many applicants did not have the competitive GPA or MCAT scores and that's why they were rejected?
What about the pre-med commitees that won't provide letters of recommendation unless your gpa is at a certain level. I guess my question is who gets rejected? Are people with 3.5 GPAs and 30s on MCATS and volunteer experience unable to get in to med school?
How do I feel like I have a real chance when there are so many people applying for so few spots?

 

[Jedi In Training]

Why does your bio say that you are from Philly/New York? Aren't these cities 100 miles apart? To answer your question, some people look good on paper but either they (a) interview poorly (i.e. not having honest/altrustic reasons for going into medicine) or (b) don't make themselves stand out from other applicants by doing the same "pre-med activities" that everyone else does.

 

[none]

Unfortunately we don't have combined stats on GPA/MCAT and med school admissions. But in general...you're in pretty good shape with a 3.5 GPA and 30 MCAT. Definitely better than the average applicant.

 

[NubianPrincess]

I go to school in Philly but I was born in raised in Harlem, NYC (and proud of it 🙂 )
I just read a post in which a person said that they knew people with 4.0 gpas who didn't get in. I just don't think I understand all the politics of the application process. I guess I just don't have enough confidence, yet. But its not time to apply anyway, so I guess I'll worry about that later.