<p>Shining, a lot depends on your state, but the rule of thumb is MCAT no less than 30 and GPA not less than 3.5, but those are usually viewed as the minimums…and yet there are people on this forum with lower scores who are successful medical students. You have to craft the very best application you can, don’t focus on just numbers.</p>
<p>A lot depends on your state of residence. In some states that have state medical schools that take only or mostly in-state, it’s much easier to be accepted. In other states, particularly California, its much more difficult. </p>
<p>D’s grades and MCAT score put her in the top 1% on the AMCAS grid. She also had stellar ECs. She has two acceptances, but she was rejected from some schools pre-interview. There is no such thing as a sure thing when it comes to med school admissions.</p>
<p>Yesterday was a roller coaster day for DD. She was notified she was placed on 2 waitlists (boo!) followed by an acceptance late in the evening. I dont know about you guys but I will be glad when this med school process is over. Sheesh.</p>
<p>Thanks all for your responses! Brown , mdapplicants.com is very useful indeed, thanks a lot!</p>
<p>spring,
Congrats! You have a reason to celebrate, smile, it is entertaining after all!!
It gets intense in Med. School. Relax for now. You will need all your strenght and ability to keep your kid cool and relaxed. Lots of very intense people out there. It is not that easy. It has not been easy. Not that anybody complains about academic level and intensity of what needs to be done, goals to be reached…It is an emotional side that I believe affects girls more than boys. It is almost another layer of obstacles that sometime seem to be so unfair. They have the brain to deal with it, but girls’ hormones are contradicting their brains (sometime). Anyway, currently, we are close to run out of the minutes on the cells.</p>
<p>Wonderful news, spring162, about the acceptance. Sorry about the waitlists. If your D chooses to remain on them, here’s hoping that there will be better news from these schools before long. We parents can console ourselves with the thought that the application-year roller coaster will be all but forgotten as our kids begin their medical studies in earnest next summer.</p>
<p>Urbangardener, this is her 2nd acceptance so she is lucky to have a choice. We realize that having one is a big blessing that not everyone gets. The whole process is just nuts in that, like TatinG stated, knowing her stats, I am surprised by the waitlists from some schools. Such a different game than undergrad applications. Oh well, we are firm believers in where she ends up is exactly where she is supposed to be so just excited to know where that will be! Praying for driving distance if Momma’s wishes are taken into account LOL.</p>
<p>spring162 - Adding my Congratulations! to your daughter and your family.</p>
<p>Thanks hrh! State school acceptance arrived at our home yesterday so I got to open it for D. So far, acceptances are all from the Midwest. My D, who prefers to identify as a southerner now, is praying hard for a warm weather school to come through in light of our current weather. She hates the snow LOL.</p>
<p>Congrats to Spring’s D. Sending good vibes for a warm weather school acceptance to come her way.</p>
<p>Accepted to “dream” school yesterday. :D</p>
<p>It’s going to be an agonizing decision process before the April deadline, but for now, I’m just happy. :)</p>
<p>Happy Holidays everyone. I’ll check back in when I decide where I’m going.</p>
<p>Enjoy your moment, plum–you’ve earned it! Heartiest congratulations!</p>
<p>Plum, congrats!
If they have Second Look events, I strongly recommend. D’s decision flipped after she attended them at both of her “finals”</p>
<p>Plum and Spring’s D, Congrats!</p>
<p>Congrats Plum and Spring’s D.</p>
<p>Congrats to Plum! Hard work paying off. Thanks for the good wishes everyone.</p>
<p>Congrats Plumazul and Spring!!!</p>
<p>And good luck to all taking finals this week and next!!</p>
<p>Miami, not so sure I agree with this. Do you have sons too or only daughters?
Guys can be much, much more sensitive than society allows them to be. But that doesn’t necessarily mean they don’t feel it. And sometimes they feel it very, very hard.</p>
<p>Congratulations plum and spring!</p>
<p>limabeans,
One S., one D. one GrandS. one GrandD, H. and DIL and me (female), all follow the same rule based on the fact that we have different hormones (it is a factm not opinion, correct? Our hormones are different). All were raised by the same - I did not allow anybody to cry. No crying babies here, not a single one. It does not mean that they do not feel anything. They all do, they all have great control (develped by “no crying” rule at home). However, it does not mean that girls’s emotions do not fly much higher than boys. And who is doing “putting down”? In most cases (not all) - males.<br>
These are facts. Testosterone has a very different effect on the emotional status than estrogen.
I just wish that girls are not designed this way. But if they were not, who knows if mankind would survive at all. Mothers have to be extra sensitive…but it is a stuglle for them personally</p>
<p>maybe i’ve been liberal brain washed, but while there are differences between the male and female brain stemming from in utero hormone exposures, I believe that psychology and social interactions with the outside world have a much larger impact on a person’s psyche, personality, and emotional maturity than sex specific hormones.</p>