<p>I’ve seen the MIT data was surprised as well. I suspect though, that the committee and premed advising resources at other schools might be better than those at MIT. The lack of a medical school or affiliated hospital also doesn’t help. This might be in contrast to some schools which prep applicants for interviews and the application process in addition to providing a recommendation letter. This is speculation however, as I don’t have first hand experience with MIT’s career services advising office.</p>
<p>Source for major difficulty is based on this link from UWashington Medical School:</p>
<p>[Admissions</a> FAQs | UW Medicine, Seattle](<a href=“http://uwmedicine.washington.edu/Education/MD-Program/Admissions/Pages/FrequentlyAskedQuestions.aspx]Admissions”>http://uwmedicine.washington.edu/Education/MD-Program/Admissions/Pages/FrequentlyAskedQuestions.aspx)</p>
<p>“I am doing my undergrad in Electrical Engineering. My GPA is below 3.0. Will you consider the difficulty of the program into account?
Yes. We have a lot of people in that situation. It is just another factor in the application.”</p>
<p>“I am a mechanical engineering student but have a GPA slightly less than 3.5. Do you take the difficulty of this course load into consideration?
Yes - We always consider difficulty of course load, no matter what the major”</p>