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Obviously, being Indian (a minority) didn't help him in this case.
Indians/Asians don't count as minorities.
I can't believe that people don't know that. It is the double whammy of being discriminated against in public because of the color of your skin, but having no advantages when it comes to quotas for schools, higher education, or hiring practices.
The med schools back then split it.
They would look at your cumulative GPA and just your prerequisite GPA (the science courses that were 'premed requirements').
3.1 back then was a "Good luck, buddy" kind of score back then.
The 31 MCAT was above average, but not stellar.
He never says which one it is in the article though. All the article says is "GPA"
Not really.
Especially not really if you were not an underrepresented minority (black, hispanic, native american).
I don't agree that he had good scores. I do agree that he might have gotten in anyway.
True, not great. But likely sufficient.
I knew someone (in the same time-frame) who had essentially the same GPA/MCAT that applied to something like 10 medical schools and was accepted at one. And so, he became a doctor.
I knew someone (in the same time-frame) who had essentially the same GPA/MCAT that applied to something like 10 medical schools and was accepted at one. And so, he became a doctor.
I don't know how med schools are ranked aside from the obvious like Johns Hopkins or Harvard. But nah, it was one of the lesser ones. Far less, still a state med school though.
In fact when I was applying to universities when in high school, I skipped that university, didn't even give it a 2nd thought.
you are talking about the difference 2 different B averages, not the difference between a D and an A.
Huh?
3.5+ is an A.
3.0-3.5 is a B.
A low B average in either your cumulative or your prereqs was pretty dicey back then.
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