oh coop...
If I remember correctly, you got an interview offer from Pitts before you finished your secondary? how about letters of rec, or is that also not important
What the heck, why did they bother even looking at your biography...they should have just asked the pple at MCAT to give them the highest scorers of they ear 2001
and please dont make up statistics...PITS (spelling on purpose) interviews 13% of out of state applicants (3,340) in the year 2000 which is around 400 pple. NOT 1100. They have already sent out invitation to around at LEAST 100 pple...that is 1/4 of their class...kind of goes against that philosophy of one of the faculty in their brochures....
"I once interviewed a guy with all A+ and a 38 on the MCAT, but we rejected him cuz he wouldnt talk...no personality"
no interviews are not a guarantee, but its closer than pple who haven't heard anything....
But, I want to thank you for your "unbiased" opinion.....I am sure the fact that you have a interview there has no bearing on the "well roundedness of the school" lol sigh
I am sure you will fit perfectly fine in that school with their respective mentality of "good physicians"....hehehe
just so you know, I have received an offer to interview in Columbia...so its not like I am jealous or anything from pple who got interview at PITS, of course, the pple at Columbia not only looked at my grades, but read my letters, and ACTUALLY read my secondary too...gosh now that is a scary thought...I mean why invest all that time when according to Pits, we can send out interview letters, without even knowing a single thing about you, other than your grade and gpa....
Come on now, you think we are all stupid...20 of MY friends, through my persistance also removed Pits from their designated school and the school hsa only tarnished its own image by its own actions....I have seen one of those letters "I decided to recommend you to our advisory committee without you having to turn in a secondary" and I can assure you a copy of that letter will reach another 40 or so students....
The school creates a false image of itself, and as such its going to face a backlash for pple who feel it is an extreme misrepresentation on its stand of hiring "well rounded" doctors. There is NOTHING wrong with chosing applicants with high gpa and mcat, but dont spread baseless propaganda that your school emphasizes extracurricular stuff when it is one of the ONLY schools to send out interviews with no secondaries and no letters of rec...
oh and by the way coop, I am sure your "no ties" to pits and the fact that you have an interview has no bearing on the fact that you think it is a "wonderful school"...Of course we can all come to that conclusion by not visiting the school either....what exactly made you come to that conclusion when you have not talked to any faculty or visited the campus?
thanks for your unbiased opinion
the school reaks of hypocrisy