Is it really this hard?

mom2collegekids
Thu, 03 May 2012 12:19:33 +0000

Plumazel…you’re missing the point and ignoring the facts.

Nobody is scapegoating URMs. My point was that when speaking to a group of pre-meds…mostly non-URMS and a number of URMs, it is misleading to throw out suggestions that a student will be considered with a 3.3 GPA without including the “fine print” that the info doesn’t really apply to non-URMs (without some unusual circumstances.)

You can’t ignore the data… and you can’t ignore that med schools have “filters” that immediately weed out non-URMs with stats that are below certain req’ts. And there are filters that allow lower stats URMs applications to move on to the next level.

I remember Kristin saying that a sub 10 on a MCAT section was an immediate rejection from G’town. Would there be that auto-rejection if the applicant were a URM? Probably not.

No one is saying that all/most URMs in med schools have sub-par stats. I know that’s not true. My older son’s research partner is now at Emory SOM…she’s a URM with high stats.

the number of URMs in US medicals schools is very small

As you have indicated… The problem is that there aren’t enough URM applicants for all the SOMs to have an adequate number, so they’re more likely to accept a few with lower stats.