<p>@class1417, although I do not have such an experience, I suspect how much it would impact on admissions will depend on the colleges. On one hand, the colleges like to see an upward, rather than downward, trend of grades, most of the offers probably would have been given or decided before the midyear school reports get to the colleges. I think the midyear reports are supposed to be in sometimes in February and taking into account how slow they will go through the system to eventually get to the candidates’ file, the admissions panel may not have the chance to see them before making their decision.</p>
<p>Thanks IMGDAD, I am hoping they do not see mid-year report. S has perfect SAT, almost perfect GPA first three years. It will be a shame if he mess up at last minute. He was busy putting together a concert, and he must thought second quarter grades comes out after application deadline, so it does matter… awh</p>
<p>Got the admission to Drexel EA.</p>
<p>Gentlemen: let us NOT kid ourselves…EVERY program wants to see the MID YEAR REPORT…of course they want to and need to as they are looking to see a RIGOROUS course load AND continuity of excellence. They want to see that students aspire and achieve high grades at all times and NOT coast at first opportunity. Would YOU like to visit a physician who COASTED through the last year in PATHOLOGY because he had already gotten into his residency of choice? They are only doing their DUE DILIGENCE…</p>
<p>@tropixx, what you have said is generally true but many colleges and programs have NOT asked for midyear report, especially those that you apply directly to the colleges.</p>
<p>The mid year report is required around February by all common app schools and not specific to BS/MD.</p>
<p>When the high school sends off their info with the initial application doesn’t it show the courses being taken in the senior year? I would think that shows rigor of courses in senior yr. My D has friends in a combined program who got B’s in their senior yr but I don’t know if it was 1st or 2nd semester.</p>
<p>Everyone is talking like no student should get a B grade. If that is the case, you would expect that all the applicants have a 4.0 and yet this is not the case, suggesting that students have got B grades sometimes in their high school career.</p>
<p>The expectations are not uniform across schools. </p>
<p>If someone is applying to NU HPME or Brown PLME, a couple of Bs in mid year report might sink the app if the person applied with all As upto that point. However, if they are being called for interviews with Bs or lower already in some subjects, those schools are clearly saying that the grades are acceptable.</p>
<p>The thing to remember - the colleges still want you to do your best in the final year while you are going through the app/interview process by using their stick.</p>
<p>I am not condemning a “B” but as we know…the vast majority of these students are near “A” and each one is well aware of the dreaded “B” as it brings down GPA and sometimes class rank. Again, these programs are very NUMBERS conscious: hard SAT cutoffs, % class standing…if our children were not well aware of the UNDERLYING, they would NOT be in this game! Schools know this, thrive on it and what better indicator of performance than PAST performance and the HARD NUMBERS(letters) associated with that performance! I remember my son coming back from his Rochester interview when the admissions officer responded to a question posed by a student,“Is it more favorable to get an “B” in AP Calculus or an A in HONORS Calculus?”…The Director of Admissions responded," Thats an easy one, get an “A” in AP Calculus"…ENOUGH SAID !!</p>
<p>IMGDAD</p>
<p>I spoke to Jonathan Squires of Rosemont College admissions and there are over 60 applicants for the BS/MD program. So odds are still better than most but not as rosy as was informed to your child at interview.</p>
<p>“I spoke to Jonathan Squires of Rosemont College admissions and there are over 60 applicants for the BS/MD program. So odds are still better than most but not as rosy as was informed to your child at interview.”</p>
<p>Only part that is relevant is how many get forwarded and not how many applied. I don’t see a discrepancy here that 60 applied but only 10 get forwarded.</p>
<p>Jonathan stated he wont be forwarding the applications to Drexel until early January. Not sure if the 10 apps forwarded was misspeak by interviewer at Rosemont.</p>
<p>There is always a predetermined number to forward since Drexel won’t want to interview 60 candidates to pick 2 or 5. </p>
<p>The ratio is usually 3 to 4 interviewees per seat available. That is the point of shortlisting before submitting the list to interview.</p>
<p>Not according to Jonathan. Drexel decides from all candidates who gets interviews. Rosemont has “pre-interview” for all 3+4 program candidates.</p>
<p>I highly doubt that process. </p>
<p>The whole point of applying to a specific undergrad institution is to optimize your chances of getting into an MD program and ensuring that one of the schools picks to send you on to the MD school for an interview. If Drexel is picking who they want to interview for each school and the school forwards the entire list, then the process has completely lost its meaning.</p>
<p>@texaspg, It looks like different UG schools do it differently. Widener University, for their BS-MD program with Temple University, this year called for interview all candidates who met their stated eligibility requirements. They then forwarded to Temple Med School all those that attended the interview (20 applicants), from which Temple Med School called 10 for interview.</p>
<p>Duquesne Univ, on the other hand, seems to do a preselection and call only a limited number for interview. I am not clear (yet) how Rosemont does it.</p>
<p>For those of you who applied to St. Bonaventure/George Washington program, did you guys receive interview notifications? I recall that the admissions counselor said we should know by the “end of this week”</p>
<p>texaspg, Just reporting what I was told. Maybe I misunderstood what was stated but I don’t think so. Ten submissions to Drexel for 7 spots is a bit low don’t you think?</p>
<p>rlpak14…you are absolutely correct…RIDICULOUS is a better word! Those numbers/odds border on the irresponsible.</p>