Merit Aid for Med School?

[tdy123]

@WayOutWestMom

@threebeans
Those really high stats applicants who didn’t get accepted anywhere–they usually have a deficit in one or more of the following areas:

–Lots of research; not enough clinical exposure
–Not enough community service
–Poorly written secondaries or personal statement.
–Personality defect (self important, lack of humility, sense of entitlement, better than everyone else, braggart, timid, extremely introverted, extremely anxious, etc)
–Poor interviewing skills
–Poor interpersonal skills
–The “wrong” motivation for pursuing medicine (parental expectations, money, god-complex, unrealistic expectations, etc.)
–Poor situational judgment
–Poor school application list

I think your fourth “deficit” area is probably the most important.

Very easy of to toss out the application of a kid who you really wouldn’t want to deal with for the next few years…