Will Phi Beta Kappa Significantly Help Med School App?

kristin5792
Sat, 09 Jul 2011 17:36:17 +0000

One of my friends was inducted to PBK as a junior (rather than at the end of senior year) and mentioned that almost every MD/PhD program where he interviewed (19 of them, crazy kid!) mentioned PBK. He’s probably not a normal case though.

I saw many of my future med school classmates at my PBK initiation, so it seems like quite a few successful applicants are also PBK. I can’t imagine it would matter much. In fact, had I been named as a junior (I applied to med school after junior year), I don’t know if I’d even mention it on my application if space was limited (ie, I would only list PBK if I had space/activities left to use).

I think your friends are overestimating how meaningful PBK is to medical schools. But it can’t hurt!