U of C: Good for Premed?

Sam_Lee
Mon, 25 Dec 2006 12:06:46 +0000

lolabelle,

I have no idea. I wasn’t a premed so I am not familiar with the whole process. I just read that premed advising is very important; it was just a pure guess when I said that may be the reason UChicago is “underperforming” (as compared to its peers and even some of those ranked lower than (or not as highly regarded) it).

idad,
The math doesn’t work that way. Normally, most applicants do have GPA >3.2 (some colleges even discourage anyone with below, say, 3.3 apply to boost their overall admit rate (e.g. Johns Hopkins; the schools I mentioned earlier don’t practice that from what I gathered and that’s why I listed them for fair comparison). I am pretty sure the number of applicants with >3.3 far exceeds the number of applicants with <3.3 at Chicago. Therefore, those with less than 3.2 likely have very low %, not 65.