What is the deal with private schools that have lower average numbers?

[Chuckwalla]

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I am looking at which schools I should apply to on these forums and have seen recommendations of less competitive private MD schools, number-wise. The ones that come to mind are:

NYMC
R. Franklin
Drexel

These schools have either lower than average GPA, MCAT, or both. Are these schools looking for something special?

 

[DrYoda]

I don't think they're looking for something more special then other schools. Private schools range from extremely competative to less competative (not saying easy), and these schools simply don't have the reputation, research dollars, faculty, ect. that some of the super competative schools do. Therefore the student body doesn't exhibit the crazy high MCAT scores seen in some of the more competative private schools.

 

[katarzyna]

hmm money?

 

[engineeredout]

State schools = a lot less money = more competitive

 

[Chuckwalla]

State schools = a lot less money = more competitive

They are not more competitive for the people who live in-state.

 

[Dedikated2liftn]

They are not more competitive for the people who live in-state.

California anyone??

 

[Chuckwalla]

California anyone??

Cali is the exception (throw Penn in there too), not the rule.

 

[Dedikated2liftn]

Cali is the exception (throw Penn in there too), not the rule.

You might be surprised..I was accepted at two schools (both of which had higher average stats than my state school), waitlisted at another, and flat out rejected by my state school (I'm not from Cali or Penn). In this bitch of a process, I don't really think anything is guaranteed, and you've got the potential to drive yourself ****in' nuts if you try and rationalize why you weren't accepted at one school vs. another. In short, if you've got accepted to any allopathic program (from Howard to Harvard); you've already beaten the odds.

 

[Rikkye]

You might be surprised..I was accepted at two schools (both of which had higher average stats than my state school), waitlisted at another, and flat out rejected by my state school (I'm not from Cali or Penn). In this bitch of a process, I don't really think anything is guaranteed, and you've got the potential to drive yourself ****in' nuts if you try and rationalize why you weren't accepted at one school vs. another. In short, if you've got accepted to any allopathic program (from Howard to Harvard); you've already beaten the odds.

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