Calculation of NAQ score

[Gray's Anatomy]

Does anyone here know how the NAQ score is calculated? (I've tried searching through old threads, but have only found AQ score calculations.) Thanks for any help provided.

[dubious]

Ahh the Holy Grail of medical school applications, the NAQ algorithm. Can it be found? Does it even exist? Is it merely decided by the winds or is it deeply rooted in logic? I too am searching for this hidden gem and can offer the following advice after numerous failing attempt to find the NAQ algorithm:

 

.......Enter BS explanation on how to raise your NAQ mark here......

 

 

might look something like this:

 

Do the non-academic things you enjoy doing, if it makes you grow and evolve as an adult then it's probably worth listing. Of course any volunteer experiences are looked highly upon but they also value activities where you've demonstrated leadership qualities such as being the captain of your local ball and stick group. Most importantly, my dear companion, remember that the temporal length of your activities is just as important as their diversity.

 

Hope this answers ALL your questions, but probably not.

[VitaminC]

My guess is that each of the sections within the non-academic experiences section are still each out of 5, for a total of the 25 NAQ.

 

But then I'm not sure where the employment history/publications/autobiographical essay come into play if that's the case.

[random]

A friend of mine worked on the software that med admissions uses to calculate NAQ and overall admission. Here is a link to the patent of the instrument in case it would help people. I recommend reading the technical details section to see if you can find a loop hole in the mechanisms of the algorithm and how points are allocated to your advantage. http://www.patentstorm.us/patents/5419557/fulltext.html

 

some quick things I remember when first looking through the algorithm code was that a high point value is given to first author publications, where as points logarithmically decreased after 2nd author. Trips to Africa where comparable to an olympic "silver medal" (since they both had the same memory allocation region in the code), but a gold medal would ONLY equal building an orphanage in Sudan and jumping infront of a runaway bus to save AT LEAST 3 orphans walking towards the orphanage. (the verifiers are contacted for things like this, although there are ways to bypass: by a hidden code in your essay - PM me if you need it). In terms of hours and points, points are allocated as normal for volunteering jobs that you truly enjoy doing, however, the points are square^2 if you do the same exact thing in a hospital environment, and cubed^3 if you had to overcome setbacks along side the whole thing. (If you havent had setbacks they square-root your application). ALL the rest of the activities are also in the database but they in NO WAY compare to the points for these things (something like 1x10^-15 for other things not mentioned), so Im leaving them out.

and remember the NAQ is out of 25. so a good aproach may be to focus more on the african orphanages and bus jumping/dodging reflexes rather than other stuff (talk to your profs, see which african cities need more orphanages, they are great contacts).

 

hopefully this helps people in their med application

[jared]

So what is the points allocations for volunteering in a hospital environment without setbacks? sqrt(points^2) = regular points?

 

If only I had read your post before applying to med school...or playing the lottery.

[Imhotep]

lol...loving this humour