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that's interesting i've seen that page before but i couldn't care less about a social scene, i was thinking more along the lines of grade inflation
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<p>....i hate u.....</p>
<p>when u go into things with this mentality it doesnt end well....and of course you would want advice from sakky who looks for any way to "play" the system...all he will say is go to a community college or something......</p>
<p>u make me sick</p>
<p>Shraf, do you go to Columbia?</p>
<p>........yes</p>
<p>I thought so, the liberalism is oozing from your posts! hehe :)</p>
<p>Hopefully, in 4 years I can attend Columbia.</p>
<p>actually i dont categorize myslef as a liberal at all....i'm a moderate independant....</p>
<p>I dont see how any of my posts seem "liberal"...i'm just speaking from experience and common sense.</p>
<p>well said....</p>
<p>Shraf, either your dumb or stupid because someone going to an IVY LEAGUE should be the LAST person complaining about gaming the system. Those freaken privates are so corrupt, so why not outplay the players. With their legacy system and development admits, why shouldn't we play the system?</p>
<p>Confused,</p>
<p>1.) First, college admissions in general are corrupt. That doesn't give us an excuse to become cynical and play the system. Just because Republicans use corrupt lobbyists, does that give the Democrats an excuse to do the same?</p>
<p>2.) One question for you. If GPA is all that matters about a school, then why do Duke students with lower average GPAs get into better schools than the national average, even when controlling for MCAT scores?</p>
<p>Okay, so there's a second question: if numbers are all that matter - why didn't I even receive interviews from some schools? (Even ones that didn't ask for secondary essays?) I was nearly 8 "magic number" points above Harvard's average - so why no interview?</p>
<p>PS: I'm not questioning Harvard's decision, just pointing out that they care about more than GPA and MCAT score.</p>
<p>Is it even possible to get 8 magic number pts. above HMS's average? Wouldn't you need like a 4.0 and a 41?</p>
<p>Hi Norcal - I double checked - I'm actually only 5.3 points above their index ("magic number"). My fault for not checking - their average MCAT score seems to have gone up over the past couple years.</p>
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<p>Still, to be 5.3 points above their average and not even receive an interview? They clearly care about more than GPA and MCAT score.</p>
<p>I think the point still stands.</p>
<p><a href="http://mdapplicants.com/%5B/url%5D">http://mdapplicants.com/</a> </p>
<p>this site shows yo uthat its nearly complete luck even if you match a schools statistics. The med school admission process is 50% luck and 50% stats. Without the stats you have zero chance, with them you have some.</p>
<p>Oh, nonsense. The process is NOT 50% luck and 50% stats. You're completely ignoring extracurriculars, interviews, secondary essays, all those components.</p>
<p>Randomness - luck, if you will - is of course present. But half? No way. Absolutely not.</p>
<p>Don't use an unverified website with self-selected profiles to make decisions like this.</p>
<p>harvard will look at an OSU med school canidate! dr rey went to harvard med from ASU and thats much wosre of a school than OSU</p>
<p>I think you should ask yourself where you want to go, because college is not only the place where you're going to take pre-med classes (and others), but it's the place where you're going to have to live for the next 4 years.</p>
<p>No one on here knows how smart and good at studying you are; maybe Johns Hopkins pre-med would be a breeze for you, maybe you'd get crushed. I know I'm glad I'm at a school thats comparatively easy because my study skills need some serious refinement.</p>
<p>My advice is to chart a comparison of all the schools you're looking at and weigh the differences; school size, class size, urban or rural, etc. A lot of school's may seem similar when you're checking them out but once you visit and really lay out the facts you start to see differences.</p>
<p>Hopkins is a terrific school if you plan to go to medschool, and its liberal arts program is very competent to leave you options. True it is ultra-competitive, but if medicine is truly what you want to do, Hopkins is the place to be; it's where medicine happens...</p>