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10. 3 Lower ranked schools, 3 mid ranked schools, 4 high ranked schools.

He did not get into 2 of the high ranked ones (Mayo clinic, vanderbilt) and wasn’t given an interview at either and still hasn’t heard from the other 2. He has had interviews at all 3 of the mid ranked schools and has not yet heard from the lower ranked ones. Is that strange?

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My husband has a 3.96 at the University of Florida (he is an Anthropology major/chemistry minor) and a 34 MCAT (10P, 11B, 13V, Q). He has excellent letters of recommendations, 1 year of research experience that includes a publication, etc. He does not have patient contact. However, he has already interviewed at 3 schools. Realistically what are the chances of admissions (especially since he has already been invited on 3 interviews)? Wasn’t his lack of patient contact experience considered before the schools would grant him interviews? He is concerned that this weak spot in his application will prevent him from being accepted anywhere. Thanks.

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I forgot to mention that my husband only took 3 premedical courses at the community college (1 semester of physics, and the biology sequence). He is a chemistry minor (and anthropology major) at U of F so he has taken many science courses at the university. His grades at the university in the sciences are all A’s with a B+ in physics 2 lab (1 credit). In fact, he received a very nice recommendation from one of his organic chemistry professors at U of F.

With these numbers, how difficult is it really to overcome lack of clinical experience? He does have 1 year of experience in a lab researching colon cancer. Is it unlikely that he will be accepted into our state schools even if he does not make it into the higher schools he has applied to (he is early in the application process so we have no responses yet)?

Thanks again.

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I have a question about my husband. He has applied to 10 medical schools. He has very high grades (3.99 overal, 3.9 science GPA), high MCATs (34, evenly split between sections), excellent letters of recommendation, a pending publication, and 1 year of research experience. However, he transferred to the University of Florida from a community college. His grades at U of F are higher than at the community college (though he earned a 3.75 at the community college). Also, he has long hair (though it is neatly kept) and basically no clinical experience (we had to support ourselves through college so he had to work his entire way through and thus had little time). Should he be concerned about the above factors keeping him out of medical school despite his credentials? How heavily are things like transfer from community college and of course, long hair weighted?

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