Med School Placement

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<p>If one searches recent threads on this topic in the UChicago forum, one will find an entry by an individual who is on the admissions committee of an east coast med school who claims that all schools are not treated equally. The author states that the grading policies are indeed considered and that a lower GPA at Chicago is considered as a higher GPA elsewhere.

On the admissions committee we <em>definitely</em> pay attention to what the grading situation is at a given college or university. It is not unlike the considerations given to undergraduates coming from different high schools. If an applicant’s GPA seems “low” during discussions we check where they are from and if it is from one of the large public institutions OR a place where we know there is no grade inflation (like Chicago or JHU, for example)-- all is OK. It’s only fair. And I know we are not unique in this approach.

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