Question for Georgetown SMP Graduates

[stang]

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This is a question for any Georgetown SMP graduates,

I was just wondering about the 20% of the graduating class that doesn't get into medical school. Do most of these people just end up deciding medicine isn't for them and continue on in graduate school or go into another field like dentistry or law, or do many of them repeatedly apply to med school but never get in even after completing the SMP program.

Do you notice that most of the people who don't get in to med school are at the bottom of the SMP class GPA wise or do you think it has more to do with their total application, for instance maybe they took the GRE to get in to SMP but bombed the MCAT.

I guess I'm really just wondering if students with average or slightly below average undergrad numbers (~3.4 GPAs/30 MCAT) who graduate somewhere in the middle of the SMP class repeatedly apply and still don't get into medical school?

Thanks for your replies!

 

[stang]

still wondering

 

[Sancho]

If those are your numbers(3.4, 30), and you are in the middle of the SMP class, and your E.C.'s and essay and all that is decent, and you haven't robbed many liquor stores (or at least haven't been caught), the probability shouldn't be worse than 50/50 that you wil get into a U.S. allopathic right after SMP-but if you can pull out some extra elbow grease, copperfieldian magic, OCD, or anality out-you'll bump up the odds in your favor. I'm not being facetious.
My hackneyed but true point is that its really up to you-never mind the average statistics, because there are a lot of outlying values that skew things.
Don't worry, you have the choice to do whatever you want if you don't get in-wait a year, try again, go D.O. carribean, or mexican-
much luck to ya

 

[exmike]

There are some SMP students with really low stats. Those basically are shooting for georgetown or nothing at all. Those that miss probably end up going nowhere. If you are an averages student and you do averages in the program, chance are that you will get into medical school.

However, the 60% stat for 1st year matriculation is a little misleading. I can all but guarantee you that about 30-40% of those that get in first year wouldve gotten in anyway had they not gone to the SMP. What you should focus on are those that had virtually no sucess the previous year and got in w/ the SMP. Unfortunately there is no way to separate those two groups. Off hand I can think of 20 or so students that got in before grades were posted from the program. Those students didn't need the SMP but they are part of the 60% 1st year matriculatoin percentaion.

 

[medstylee]

do you guys who went through the program think it's feasible to try and volunteer at one of the area hospitals during the weekend while taking classes? that's one thing that i really need to improve on my application so it will be pretty necessary for me if i'm going to have to reapply.

thanks

 

[FowlersGap]

do you guys who went through the program think it's feasible to try and volunteer at one of the area hospitals during the weekend while taking classes? that's one thing that i really need to improve on my application so it will be pretty necessary for me if i'm going to have to reapply.

thanks

i volunteered at the cancer center; you should start doing this and looking into it asap; i emailed one of the directors about this and they toldme to wait...until we elect a volunteer coordinator for the class...i did and nothing happened until january; so if i were you i'd look into the opps at gtown yourself so you get more hours in during the fall

the opps at gtown are alright; all i did was pretty much babysit kids and help out running blood to the lab and back; nothing special; i got some real volunteer experience the year after smp and i think that's what helped me get in; i was lacking in vol. as well; which obviously is vital to applying med school; i worked at a free clinic this year and i learned a whole lot; the experience at gtown volunteering was mediocre; i didnt really look forward to going and half the time all i did was make copies

 

[stang]

Hey guys, thanks for the replies. Good luck in med school.