gaming the system....well...yeah

busdriver11
Wed, 16 Mar 2011 17:23:25 +0000

“Doing it once to make up for lack of skill gained in high school=a good idea.
Doing it repeatedly to mask lack of natural talent=disingenuous.”

I don’t think I would call that disengenuous. Some people are lacking in natural talent in certain subjects. Taking a course that someone struggles with, repetitively, in order to get a required high grade or to understand the material is merely caring enough to do what is required. We don’t all have natural talent for every single subject. Nobody would want to spend several years repeating the same classes, but if it’s auditing a class one has trouble with, taking it at a community college, attending it and then dropping it at the last possible moment…whose business is it but the students? It is an intelligent strategy that shows motivation and caring, though I don’t think it is in the student’s best interest to reveal every possible weakness and struggle to the med school.

Every good applicant figures out what they need to do to be successful in their pursuits. You can’t just let it all happen, and think the schools will just know how great you are. A successful applicant will portray themselves in the most positive light possible.