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[Dr.Su]

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Hi guys, can people that have been accepted to Downstate and Stonybrook share their gpa's, i am wondering if i have a chance w/my 3.4. have been getting really scared by the non accepted people list. pretty much all of them have higher stats than me. i am currently shaddowing an AIDS doc in downstate, so hopefully that will help.

 

[guavero]

GPA alone can't really be a marker of your chances of getting into med school. Can you share your other stats as well? I have a lower GPA than you (3.24), but I got into UB. Don't be discouraged, as GPA alone is not the determinant especially for state schools 🙂

El Tico
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[Dr.Su]

i have a 3.4, hopefully 30 MCAT but i have done a lot of volonteer wor4k relating to AIDS some of it surrounding Downstate. i just feel that GPA is my #1 problem.

 

[Daredevil]

your gpa is competitive enough. Breathe.

 

[Assassin]

•••quote:•••Originally posted by guavero:
[QB]GPA alone can't really be a marker of your chances of getting into med school. I have a lower GPA than you (3.24), but I got into UB. [QB]••••i agree completely; i have a high gpa - was rejected from suny ub pre-interview <img border="0" alt="[Laughy]" title="" src="graemlins/laughy.gif" />

 

[guavero]

Dr. Su,

As the previous poster commented you shouldn't be too worry about your GPA. Right now, instead of spending time and worrying about your GPA, start (if you haven't already) preparing a well written and strong application essay. I guarantee you that your interviewer will thoroughly read it. In your essay, please do not just state your research accomplishment but how this research made you want to become a physician. Adcom people seem to like to see how your clinical experience helped shaped your decision in becoming an MD.

You should also try to obtain a strong recommendation (if you haven't already done so) from your AIDS research PI.

A strong application letter, strong rec. letters, a 30 on your MCAT, and a quite decent GPA combined will give you a fairly strong case. You should not just limit yourself to state schools but also try out for some upper ranked schools as well 🙂 You never know...

Best of luck on your applications

 

[guavero]

Assasin that's cuz they prob think that you'll not wanna go there if accepted? 😛

El Tico

•••quote:•••Originally posted by Assassin:
• •••quote:•••Originally posted by guavero:
[QB]GPA alone can't really be a marker of your chances of getting into med school. I have a lower GPA than you (3.24), but I got into UB. [QB]••••i agree completely; i have a high gpa - was rejected from suny ub pre-interview <img border="0" alt="[Laughy]" title="" src="graemlins/laughy.gif" /> •••••

 

[Assassin]

•••quote:•••Originally posted by guavero:
[QB]Assasin that's cuz they prob think that you'll not wanna go there if accepted? 😛
••••i don't buy that argument 😛 for all they knew, i had more reasons to go to a SUNY school than most.