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Started by Jpc984
Not really as long as it is regionally accredited. Sometimes it can help, but what you do in college matters much more.
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Maybe if you go to Harvard or Yale or one of those types, but if you are from there your head is probably to big to fit into the preDo forum.😛
Depends on where you are applying. At my KCOM interview, one of my interviews was with the dean of students. He told me they rank your undergrad institution on a scale of 1-5, with 1 being the highest. This number is considered when reviewing your transcripts.
i go to Yale...and I just got into a DO school....our heads are not that big. But yes, I talked to a couple people on admissions committees and they do factor in your undergrad/grad school. They separate the schools into tiers and give it a certain number of points
What if you're like me and go to an ivy but did poorly (sub 3.0). Then I don't think the institution would really matter.
For most MD programs, it does matter. For DO programs, maybe a tad, but I wouldn't worry about that at all.
Your telling me the adcom at a DO shool did that? Wow, that is wild. I just assumed it was a qualitative thing, since bringing a Yale grad would make them look good on paper.
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They do this mainly to rate your performance on your transcripts. Getting a 4.0 at an easy school vs getting a 3.0 at a hard school. Now if only they would do that for majors... 😀
I think it is pretty hard to quantify what is are easyand hard school, not to mention that fact that every school has hard and easy professors. I know the MD programs use this, but I think it is absurd and I had no idea that DO schools used it.
I really wonder how much reliable (and objective) science there is behind this policy, but I do think that it could be reliably and objectively applied to one's major. How does someone with a 4.0 in basketweaving do in medical school vs someone with a 3.0 in quantum physics. To some extent, the colleges that look at science GPA seriously do this. That's probably what is helping me, my science GPA is relatively high as science GPA's go with both upper level and graduate level credits.
Agree. Which is why they have such a thing as the MCAT.
I completely feel you on that. I remember graduating from high school and thinking if I go into an excellent undergrad, then that'd be my ticket to a med school. BOY was i wrong! they care about A's on the transcript. Doesn't matter where its from. I could have saved so much money but too late for regrets I guess...
I have classmates that went to Harvard and Cornell, but also from Rutgers, Penn State and many other colleges; and yes, the school you went to does factor into the decision but it is just a tiny piece as far as I know.
