<p>Hi, from what I hear, there's a practice of undergrad schools to use LOR's, premed committee letters, etc... to prevent/discourage some students to apply to medical school (so as to maximize acceptance rate).</p>
<p>However, I wasn't able to google a list of schools that practices such policy. Do you know if Harvard, Yale, Princeton, MIT, Cornell, Stanford or any other ivies do that practice?</p>
<p>Also, which schools practice such policy? (Can we start a list for everyone...)</p>
<p>1) No place is going to advertise that fact.
2) While I’m certain the practice does occur, it’s going to be hard to get solid data on it. You’re relying on students who go the “rejection” committee letter to report it…
3) In one sense, there’s really nothing wrong with telling candidates who CLEARLY are poor candidates not to apply, but my problem is the practice in assessing those candidates who are borderline. Then it becomes a conflict of interest.
4) Having a committee shouldn’t deter you from going to any school if it’s the right school for you, the important point is that you shouldn’t use med school acceptance rates as part of your assessment of schools. </p>
<p>A student with a much lower GPA can still insist on having their application sent to the committee, yet Fishbein stressed this will most likely reflect badly in their recommendation,</p>