Easiest med schools M.D/D.O schools to get into

kristin5792
Sun, 09 Sep 2012 20:55:16 +0000

^Sure, it’s unfair, but there’s nothing out there that says med school admissions must be fair. It’s a bummer that it’s so much a crap shoot, but really, it is.

And Brian, I’m intrigued by some of your insights. Are you a med student? Sometimes I get the impression you are, other times I don’t. Just curious–don’t answer if you don’t want to.

It’s interesting to me that some people here think 45% overall acceptance rate is reasonable and others think it’s obscenely low and still others don’t care. I personally think it’s low but I don’t think that’s problematic because I think it’s quite reasonable to be very selective when choosing future doctors.



If you aren’t an idiot, you will be fine as long as you are realistic with target schools.



In general, I disagree with this point because I believe there is much more to the admissions process than grades and test scores. There’s a link to a paper from the AAMC floating around on this board about the qualities an adcom values, and it’s not surprising to me that personality plays a huge role in deciding whom to accept. It’s clear that test scores and grades are necessary but not sufficient for admission, so determining that you’re a “shoo in” somewhere because you hit specific grade and GPA marks is probably not in your best interest.