Here is an older thread describing the medical school application reading process at one medical school. This is after the initial automated sorting (GPA, MCAT, …) into priority groups for human application reading, and is used to further sort applicants into priority levels for interviews that occur afterward.
Now that my and the residency programs’ rank lists are submitted, I’m essentially untouchable (although I could still be identified and I’d like to not tank my career before it starts). As a 4th year med student, I had the opportunity to work in admissions for straight MD (I had previously done interviews and sat in on ad com meetings for the MD/PhD program) and chose to be a primary reader for apps because as I mentioned above, I never saw how applicants were evaluated pre-interview. I saw a good chunk of apps and wanted to present a little insight into what I saw of the process from the other side as the primary reader a la LizzyM. Like LizzyM, I am at a USNWR top 20 medical school and I represent just one of many readers at one of many medical schools.
The Process
Apps would get sent to me in bunches via our electronic system for me to read and evaluate. I had a set of questions I needed to answer about the apps ranging from GPA/MCAT to questions about extracurriculars, personal a…
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