Originally posted by MacGyver
Yeah but they still use class rank right? Or does your school not do AOA?
my school is honors/pass/fail. You can pass all your classes and still get kicked out of the MD/PhD program if you dont beat out enough of your med school colleagues.
However, they keep detailed grade breakdowns and a class rank list. If an MD/PhD student falls in the bottom 25th percentile of the class rank list, they are in jeapordy of losing their funding.
As for Baylor, I have a hard time believing that you have to finish in the top 1/3rd. Thats no small feat! I can understand them kicking you out for finishing in the bottom 10% or something, but thats crazy of them to cut you off if you cant get into the top 33%.
Suffice to say, if Baylor really does use that scheme, then I'm betting multiple MD/PhDs have been kicked out in teh past. The myth that MD/PhDs always finish at the top of their class is bogus, especially at a top med school like Baylor where EVERYBODY is extremely gifted.