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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Thanks to the above posters for sharing their experiences on kids from elite schools with lower GPAs having an easier time with med school admissions than those from state schools with high GPAs. I've seen numerous Reddit and College Confidential posts and a few premed websites stating the complete opposite: it is better to have a near 4.0 at Podunk State than a 3.6 at Elite School. Having a premed kid starting at JHU this August, who is a bit intimidated by JHU's cut-throat and grade-deflation reputation, I really want to believe that the above posters are right. But a tiny voice inside me asks: why is there such a huge discrepancy?[/quote]

I think some is gatekeeping and I think the rest is merely uninformed parents who prize saving money over all else, not understanding you have to maximize chances of admission and doing that will also maximize chances of merit (when you have a 1530+ kid who has a lot of drive and actually has the choice between T10 like hopkins or podunkU). Most who tout state schools ro save money do not have kids who had the actual choice. It is copium. 
JHU has a 3.8 median these days. Yours will work hard there but will go to med school somewhere as long as he has a 3.6. He will be able to compete for some merit with a 3.8 assuming he does the regular premed thing at all top schools: [b]research! [/b][/quote]

Research is heavily overrated on DCUM. But I agree that a 3.6 at JHU will get you into a med school as long as your BCPM GPA is solid.[/quote]

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