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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]https://www.aamc.org/news-insights/medical-school-applicants-and-enrollments-hit-record-highs-underrepresented-minorities-lead-surge

Number of applications is up but acceptances have steadily increased. Does not say anything about the most important piece which is the number of *qualified* applicants. Increased apps does not necessarily mean increased competition if most of those people are not well qualified which is usually the case.[/quote]
But, thousands of rejected people are “qualified.” There still are not enough seats, but that is largely Congress’ fault. [/quote]

What makes you think that everyone who wants to be a doctor and is qualified should get a seat? This isn’t public kindergarten. Schools are allowed to select the best applicants. It’s better for everyone to keep quality high.[/quote]

The problem is is that they are NOT selecting the best applicant--they are selecting for various other reasons--[/quote]

Says you? Look, like it or not there is a lot of testing and lot of grading and a lot of standardized testing in medical education training and certification. You need to be able to pass that bar well to be a doctor, period. First you need the numbers. And you also want people who are going to advance the field. Sent After that criterion is met they can look for wonderful humanitarians and good listeners.[/quote]

The MCAT isnt even that important anymore.They want either robots or optics---that is the issue. They want easily controlled students.[/quote]

You have no idea what you’re talking about. Look, medical school is hard. Training is hard. They want people who have a track record of succeeding at hard things. There is not a lot of time or space for missed beats. If you want to be a pilot you can’t have poor vision. If you want to be an astronaut you can’t be a slacker. If you want to be a doctor you have to perform. Over and over for years on end. There is no way around this.[/quote]
Actually, they do know what they are talking about. You either have to have perfect stats or you have to be a URM, veteran, or something else that excuses lower stats. At the end of the day, people with a wide range of scores and GPAs are accepted and guess what, they practically all successfully graduate from medical school, pass boards and go on to practice. GPA and MCAT are not the end all, be all. And BTW, almost everyone who endeavors to do all of this sh!t has worked hard and your insinuation that they haven’t because they don’t have the best scores at the end of the day is frankly ignorant and insulting. [/quote]

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