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I just crunched some numbers (as is my wont) and I have determined that to get a good night's sleep as a med school applicant, you should get a 35 on your MCAT. According to my calculations, this gives you an 80% chance of getting into medical school, which seems reasonable, considering that 20% pf the people who get a 35 might be crazy, criminal, or have low GPAs.
I reproduced my calculations in a thread in the MCAT room, http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?s=&threadid=89503
I look forward to being proven wrong, as this seems pretty scary to me with my sub-35 score. I guess I could always teach undergrad stats if don't get into medical school.
Another fun stats link is this article:
http://www.savethematch.org/pdf/JAMA_Niederle_Roth_20031.pdf
which is a letter to JAMA by two economists who try to show that the Match does not affect resident or fellow salary. (courtesy of www.savethematch.org)
I know there are residencies that don't use the match, but you can't look at their salaries, since they are working in a pool where the wage is fixed by matched residencies. These guys, however, look at post-IM fellowship salaries, where you are competing with junior-attending salaries. Very slick! I still don't know if I agree with their conclusions, but they definitely did a nice bit of work.
I reproduced my calculations in a thread in the MCAT room, http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?s=&threadid=89503
I look forward to being proven wrong, as this seems pretty scary to me with my sub-35 score. I guess I could always teach undergrad stats if don't get into medical school.
Another fun stats link is this article:
http://www.savethematch.org/pdf/JAMA_Niederle_Roth_20031.pdf
which is a letter to JAMA by two economists who try to show that the Match does not affect resident or fellow salary. (courtesy of www.savethematch.org)
I know there are residencies that don't use the match, but you can't look at their salaries, since they are working in a pool where the wage is fixed by matched residencies. These guys, however, look at post-IM fellowship salaries, where you are competing with junior-attending salaries. Very slick! I still don't know if I agree with their conclusions, but they definitely did a nice bit of work.