Will you ever be a medical student? Use math to find the answer....

[Chemdude]

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After months of trying to find an adequate equation for determining medical school chances, I have developed an equation that determines medical school chances using GPA and MCAT score as determinants.

where x=10*GPA, y=MCAT score

So...

and

Therefore, the partial derivatives of medical school chance w.r.t GPA and MCAT are:

and

where x=10*GPA, y=MCAT score


When x=y=1,

dR/dx=9/7 and dR/dy=9/7....

Find dR/dx and dR/dy using your GPA and MCAT score. If dR/dx and dR/dy are both less than 9/7, then your chances of getting accepted are slim. If either of dR/dx or dR/dy are less than 9/7, then your chances of getting accepted are average. If dR/dx and dR/dy are both greater than 9/7, then you will most likely be attending medical school next year 🙂.

 

[wasvsdal]

I just had a seizure, and now I will never be a doctor.

Thanks a lot!

 

[Trexate]

I just had a seizure, and now I will never be a doctor.

Thanks a lot!

Math! Oh noes!

 

[Stratego]

My eyes may never uncross.

 

[Chemdude]

Math! Oh noes!

Math is our friend!!!

 

[ksmi117]

Apparently, I don't have a shot in hell. 🙁

And you mistyped v = 2x-y.

Yay math! (even when it say's I won't get into med school)

 

[Optimus123]

Very cool mathematically, but too many important variables aren't considered.

 

[Chemdude]

Apparently, I don't have a shot in hell. 🙁

And you mistyped v = 2x-y.

Yay math! (even when it say's I won't get into med school)

Thanks for the correction!

I forgot to mention that this equation only works for males over 5'11".

 

[ksmi117]

Thanks for the correction!

I forgot to mention that this equation only works for males over 5'11".

Oh, well that explains a lot. 😛

 

[musicaldna]

lol good way to freak everyone out...

btw...

When x=y=1,

but x = 10 * GPA...

does that mean when GPA = 0.1???

is that even academically possible?

 

[Trexate]

Thanks for the correction!

I forgot to mention that this equation only works for males over 5'11".

So if i remove my shins I'll be good?

Now the problem of explaining that to an ADCOM...

 

[Chemdude]

lol good way to freak everyone out...

btw...

When x=y=1,

but x = 10 * GPA...

does that mean when GPA = 0.1???

is that even academically possible?

I just used x=y=1 as an arbitrary point. When x=y=1, dR/dx=dR/dy=9/7

 

[jvesco22]

After months of trying to find an adequate equation for determining medical school chances, I have developed an equation that determines medical school chances using GPA and MCAT score as determinants.

where x=10*GPA, y=MCAT score

So...

and

Therefore, the partial derivatives of medical school chance w.r.t GPA and MCAT are:

and

where x=10*GPA, y=MCAT score


When x=y=1,

dR/dx=9/7 and dR/dy=9/7....

Find dR/dx and dR/dy using your GPA and MCAT score. If dR/dx and dR/dy are both less than 9/7, then your chances of getting accepted are slim. If either of dR/dx or dR/dy are less than 9/7, then your chances of getting accepted are average. If dR/dx and dR/dy are both greater than 9/7, then you will most likely be attending medical school next year 🙂.

 

[Chemdude]

So if i remove my shins I'll be good?

Now the problem of explaining that to an ADCOM...

Wouldn't removing your shins make you shorter? 😕

 

[Trexate]

Thanks for the correction!

I forgot to mention that this equation only works for males over 5'11".

Wouldn't removing your shins make you shorter? 😕

I was insinuating that my scores were not in line with your equation, thus reducing my chances to getting in to med school. By making myself shorter, I negate the validity of your equation, thereby increasing my chances again.

 

[Chemdude]

I was insinuating that my scores were not in line with your equation, thus reducing my chances to getting in to med school. By making myself shorter, I negate the validity of your equation, thereby increasing my chances again.

ohhhhhhhhhhhh............👍

 

[GTV]

Another useful method is to plot the GPA and MCAT scores for everyone in the nation who is applying along a 2D plot of MCAT vs. GPA and subtract your stats from each point. Next, normalize the data and take the 2D inverse discrete-time Fourier transform of this data to generate a spatial-domain image. If the image looks like a smiley-face, you have a decent chance. The impact of the remaining deciding factors (research, extracurriculars, LOR's, interview) can be modeled as a random process with an autocorrelation function resembling that of white noise.

 

[Chemdude]

Another useful method is to plot the GPA and MCAT scores for everyone in the nation who is applying along a 2D plot of MCAT vs. GPA and subtract your stats from each point. Next, normalize the data and take the 2D inverse discrete-time Fourier transform of this data to generate a spatial-domain image. If the image looks like a smiley-face, you have a decent chance. The impact of the remaining deciding factors (research, extracurriculars, LOR's, interview) can be modeled as a random process with an autocorrelation function resembling that of white noise.

damn...that's way too hardcore for me..

 

[dw2158]

Apparently, I don't have a shot in hell. 🙁

And you mistyped v = 2x-y.

Yay math! (even when it say's I won't get into med school)

i'm pretty sure i made a mistake in there and was too lazy to go back and correct it, but i don't have a shot either! although i'm neither male nor 5'11", so...

 

[Chuck's Right Foot]

I reversed the polarity... And it worked.

Only under 1.21 Gigawatts of power though.

 

[imer]

...

 

[Trexate]

Another useful method is to plot the GPA and MCAT scores for everyone in the nation who is applying along a 2D plot of MCAT vs. GPA and subtract your stats from each point. Next, normalize the data and take the 2D inverse discrete-time Fourier transform of this data to generate a spatial-domain image. If the image looks like a smiley-face, you have a decent chance. The impact of the remaining deciding factors (research, extracurriculars, LOR's, interview) can be modeled as a random process with an autocorrelation function resembling that of white noise.

He's turning to graph theory! Quick, someone get the tear gas!

 

[Doodl3s]

exactly how i felt reading that!

 

[Kaustikos]

I prefer "What are My Chances?" thread.

 

[Food]

I want a method using Gaussian elimination. Back to the drawing board with ye.

 

[ArkansasRanger]

hell i cant even work the formula lol

 

[rgerber85]

Jesus... followed the math, but now my eyes hurt.

 

[Trexate]

I want a method using Gaussian elimination. Back to the drawing board with ye.

Do we have to present answers in RREF?

 

[Seraph 84]

I think Schrodinger's equation is a better predictor for med school success, because we all know that the application process deals with uncertainty and probability....and some weird quantum mechanics that the adcoms secretly use at their disposal

 

[Food]

I think Schrodinger's equation is a better predictor for med school success, because we all know that the application process deals with uncertainty and probability....and some weird quantum mechanics that the adcoms secretly use at their disposal

Perturbation theory, anyone? I think there are too many factors for med school apps to be accounted for by simple application of schrodinger's...

I'd recommend time-independent, since there is no telling when, if ever, we will make it to med school.

 

[Ignition]

That's great but...aren't med schools looking for...people?

And aren't people slightly more complicated than a single (or even multiple) set of equations?

And +1 to the quantum reference above.

 

[Charles English]

a 4.0 with a 30 has no chance apparently.


or maybe i did something wrong. hmmm.

 

[loveoforganic]

Math nerds are the worst kinds of nerds >.<

 

[ksmi117]

Math nerds are the worst kinds of nerds >.<

:cry:

 

[movax]

OP: Rock on, awesome 🙂

(math minor here)

If you want to be a giant *******, you can do what I did:

1) Create a pretty looking webapp, that takes in a large amount of "sane" input (GPA, MCAT, ECs, etc).
2) Have a progress meter chug away while you crunch numbers*
2*) by chug numbers, call Math.Random() and pick a number between 1 and 100
3) Return that as the chance of acceptance to medical school.

It's so worth it.

e: Also,

does that mean when GPA = 0.1???

is that even academically possible?

Ever meet Blutarsky?

 

[EyEnStein 07]

no integration? =(

 

[GTV]

OP: Rock on, awesome 🙂

(math minor here)

If you want to be a giant *******, you can do what I did:

1) Create a pretty looking webapp, that takes in a large amount of "sane" input (GPA, MCAT, ECs, etc).
2) Have a progress meter chug away while you crunch numbers*
2*) by chug numbers, call Math.Random() and pick a number between 1 and 100
3) Return that as the chance of acceptance to medical school.

It's so worth it.

e: Also,


Ever meet Blutarsky?

👍

 

[jkurtz02]

Ever meet Blutarsky?

Zero point two... Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life, son... Mr. Blu - MR. BLUTARSKY... ZERO POINT ZERO.

 

[Narmerguy]

Math nerds are the worst kinds of nerds >.<

Have you talked to a computer science nerd recently?

 

[traumasurg]

OP:
you must have truly been bored (as you stated in your other thread) however your threads amuse me so keep
it up.

 

[loveoforganic]

:cry:

As someone mentioned, computer science nerds may take the cake. At least you math nerds usually bathe.

At any rate, chem nerds holleeeerrrr

 

[redlight]

so how long do you guys remember crap like this?

i think math is the easiest thing to forget (im guessing only math nerds who go into math careers ever remember any of this).

i cant remember anything i did freshman year.

 

[futureboy]

I just had a seizure, and now I will never be a doctor.

Thanks a lot!

My brain just melted a little...

 

[mcgyver]

i got a better one:

% chance getting in = [1-[(3-G)+(25-M)/20]/2]x exp[1/(AxH)] x R

where
G=GPA out of 4.0
M=MCAT score
R= Race, enter 1 for URM, 0.5 for white, 0.4 for asians
A= number of african babies saved
H= How hot you are on scale 1 to 999

so basically you have close to a 100% chance of getting in if you have 4.0 GPA and 45 MCAT,is URM, saved 100 african babies, and is extremely hot. but if you did not save any african babies your chance of getting in is 0.

 

[futureboy]

i got a better one:

% chance getting in = [1-[(4.0-G)/4.0-(45-M)/45]/2]xRxAxH/3

where
G=GPA out of 4.0
M=MCAT score
R= Race, enter 1 for URM, 0.5 for white, 0.4 for asians
A= number of african babies saved
H= How hot you are on scale 1 to 5

So, is H gender neutral? I would think a hot female would have an advantage over a similarly hot male.

 

[mcgyver]

So, is H gender neutral? I would think a hot female would have an advantage over a similarly hot male.

ok i modified it with added variable S


% chance getting in = [1-[(G-3)+(M-25)/20]/2]x exp[1/(AxHxS)] x R

where
G=GPA out of 4.0
M=MCAT score
R= Race, enter 1 for URM, 0.5 for white, 0.4 for asians
A= number of african babies saved
H= How hot you are on scale 1 to 999
S= 1 for males, exp(1/(H))x5 for female, the idea is if you're not particularly good-looking then it doesn't have the compounding effect.

*edit. fixed some errors. some one help me. how do you get the equation to do if gpa< 3.0 or mcat< 25 you have 0 chance? i'm too tired to think anymore...

 

[EnemaFairy]

After months of trying to find an adequate equation for determining medical school chances, I have developed an equation that determines medical school chances using GPA and MCAT score as determinants.

where x=10*GPA, y=MCAT score

So...

and

Therefore, the partial derivatives of medical school chance w.r.t GPA and MCAT are:

and

where x=10*GPA, y=MCAT score


When x=y=1,

dR/dx=9/7 and dR/dy=9/7....

Find dR/dx and dR/dy using your GPA and MCAT score. If dR/dx and dR/dy are both less than 9/7, then your chances of getting accepted are slim. If either of dR/dx or dR/dy are less than 9/7, then your chances of getting accepted are average. If dR/dx and dR/dy are both greater than 9/7, then you will most likely be attending medical school next year

😱 code blue!!! code blue!!!

 

[WilsonFan]

Just spent 10 minutes trying to do this with a crappy 1970s calculator and gave up. So I'm just going to assume it says I'm going to be accepted, because any other scenario would mean I'd fail.

Game theory is so useful for the psyche!

 

[LuciusVorenus]

After months of trying to find an adequate equation for determining medical school chances, I have developed an equation that determines medical school chances using GPA and MCAT score as determinants.

where x=10*GPA, y=MCAT score

So...

and

Therefore, the partial derivatives of medical school chance w.r.t GPA and MCAT are:

and

where x=10*GPA, y=MCAT score


When x=y=1,

dR/dx=9/7 and dR/dy=9/7....

Find dR/dx and dR/dy using your GPA and MCAT score. If dR/dx and dR/dy are both less than 9/7, then your chances of getting accepted are slim. If either of dR/dx or dR/dy are less than 9/7, then your chances of getting accepted are average. If dR/dx and dR/dy are both greater than 9/7, then you will most likely be attending medical school next year 🙂.

I may have forgotten my multivariable so don't make fun of me if I'm wrong , but shouldn't there be a &#8706; in there when you're calculating dr/dx and dr/dy. GOOD MCAT PREP! (although this won't even be on there 🙁)

Edit: By the way, I'm glad someone else shares my affinity for camels.