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confidentialcoll · 04-08-2008, 06:43 PM

albionguy, check your facts before entirely mouthing off. I say this because you, like me have no facts whatsoever to back up what you're saying. I never said I had facts, I was making an estimation under uncertainty, I shouldn't be prevented from posting just because I haven't found absolute truth.

There is little to no causal link between having a postbacc program and GS students getting into the top 5-10 medschools. Getting into those schools is extremely competitive, and as your college falls away from the top, the proportion of your class getting in decreases exponentially. as can be seen with the rankings - just look at columbia and barnard: 7.14 vs 1.87, for two 'similar' schools that students like to claim there is little difference between, you're nearly 4 times as likely to get into a top 15 professional program out of Columbia.

My reasoning is that with a 36%(higher than barnard) acceptance rate (and little self-selection to weed out the less than stellar applicant) GS is likely significantly easier to get into than CC or seas. Also students might not be as academically prowessed, possessing other 'real world' skills to compensate. On top of that, in my experience GS students tend to be less professionally geared.

No offense to GS (or Barnard) at all, they're great students and the GS school is a good one. I'm just explaining why GS might negatively affect the rankings, and why the rankings might underestimate one's real chance at getting into top med/law/bus programs graduating from CC.

04-08-2008, 06:43 PM	#6
confidentialcoll Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Threads: 3 Posts: 949	albionguy, check your facts before entirely mouthing off. I say this because you, like me have no facts whatsoever to back up what you're saying. I never said I had facts, I was making an estimation under uncertainty, I shouldn't be prevented from posting just because I haven't found absolute truth. There is little to no causal link between having a postbacc program and GS students getting into the top 5-10 medschools. Getting into those schools is extremely competitive, and as your college falls away from the top, the proportion of your class getting in decreases exponentially. as can be seen with the rankings - just look at columbia and barnard: 7.14 vs 1.87, for two 'similar' schools that students like to claim there is little difference between, you're nearly 4 times as likely to get into a top 15 professional program out of Columbia. My reasoning is that with a 36%(higher than barnard) acceptance rate (and little self-selection to weed out the less than stellar applicant) GS is likely significantly easier to get into than CC or seas. Also students might not be as academically prowessed, possessing other 'real world' skills to compensate. On top of that, in my experience GS students tend to be less professionally geared. No offense to GS (or Barnard) at all, they're great students and the GS school is a good one. I'm just explaining why GS might negatively affect the rankings, and why the rankings might underestimate one's real chance at getting into top med/law/bus programs graduating from CC. Last edited by confidentialcoll : 04-08-2008 at 06:50 PM.