<p>1.) Nope. My numbers were considerably higher than everywhere’s, but a couple of the top-5 didn’t even interview me. And trust me, there’s a TON of valedictorians out there. There’s not a lot of kids who get into top-5’s.</p>
<p>2.) Check out <a href=“http://www.aamc.org%5B/url%5D”>www.aamc.org</a>. They’re definitely around there somewhere.</p>
<p>3.) Again, tons of people graduate SCL, or in honors tracks.</p>
<p>For the record, there are nearly 100,000 high school valedictorians out there every single year IF you assume that no high school shares such honors. My local public school has been known to share the honor as many as twelve ways.</p>
<p>You have no conception of how difficult it is to score well on the MCAT. Often good preparation will get you a 10, and really they can ask some seriously obscure questions. Verbal is ridiuclously hard, like nobody gets a 14 or 15 on the verbal section, its basically impossible. Physical Sciences which is seemingly easy throws a bunch of obscure questions on the test ( I took mine in April, luckily i’m a chem major). Biological sciences also throws random facts on the exam. To think you’ll get a perfect on any section is absurd, but even missing a few can still get you a 15. Think thats easy? Think again. So I’m sitting here waiting on my scores, but be wary, in my opinion, its the most accurate determinant of whether you will succeed in medical school, and hands down this is why med schools use it.</p>
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<p>You can’t be serious!</p>
<p>37,000 applicants. 17,000 spots.</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.aamc.org/data/facts/2005/2005mcatgpa.htm[/url]”>http://www.aamc.org/data/facts/2005/2005mcatgpa.htm</a></p>
<p>Obviously, most Yale kids don’t have problems getting into med school. Don’t let this change your mind.</p>
<p>oh! thanks mike!</p>
<p>And which pre-meds have problems getting into med school?!</p>
<p>The ones with bad grades, low MCATs, and heads as big as a blimp. You can’t get cocky about the process, first you have to have everything necessary to get in then you can worry about getting in. The premeds that dont get in dont have the grades to get in but try anyways. Or some even do have the grades, but not enough medical experience. Or they have the grades but have no people skills and do poorly at their interview.</p>
<p>The reality is that you can’t kid yourself about the process. One of my ORM friends has some research, zero clinical experience, and grades and test scores that she’s hoping med schools will “pass by” because of her “life experiences” (by which she means her minimal research). (This is not a Duke student.)</p>
<p>She hasn’t gotten in anywhere, yet.</p>