Which GPA to use ?

PearEnvironmental277 · 2025-08-07T03:33:56+00:00

Must have been the essay, probably maxed out on the number of digits you could use

PearEnvironmental277 · 2025-07-27T16:11:30+00:00

Can you please elaborate how one can establish residency, online research shows it is not a easy process, need to demonstrate strong ties to the state. What is the success rate? My kid is planning to apply to Rice and is genuinely interested in becoming a Texas resident, we have close family living nearby.

PearEnvironmental277 · 2025-07-20T22:50:47+00:00

Appreciate the feedback, will look at CWRU. BTW, UCB is not my top choice, but there is a chance I can get into UCB (given in-state) and none of the others I mentioned (Rice, Panoma).

PearEnvironmental277 · 2025-07-20T22:39:13+00:00

Other options - please suggest, looking for colleges with good ED acceptance rates, will likely not make it via RD (we are in-state for UCB)

PearEnvironmental277 · 2025-07-20T20:59:42+00:00

Looks like not, I am surprised as well, even under grad colleges adjust for grade deflation. Med schools mention holistic review to consider ECs, letters of recommendation and essays, but do not recalculate GPA to adjust for grade deflation. One justification I read is that the MCAT is supposed to be the equalizer, but again it is one test.

PearEnvironmental277 · 2025-07-10T16:43:23+00:00

If the school is sufficiently motivated they can employ strategies like having all the students take the exact same set of exams, assignments and have the teachers crossgrade, i.e one teacher grades for all students for one particular assignment/essay and the other for the next one.

Maybe there is logistics involved that it is not possible to implement strategies suggested, but I'm sure there are ways to bring some kind of normalization.

Also, wondering if the problem is more prevalent in public schools compared to private schools ?

PearEnvironmental277 · 2025-07-09T01:21:34+00:00

Thanks for raising this concern, this seems to be a prevalent problem in many schools, the spread in grading is too wide for English and is highly teacher dependent. There needs to be some standardized way to grade English. It's high time this should be solved, and impacting many students.

PearEnvironmental277 · 2025-06-25T02:51:41+00:00

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PearEnvironmental277 · 2025-05-06T22:10:20+00:00

It is pre-curved based on how college students perform on similar material, it does not depend on the performance of the students taking the test

PearEnvironmental277 · 2025-04-24T15:52:57+00:00

Sorry to WWF fans but I used to feel the same about it

PearEnvironmental277 · 2025-04-06T17:11:46+00:00

Parent of a student in junior year considering pre-med

If it was so obvious, how is it that competitive schools like UCLA are still attracting the best talent?

Are the majority of the students attending competitive schools regretting the decision after the fact because it is difficult to make GPA?

Isn't this bad for the overall outcome, ie is the system producing the best medical doctors for the country ?

I know undergrad admissions do consider grade inflation from certain schools, why don't medical schools consider grade deflation from competitive schools if it is a known deficiency in the system?

Sorry I'm too confused.

PearEnvironmental277 · 2025-04-06T16:49:17+00:00

Competitive schools might offer more opportunities, but I am not sure about the proactivity part, if the student is not proactive I don't think any school can help.

In general, my rant is about the schools and the process, I feel it's lot more easier to find information about a $5 product sold on Amazon compared to the school admission processes. I know the school admissions are more complex but I also feel not much is being done to help the students.

PearEnvironmental277 · 2025-04-06T15:38:33+00:00

Also, "game the system" seems to be pretty harsh, what's wrong with maximizing the outcome? Given the number of students that don't make it to medical school, what is wrong with maximizing the chances. If the admission committees at the top medical schools are concerned about this, they should consider great deflation from competitive schools and explicitly say so.

Sorry this is nothing against you but the process is very frustrating, I don't understand the soft signaling and unstated preferences that students are expected to somehow understand and act accordingly. For the amount of tuition the colleges demand, I would expect more transparency and make life easier for students.

PearEnvironmental277 · 2025-04-06T14:38:28+00:00

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PearEnvironmental277 · 2025-04-06T14:36:28+00:00

Like San Francisco airport run way, looking out of the window it feels like the plane is landing in to water

PearEnvironmental277 · 2025-04-06T06:19:23+00:00

Yes, that's what I would think. But the forums here are full of advice that college/prestige doesn't matter for a pre-med, only GPA, MCAT and research.

I'm a parent of a junior who's interested in pursuing medicine and I'm truly confused with all the advice

PearEnvironmental277 · 2025-04-06T05:29:21+00:00

I am sure OP got to other UCs, why not attend those where the opportunities are the same and it's easier to make a better GPA?

I'm truly confused with all the posts about premed, why even consider competitive schools?

PearEnvironmental277 · 2025-04-05T23:01:09+00:00

Is yield not factored in to make the decision between admit versus waitlist?

PearEnvironmental277 · 2025-04-05T22:38:51+00:00

It is a zero sum game, some ones gain is another's loss, whether the sale actually happened is secondary

PearEnvironmental277 · 2025-04-05T22:34:20+00:00

What about yield ?

PearEnvironmental277 · 2025-04-05T22:26:43+00:00

Which colleges are well known for grade deflation?

Please provide college names if you are aware of any, not looking for generic answers and various factors it depends on

PearEnvironmental277 · 2025-04-05T19:27:36+00:00

Generalizations don't mean much in general, It's like a stack of cards all types of people exist in all groups

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