Biology at Cornell

[norcalguy]

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Personally I had a 35+ and a 3.9+, applied to 22 schools, and was only accepted to 3 schools, all ranked in the middle. I’m from NYC and a lot of the top 25 schools I applied to didn’t even bother interviewing me (Mt sinai, cornell).

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<p>I think that reflects inadequacies in your application, not the fact you went to Cornell. Med school admissions is more than just numbers. You aren’t owed an interview simply for having a good GPA and MCAT score. </p>

<p>I had a 3.9+ and 35+ from Cornell and I interviewed at 4 out of the top 10 med schools in the country and 7-8 Top 20 medical schools.</p>

<p>And regarding what the ■■■■■ said above:</p>

<p>Amherst’s acceptance rate is 79%, not “close to 100%”
<a href=“http://www3.amherst.edu/~sageorge/outcomes.html[/url]”>http://www3.amherst.edu/~sageorge/outcomes.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>And the Amherst data is from 2000-2004 when med school admissions was easier. Over the same time frame, Cornell had acceptance rates of 76%, 79%, 81%, 76%, and 77%. Virtually identical if we’re comparing apples to apples.</p>

<p>Re: grade inflation
Amherst’s average GPA in 2006 was 3.48. Hardly, “85% A’s”
<a href=“http://www.gradeinflation.com/Amherst.html[/url]”>http://www.gradeinflation.com/Amherst.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Cornell’s GPA in 2006 was 3.36. Slightly lower but not by much.
<a href=“http://www.gradeinflation.com/cornell.html[/url]”>http://www.gradeinflation.com/cornell.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;