<p>i started looking at it today, but all i see is who got into where, waitlisted, etc for a specific school.</p>
<p>What i want to find is what kind of students from ucsd (im going there this fall) get accepted into what kind of schools. is there a way i can find this? thanks</p>
<p>You can do a search by undergraduate institution on the mdapplicants.com site.</p>
<p>oh thanks,</p>
<p>Ive been looking around at some profiles and at times, their acceptances/rejections seem kinda random..is it supposed to be like that? is it b/c lots of soft factors play into med school admission (ie: recs, essays, ECs, interview)? looking at stats alone, sometimes I am suprised they got turned down somewhere when someone else with lower stats made it.</p>
<p>That's just the way things go. Generally, obviously, the higher the GPA/MCAT the better of course (3.8+ and 35+ for top schools). But the other factors (like quality of recs, interviews, personal statements, etc.) you really can't discern from the profiles. They're interesting to look at but don't put too much stock in them.</p>
<p>Don't forget, the single most important component of the process is race. Actually, I find that the website is quite predictable when you consider that.</p>
<p>bluedevilmike, can u elaborate on "race"..do u mean they like URMs? and how do u "predict"? </p>
<p>I am taiwanese american, so i dont know how that will hurt/help me</p>
<p>MDapplicants.com has a listing for race at the top of its pages.</p>
<p>Race is used in this process similarly to how it's used in the undergrad process. I think the magnitude may be slightly less strong.</p>
<p>I don't care what people say. Where you go for undergrad matters. I checked so many profiles (on the abovementiond web page). Kids form "regular schools" get into 1-2 low ranked schools at best and the kids from Yale have like 6-7 acceptances with at least 2 top 10 schools even with limited research or clinical experience.</p>
<p>That's what I've always thought. Do bear in mind, of course, that for a properly controlled observation, you'd have to control for the quality of the students.</p>
<p>But I've always thought that some specific factors mattered a great deal. I run through a list of some of them here:
<a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=147457%5B/url%5D">http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=147457</a></p>
<p>I mean, the process in general is so astonishingly advising sensitive, honestly. For example, your apps are actually due in June, even though med schools tell you to send them in by late October or November. How would you know that without a solid advising system?</p>
<p>WOW. Are you serious? I have received no premedical advising whatsoever.</p>
<p>Med schools are far more interested in the well-roundedness of the student than other grad schools. They want interesting people who have done cool things and are passionate. In that sense, med school admissions are a bit like undergrad admissions, except you need to limit your ECs to one or two things you're really involved in. They also seem to really like travel experience, for some reason. And your interview is very heavily considered, much more so than in any other kind of school.</p>