med school acceptance rates and LIES

Pre-Med & Medical School Pre-Med Topics
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<p>I've seen so many people on CC saying, 'Oh, this school has 90% acceptance rate!!"</p>

<p>and guess what, that's a bunch of ********. This seems to contradict what alot of ppl are saying in this forum, but I have two points to back this up:
1) my own, personal opinion (not so important)
2) their REAL HARD stats RIGHT ON THE SCHOOLS' OFFICIAL WEBSITE.</p>

<p>1) IMO, NO SCHOOL ACHIEVES 90%, because med school largely depends on the individual applicants. National, AAMC-generated stats indicate that if you have high GPA and MCAT, you generally have a high chance of getting into a med school. Evidence right here (<a href="http://www.medsci.pomona.edu/ppt/selecting%20medical%20schools%2011.pdf%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.medsci.pomona.edu/ppt/selecting%20medical%20schools%2011.pdf&lt;/a> look through the slides u'll find the grid. AND LOOK AT THE MED SCHOOL ADMIT FACTORS... college selectivity is ranked as "considered")
It is true that more selective schools have better acceptance rates. BUT NOT BECAUSE THE SCHOOL IS BETTER, (well okay sorry it DOES matter, but that's not the MAIN reason.) The real reason is because by VIRTUE OF U GETTING in to those good schools, you've already proven that you could do work and therefore there's a higher chance that you will do better on GPA and MCAT and therefore there's a higher chance you will get into med school. </p>

<p>2) that's IMO, and you guys are welcome to totally disagree with that and call me a lier. Whatever. BUT ARE YOU GOING TO DISAGREE WITH WHAT THE SCHOOL SAYS? </p>

<pre><code> Pomona - people say they have 90% plus acceptance rate. While I really like this school, their website certainly disagrees with that statement. http://www.medsci.pomona.edu/ppt/selecting%20medical%20schools%2011.pdf look thru the slide and u'll find it.

John Hopkins - 93% according to some on this forum. Sorry, but BS. JHU Pre-Professional Advising ehh... MORE LIKE 63 PERCENT PPLS.

UPENN - this one i'm not sure. They say it's 84 %, but on the same website, diff. link, they say it's 71 percent. STILL GOOD, but BS FOR THE 90% MYTHS. Career Services, University of Pennsylvania

Swarthmore - I love this school but... it says it's 80% when it's actually 75%.

UCLA - more like 58 %.... Overview of 2010

WUSTL - they say 90%... more like 71 percent. http://medprep.wustl.edu/files/medprep/Pre-Health_Handbook.pdf on last page
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<p>and there are some other schools that LIE but I'm too tired right now to type:(</p>

<p>Of course, for all of you more experienced folks out there, FEEL FREE TO CORRECT ME, I MAY BE WRONG. but I just want to say that the 90% myths are ****s. Hope I didn't offend anyone :P</p>

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<p>FWIW, I’m pretty sure I’ve never seen anyone on this forum quote a stat about med school acceptance rates for undergrad without the qualifier that they understand that the data is easily fudged…</p>

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<p>It’s all lies, especially at schools that write committee letters. Swarthmore was infamous for its “100%” acceptance rate a few years ago, because they forced everyone who wasn’t a sure thing to take time off.</p>

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<p>^^My favorite is Holy Cross which practically restricts students from even being premed. If you are not accepted into their premed advising program, you will not receive a letter, which can be the kiss of death to an applicant, and you might not even be able to take the premed prereqs if they are full. (Priority registration goes to majors and “approved” premeds.)</p>

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<p>i wanna be brown, </p>

<p>maybe your’re right. I don’t know, but some people DO post those stats as if they actually believe it… </p>

<p>i could send u the links to the posts if you want.</p>

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<p>monkeybear,</p>

<p>my point is that I assumed your post was meant to be some big unveiling of how everyone here runs around with the wool pulled over their eyes regarding undergrads’ pre-med stats. My point is that you aren’t saying anything new.</p>

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<p>nope :slight_smile: no big unveiling here, the dramatic tone was cuz i was ****ed at several CC ppl regarding stats as the only thing in the world</p>

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<p>There are constantly uninformed members who cite the Med school acceptance rates for UG schools as a reason to attend/not attend. When I see these threads on the other forums, I always move them here because on this forum they will be told that those metrics are calculated many ways and are not reliable factors to use for selecting an UG school.</p>