<p>Look, I never said that I could PROVE that MD/PhD's are getting in with lower GPA's. I too probably suspect that the gap is small. My point is that the data clearly does not disprove what I have been saying. </p>
<p>And even that is not the real issue, as that is all just quibbling. My point is that different adcoms apply different criteria to their candidates. There are people who will find it actually EASIER to get into an MD/PhD program than into an MD program. That's a point that I really don't think is disputable. Maybe there's not a lot of these people. I don't know. But I don't think anybody can seriously deny that this sometimes happens. That's what happens when you have different adcoms with different people on them, tasked with a different mission.</p>