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Going to the school of your dreams..


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Every med school has a unique personality, so it's easy to favour a few schools more than others. But since your chances are so low, it's also a good idea to apply to every school that you stand a reasonable chance of getting an interview at.

 

--Here's a hypothetical scenario that I'd like to hear your opinion on.

 

Let's say you're lucky enough to get interviews at two schools, your ideal school (School A) and your less-than-ideal school (School B). You go to interviews at both to increase your odds and in attempt to learn more about each school, since maybe your preconceptions about each school are not completely accurate. You also like School C much more than School B, but you didn't quite make the GPA or MCAT cutoff this year.

 

After learning all you can, you feel more strongly that School A suits you quite well (due to, say, location, size, teaching method, cost, etc etc) and School B not so much. If you were to go to School B, you might find these things frustrating.

 

Now let's say you find out you've been rejected at School A, but accepted at School B. What do you do?

 

Do you:

a) Accept School B's offer. It is a med school, after all. Sure, it's not your ideal school, and there are things that might annoy you about the school, but the end result will be the same, and maybe you'll grow to appreciate its strengths.

B) Decline School B's offer and reapply next year, while attempting to improve your application portfolio (eg, take more classes to bump up your marks, or rewrite the MCAT) to improve your chances at School A when you reapply next year, and increase your chances of getting an interview at School C.

 

Or do you not even apply to School B in the first place, since you don't want to end up in this predicament? (Even though you might learn more about School B over the year that makes you like it better).

 

I'm interesting in hearing your opinion on this..

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