<p>sakky,</p>
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Some people who would have gotten admitted to the MD/PhD program would not have gotten admitted to the regular MD program.
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<p>This is an awfully broad statement, don't you think? We could say that about almost any field with a similar pool. The point is, the admits to the MD/PhD programs seem to have both the stats that would get them into an MD program (high GPA, high MCAT) AS WELL AS the stats that would get them into a PhD program (research experience, high GPA.) The only thing that seems to be lacking for most of them is GRE scores, but I think we can agree that the MCAT is a fairly decent metric on its own.</p>