<p>Some schools, many from what I hear, wont give recs to students that they feel wont get in. I can see their point in a sense,why go through it all if they know the outcome will be grim, but there are doctor’s out there that didn’t have perfect GPA’s and MCAT scores.
I know Holy Cross told my daughter’s friend, A- or look into maybe doing something else. You should ask the professors, they know how hard it is to apply. HC does have excellent admission rates though.
(Note the rec importance)</p>
<p>From their site:
10. How successful are Holy Cross students who apply to medical and dental school?</p>
<p>Holy Cross applicants have done exceptionally well in gaining admission to medical school. In each of the last 10 years, for example, Holy Cross applicants to medical school have been accepted at approximately twice the national acceptance rate. For the entering classes of 1998-2002, 87% of Holy Cross applicants were accepted into at least one medical school. (Keep in mind applicants first gained a recommendation from the program committee.) Almost everyone who received committee support for application to dental school, optometry school, or podiatry school is accepted. Over a 10 year period, Holy Cross averaged about 50-55 students a year who went on to health professional schools. In the past several years, we have had at least one student accepted at each of the following list of medical schools.
<a href=“http://academics.holycross.edu/healthprofessions/schools[/url]”>http://academics.holycross.edu/healthprofessions/schools</a></p>