| The Meds schools know which universities/colleges are known for inflated GPAs and which are known for grade deflation, such as Furman. They have a "method" of adjusting the GPA's of candidates to account for the difficulty level of the schools. I have heard (rumor mill stuff here) that the med school admission boards add points to a Furman GPA when reviewing admissions to account for the deflation at Furman. Similarly, the admission boards subtract points from those schools with known inflation (some of the Ivies are among this latter group). That being said, I'm not sure why the admission rates are at only 70% unless it has more to do with the fact that a larger percentage of Furman students apply to med school than at other schools. You'll have to ask Furman about that, and I would if you are concerned.
I think kelsmom above has hit on an excellent point about this. Many Furman students are the children of medical and legal professionals, I suspect, and by percentage, they may apply in larger (percentage-wise) numbers to med school. |