Which Med Schools Screen?

[powerful_squib]

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I was just reading the rejection thread and saw that alot of SDNers got rejected from Wake. I'm not applying until the 2009 cycle, but I thought it would be good for everyone to know which ones do and do not screen. I was going to apply to Wake, but I don't know if I should now.

If you guys have any ideas maybe we should make a tentative list, of all the schools that do screen.

Thanks

 

[mvenus929]

Wake
UNC
I think U of MN - Twin Cities does as well

There's a few others, but I can't remember them off the top of my head.

 

[joanofarc0907]

evms does, ucsf does, wake does obvie.....i can't think of any more from last year at the moment though

 

[LifetimeDoc]

No schools screen like you think they do. Most just have low cutoffs, with some public schools having lower limits for instate and higher limits for out-of-state. They won't necessarily read your essays, letters of recommendation, lists of activities. They'll simply apply a filter to your GPAs and your MCAT score(s). Some say they screen, but send everyone a secondary and ask for $. Don't trust that the school will screen you out, and if you make it through that you have a real chance of getting an interview. You have to do that yourself with the MSAR and by asking those who know that school inside and out.

 

[mvenus929]

No schools screen like you think they do. Most just have low cutoffs, with some public schools having lower limits for instate and higher limits for out-of-state. They won't necessarily read your essays, letters of recommendation, lists of activities. They'll simply apply a filter to your GPAs and your MCAT score(s). Some say they screen, but send everyone a secondary and ask for $. Don't trust that the school will screen you out, and if you make it through that you have a real chance of getting an interview. You have to do that yourself with the MSAR and by asking those who know that school inside and out.

For in-state peoples, UNC only offers secondaries to those who will be granted an interview. I'd say that's some pretty heavy screening, far beyond the GPA/MCAT cut-offs at other schools.

 

[armybound]

They're more than happy to take your money for a secondary unless your numbers are really low.

 

[LifetimeDoc]

For in-state peoples, UNC only offers secondaries to those who will be granted an interview. I'd say that's some pretty heavy screening, far beyond the GPA/MCAT cut-offs at other schools.

There are a couple of exceptions, but they are rare.