2010-2011 Med school applicants and their parents

<p>Georgia has 3 med schools and I don’t know how much he wants to go to MCG and he didn’t list Mercer. That leaves Emory.</p>

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<p>lol. It’s still funny.</p>

<p>A more precise answer as to why I did that : my seat of the pants statistics tells me that the hurdle thrown up by the separate TX app system makes the 10% OOS group somewhat/a little bit less competitive than it would be otherwise. And he had Baylor on the list and if he’s willing to go to Houston, the rest of Texas is a cake-walk (should seem like Heaven). That and the fact that the Boston, Philly, NYC, Chicago, and DC locations seem to be inordinately favored by med students. If I wanted a top 50-ish mid-tier I’d rather try the TX schools I mentioned (other than UT-SW- a top 20 school) .</p>

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<p>What was this a response to? Sorry I didn’t really pick up what you are saying about Emory here.</p>

<p>To me, I’d say it is MCG or a really good (probably top tier) med school. I think I would be pretty happy at MCG, it is cheap for me, close to home, in Georgia, etc. I’m not sure if it is worth it to pony up an additional 30k at least to attend a slightly higher ranked school, if it is not tier 1, and have to go through additional hurdles like adapting to a new city, etc.</p>

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That was my D’s theory exactly. In-State school or one of her favorites (many of which were top 25 , but not all).</p>

<p>And it was a direct response to this

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<p>It didn’t - apologies if mine sounded critical.</p>

<p>I do agree with eadad that your current list is too top-heavy, but you’ve gotten some good advice from Curm, et al.</p>

<p>Texan schools are only a small sample of the 133 accredited med schools in the country. Most students are not from Texas and most applicants do not apply to Texan med schools either…I do not get the whole TEXAS focus, people. The only students interested in going to Texan schools happen to live there…Let’s get more general, please…</p>

<p>There is no need to focus here. It is very valuable to hear various details of everybody’s special situations. We learn collecting beats and peices of personal experiences. The general information could be researched on internet very easily and thru contacting Ad Coms of Med. Schools (D. has done her share of this, they are very willing to answer any questions). Also, there are pre-med advisors at all UG. Here we share whatever comes to mind, I would say it is more brainstorming than any focused discussion, and it is very valuable.</p>

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:confused: Gee. I thought that was the point. The barrier for admissions make some schools less app heavy. That’s a good thing. Try to see the big picture. Myopia is NOT a good thing. But if it works for you, by all means, go for it.</p>

<p>And BTW, they asked for advice on their school list . I gave it. So sue me.</p>

<p>From the 2009-2010 MSAR </p>

<p>GWU- USNews Research Rank 66</p>

<p>OOS applicants 12572
OOS interviews 923</p>

<p>UTHSCSA - US News Research Rank 55</p>

<p>OOS applicants 590
OOS interviews 100</p>

<p>It’s just math. ;)</p>

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<p>Sorry, I thought you were a girl as well. For me it is the name, I mean Lolly does rhyme with Molly, Holly and Dolly! :)</p>

<p>It’s a username I made up when I was in elementary school (I was on the internet when I was REALLY young) so it is kind of silly. But I never had a real reason to change it.</p>

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<p>because your username sounds like a chic’s username. Lolly is very feminine lol.</p>

<p>Lolly: Don’t forget to check the admissions percentages of your school list. Some schools, despite relatively low MCAT scores, have inordinately low admissions percentages. That tells me that they do a lot of screening on other factors (such as likelihood of attendance). Back in my cycle a few years ago, Wake, BU, Georgetown, and Mayo were all in this group. I would have applied but eliminated them for this reason.</p>

<p>Choosing to apply to TX can be a good choice, my Dd got two TX interviews. TX has slightly lower stats for MCAT, TX has a separate app, so you get rid of some of the OOS riffraff who won’t take the time.</p>

<p>Some one from the south (GA) may be an appealing OOS student for TX.</p>

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<p>Why would someone from the south.</p>

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<p>This holds true for Texas Tech, Texas A&M, UTSA and UTMB, and to a somewhat lesser extent at UT Houston…it’s definitely NOT the case at UTSW or Baylor unless you are a URM.</p>

<p>Remember however that the state schools are legally bound to enroll 90% instate so it’s really anyone’s guess if the competition is different as an OOS applicant for the remaining 10% of spots available. It may be easier due to the separate app as mudge indicates but I’ve not seen anything concrete that supports that…it is an interesting thought however.</p>

<p>If you’re willing to do the separate app, it’s certainly a well calculated gamble/effort.</p>

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<p>Nah…That’s just one of the things that is really wrong with our country…Such a sue trigger society…</p>

<p>And BTW curm, I was indeed diagnosed with myopia at age 7, and surprisingly it has really worked for me so far…Let’s keep discussing Texan schools…!</p>

<p>Update: D1 got her MCAT score. She got a 36 (with a 14 in physical science–no surprise she’s a math and physics major). She is now revising her list. So far her only “must apply” school is our state medical school: Univ. New Mexico.</p>