I know it varies by school, but what are the credentials necessary to get into AOA with H/P/F? Please list the necessary qualifications for your school.
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Tufts has a point system for AOA based entirely on 3rd year grades with an H/HP/P/LP/F grading system during the clinical years. The top 10% using the point system as follows get AOA; there is also a point scale for Step 1 scores that carries some weight (people who get above the national average get extra points depending on their score).
20 points given for Honors in Medicine or Surgery (for each H grade)
15 points for Pediatrics or OB/GYN
10 points for Honors in Psychiatry
no one who gets below a Pass in anything is eligible for AOA. Step 1 scores are used as the tie breaker for people with the same numerical score in the ranking.
20 points given for Honors in Medicine or Surgery (for each H grade)
15 points for Pediatrics or OB/GYN
10 points for Honors in Psychiatry
no one who gets below a Pass in anything is eligible for AOA. Step 1 scores are used as the tie breaker for people with the same numerical score in the ranking.
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With junior AOA, do most schools base it on heavy involvement in extracurriculars and student council type stuff?
Is it really more of a political battle to get AOA? i.e. who you know.... and to the other extreme, how much kissing up you do?
And is senior AOA not a big deal then? It seems like junior AOA is the crown jewel since it is so tough to get...
Is it really more of a political battle to get AOA? i.e. who you know.... and to the other extreme, how much kissing up you do?
And is senior AOA not a big deal then? It seems like junior AOA is the crown jewel since it is so tough to get...
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at UIC, AOA is based solely on grades. for junior AOA, they take the top 4% across all four campuses (Chicago, Rockford, Peora, Urbana-Champaign) with half of your ranking based on your M1 and M2 grades (H/P/F) and the other half based on your Step 1 score. for senior AOA, they tak the top 12% across all four campuses with 25% based on your M1/M2 grades, 25% based on your Step 1, and 50% based on your core clerkships (medicine, surgery, peds, ob/gyn, and psych). the core clerkships are also H/P/F and are weighted 2/3 clinical, 1/3 shelf.
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At Rochester, the top 25% of the class is considered, and no more than 16% can be chosen (I think this is set by the national). This is solely based on core clerkship (3rd year plus our 1-2 second year outpatient clerkship). Those twenty-five percent are then evaluated based on leadership, ECs, research and volunteer work.
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Here's how it works at Duke.
In February of third year, the top 25% of the class is invited to submit a CV or letter to the AOA committee (which includes both faculty and students). Class rank is determined by first and second year grades only (since our third year is for research). The grades are converted to a single numerical score.
Committee members are given the CVs or letters and numerical scores for each of the 25. They discuss each person, and committee members speak on behalf of applicants they know. At the end of the meeting, committee members vote for the students they want. The top 8 are selected. The same process is repeated the fall of our 4th year and an additional 8 are selected.
We are told that selection is based on academic record and a whole host of other less quantifiable attributes (leadership, community service, extracurriculars, compassion, etc.) Committee members report that there's no real consensus about what's most important. Some reportedly vote for the 8 with the top grades; others vote for those with the most community service, and so forth.
Of course knowing people on the committee helps, but it's hard to predict who will be at the meeting or what they will say. For example, I was told afterwards that when I was being considered, I received a glowing testimonial from the director of my psychiatry rotation. This really suprised me: I really had a rough time with that rotation, and thought the director didn't like me at all. Good thing I didn't know he was on the committee, or I might have subconsciously tried kissing ass, which would probably have backfired since it would have come across as phony.
The internal inconsistency of the process is reflected by the 8 who were selected this year: all are bright, but some are very, er, grade-oriented, while others have more extra-curricular/community service stuff. And while some folks are genuinely commited to service, in a few cases it struck me as being more of a "resume-builder" than anything else. In that respect the AOA selection process is much like the medical school application process.
In February of third year, the top 25% of the class is invited to submit a CV or letter to the AOA committee (which includes both faculty and students). Class rank is determined by first and second year grades only (since our third year is for research). The grades are converted to a single numerical score.
Committee members are given the CVs or letters and numerical scores for each of the 25. They discuss each person, and committee members speak on behalf of applicants they know. At the end of the meeting, committee members vote for the students they want. The top 8 are selected. The same process is repeated the fall of our 4th year and an additional 8 are selected.
We are told that selection is based on academic record and a whole host of other less quantifiable attributes (leadership, community service, extracurriculars, compassion, etc.) Committee members report that there's no real consensus about what's most important. Some reportedly vote for the 8 with the top grades; others vote for those with the most community service, and so forth.
Of course knowing people on the committee helps, but it's hard to predict who will be at the meeting or what they will say. For example, I was told afterwards that when I was being considered, I received a glowing testimonial from the director of my psychiatry rotation. This really suprised me: I really had a rough time with that rotation, and thought the director didn't like me at all. Good thing I didn't know he was on the committee, or I might have subconsciously tried kissing ass, which would probably have backfired since it would have come across as phony.
The internal inconsistency of the process is reflected by the 8 who were selected this year: all are bright, but some are very, er, grade-oriented, while others have more extra-curricular/community service stuff. And while some folks are genuinely commited to service, in a few cases it struck me as being more of a "resume-builder" than anything else. In that respect the AOA selection process is much like the medical school application process.
