procrastinating Posted December 7, 2019 Report Share Posted December 7, 2019 Disclaimer: I know this has been asked in the past, but I wasn't able to find anything definitive, so attempting to reignite the discussion in hopes of more concrete answers. I know some programs (derm, neuro, rads, emerg) require undergrad transcripts. How much are these transcripts weighted? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lactic Folly Posted December 7, 2019 Report Share Posted December 7, 2019 Well, I don't think there can be any definitive blanket statement on how undergraduate transcripts are used, since it is completely up to the individual program and file reviewers as to how they use that information. If one's record is within the normal range for admitted medical students (i.e. worst year dropped), I wouldn't worry too much. Maybe if there were a bunch of failures or something like that... but anyone at this stage would have already overcome previous academic challenges to gain admission and be at the point of almost finishing medical school, so I'm not sure how relevant it would be. Programs should not be sharing this information outside of the residency selection committee. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluberblubo Posted December 8, 2019 Report Share Posted December 8, 2019 Pretty much what lactic Folly said. Also, I've always wondered why questions like that really mattered. Would you not apply to a program because they requested your transcript? Probably not. If you did apply and didn't get an interview, would it matter that the reason was from a weak undergrad transcript vs any one of the million other reasons why people don't get a transcript? Probably not. I wouldn't waste my time discussing this in a personal statement. Also, programs don't need to talk to each other about this. If they wanted to see it too, they would just ask for it instead of asking another program. Lactic Folly 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bearded frog Posted December 9, 2019 Report Share Posted December 9, 2019 Some Peds programs ask for them too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
confusedmedstudent Posted February 15, 2020 Report Share Posted February 15, 2020 On 12/8/2019 at 11:20 PM, bearded frog said: Some Peds programs ask for them too. hi sorry i'm creeping this thread - do you know which peds programs ask for them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bearded frog Posted February 16, 2020 Report Share Posted February 16, 2020 Its been a while but I think Winnipeg? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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