Medical School Questions

MiamiDAP
Tue, 11 Dec 2012 13:26:35 +0000

“I understand that GPA and MCAT are the most important aspects when applying to med school, but do you think strong internships, good letters of rec, experiences outside the country(United States), being an athlete at a D1 school, being in many clubs and societies on campus, and a deep passion to become a doctor could possibly out weigh GPA/MCAT scores that are not at the universities standards”
-Everybody have all the above minus D1 (but some even have this). I do not know how exactly it works, but it seems from D’s experience, that GPA/MCAT is a key to the door. Once you unlock it, then your application is there to review as a whole. If your GPA/MCAT does not fit into this door, then you are locked out. Again this is an impression from D’s application cycle. As far as ECs go, school also tend to look for what they need. They might have musicals as fund raisers for Free Clininc, so they will be looking for musicians, they might be involved in local HS tutoring, so they will look for people with tutoring experience, they might be sending students abroad to work at clinics so they will be looking for certain foreign languages. Agan, it all came to play when D. has applied.