Getting a low grade and pre-med

WayOutWestMom
Sat, 29 Dec 2012 11:03:51 +0000

@ URparent2017–

MCAT + GPA are what are used to make the first round of cuts for medical school admission. Once past that hurdle, then soft factors (LORs, ECs, research, volunteering, shadowing) all come into play. However, the biggest factor in getting accepted into medical school may actually be one’s state of legal residency. (i.e. Texas–good place to live; California–bad place to live w/r/t med school admission. CA is the largest net exporter of med school applicants in the US.)

AAMC conducted a survery of 108 US medical school admission directors and published a brief report of how medical school view/rank various factors when considering an applicant for an interview invitation and for acceptance

https://www.aamc.org/download/261106/data/aibvol11_no6.pdf

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P.S. the pre med advising at UR is very good and UR does not withhold committee letters from students unless they have sub 3.0 cGPA.