"Why ____ school?"

[Low Flow]

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When writing a secondary for a school, is it bad to mention that my own stats are similar to their class profiles?

Or should I just stick to the "I like your school's dedication to serving the local community.. Blah blah blah."

An in mentioning the stats portion, it would obviously be in concurrence with other reasons, such as the one above.

 

[NickNaylor]

Yeah, sure, if you think highlighting your numbers - which are likely very similar to the numbers of hundreds if not thousands of other applicants - is a good idea.

...no, don't do it.

 

[Lamel]

Haha how would you say that?

"And as you can see from my numbers, I will be a perfectly average student at your medical school."

 

[el_duderino]

"Because your school grants medical degrees and my stats are more or less in line with your typical matriculants'."

 

[Planes2Doc]

This is a really bad idea.

 

[Low Flow]

Haha how would you say that?

"And as you can see from my numbers, I will be a perfectly average student at your medical school."

That's exactly what I was thinking haha. I wouldn't even know how to phrase it anyway. I'm just wondering about all those private schools that accept OOS. They have to know that people are only applying there because they fall within range of their stats. I just feel like I'm talking out of my ass when I say I want to attend there for other reasons.

 

[Low Flow]

"Because your school grants medical degrees and my stats are more or less in line with your typical matriculants'."

My exact thoughts most of the time.

 

[Lamel]

That's exactly what I was thinking haha. I wouldn't even know how to phrase it anyway. I'm just wondering about all those private schools that accept OOS. They have to know that people are only applying there because they fall within range of their stats. I just feel like I'm talking out of my ass when I say I want to attend there for other reasons.

Ha I mean you don't have to find anything unique about the school, just look something up and say that you like it (curriculum, research, patient exposure). That's all they are looking for.

 

[Planes2Doc]

My exact thoughts most of the time.

I'm sure that's what most people think. But of course that's not what they want to hear. Tell them how you totally fit in with their incredibly unique mission statement. 🙄

 

[el_duderino]

My exact thoughts most of the time.

And everyone else's.

This is like when a girl you just met in the bar asks you why you talked to her instead of any of the other chicks there. You don't answer "because I thought I had a good shot" even though that's what you're thinking.

 

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