Education major and Med School?

bluebayou
Wed, 27 Jun 2012 19:42:21 +0000

There are some other non-EC related academic awards that are granted well before the graduation. If a student got one of these, (s)he may know (s)he is likely among the “better” students in the major (s)he is in. This is because only a fraction of the students within this major may get it.



Just to beat a dead horse (bcos I have the time), I would submit that it still doesn’t matter. The ‘top’ Chem student (as determined by the silver chalice that was presented at graduation) is likely going to grad school, not necessarily professional school. But even so, a typical STEM course awards ~15% A’s. One does not need to be in the top 5% to earn an A. Even being in the second decile (11-15%) will still earn a 4.0.



Don’t get me started on the rumor that, at a certain school, about half of the graduating class are graduated with honors every year.



In the old days, ~80% of that certain college graduated with honors. :D

Of course, that is why such does not matter. At some colleges, Phi Beta Kappa is top 10%, at others its top 4%. Of course med adcoms know the difference.