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re: LSU NOLA Med School Entrance Requirements
Posted on 3/7/25 at 10:00 am to IAHTiger
Posted on 3/7/25 at 10:00 am to IAHTiger
quote:Indeed.
I'm no expert on MCAT but that score is over 95th percentile what I can see.
To add to the discussion, the average MCAT score for LSUMC-NO is ~510 (73rd percentile)
But it's also worth noting the MCAT is but one of many entrance criterion.
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Posted on 3/7/25 at 10:01 am to anc
Man, they sure have changed the mcat scoring!
Posted on 3/7/25 at 10:11 am to IAHTiger
quote:Right,
4.25 GPA at LSU in Biochemistry. All A+... Every class thru last Fall.
That's excellent. Sans an awful set of interviews, zero extracurriculars, etc. he sounds like he should have been a slam dunk.
In residency matching, sometimes "overqualification" leads to the assumption the candidate will get better offers elsewhere, so they are not selected. But Med School entrance doesn't really work that way.
Programs may also limit the number of acceptances from one school. But with that MCAT/GPA/Major one would assume he'd fall well into acceptance range, regardless of those limitations.
Surely he floated a number of applications.
Where else was he accepted?
Posted on 3/7/25 at 10:14 am to Kingpenm3
quote:Yeah.
Man, they sure have changed the mcat scoring!
It changed about 10yrs ago.
Posted on 3/7/25 at 10:38 am to the808bass
quote:
They asked a gender question to one of my daughters’ friends. He didn’t give the PC answer. He didn’t get accepted.
I cannot imagine being that stupid. fricking tell them what they want to hear, and get in.
Just a moron wouldn't
Posted on 3/7/25 at 10:42 am to Azkiger
quote:
Apply as trans.
yep.
Posted on 3/7/25 at 10:47 am to ChatGPT of LA
Grandson is majoring in biochemistry,minor in physics.Has aspirations of going to medical school.Wife is NP and,Drs at her clinic basically have told him his chances as a white male are little to none.He hasn’t graduated yet,is going to take MCAT soon,he’s doing extra curriculars,shadowing a Dr.
Guess we’ll see if he gets in.
Guess we’ll see if he gets in.
Posted on 3/7/25 at 11:35 am to crazy4lsu
quote:
It is not. Med school is extremely competitive.
That’s what the application process is for. The board isn’t going to waste their time interviewing 3 times as many people as needed.
Posted on 3/7/25 at 11:40 am to theunknownknight
quote:
That’s what the application process is for. The board isn’t going to waste their time interviewing 3 times as many people as needed.
Nah, it isn't unheard of for a school with 100 slots to interview 400 kids. I know of one school which has around 70 slots per year and interviews around 200 kids. Again, it is very competitive for top applicants year to year.
Posted on 3/7/25 at 11:41 am to crazy4lsu
quote:
Nah, it isn't unheard of for a school with 100 slots to interview 400 kids. I know of one school which has around 70 slots per year and interviews around 200 kids. Again, it is very competitive for top applicants year to year.
Must have changed then, because back in my day, I was told my interview and most from LSU were more formalities.
Posted on 3/7/25 at 11:50 am to theunknownknight
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That’s what the application process is for. The board isn’t going to waste their time interviewing 3 times as many people as needed.
Apply early as possible. As soon as class is full, they are done.
Make sure you have everything needed for application, if something is missing, you get moved aside and the application process is paused. The people initially screening the applications are the office staff at med school, they go through list and make sure all criteria has been met, putting them in a pile. People do get lost in the process, but as you said, they aren’t wasting their time interviewing if they have filled the class, especially the state schools. Rarely do they have accepted applicants back out and need the fill spot.
Posted on 3/7/25 at 11:56 am to the808bass
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They asked a gender question to one of my daughters’ friends. He didn’t give the PC answer. He didn’t get accepted.
Well, you know the rules to the game. You don’t have to play it. Doesn’t mean there aren’t consequences to not playing it.
Posted on 3/7/25 at 12:12 pm to IAHTiger
quote:
I thought LSU had to end its entrance based on race, gender diversity etc. I have a nephew who made a 518 on MCAT and can't get into NOLA. I'm no expert on MCAT but that score is over 95th percentile what I can see. Maybe LSU NOLA hasn't read the supreme court ruling on this stuff.
So you’re bitching and the only thing you know about his application is his MCAT score?
Posted on 3/7/25 at 12:14 pm to IAHTiger
Serious question: Do you have any family members who are physicians or Dentists who went to LSU Med/Dental?
A certain amount of politics/ nepotism is existential especially for the Med School in NOLA....despite protestations otherwise.
A certain amount of politics/ nepotism is existential especially for the Med School in NOLA....despite protestations otherwise.
Posted on 3/7/25 at 12:15 pm to the808bass
quote:
Good point. He might have said something like “there’s two genders” in his interview. They asked a gender question to one of my daughters’ friends. He didn’t give the PC answer. He didn’t get accepted.
Yeah I’d probably make up a story like this as well if I didn’t get into a med school I wanted…..
Posted on 3/7/25 at 12:16 pm to theunknownknight
quote:
Is more of a formality to make sure your aren’t a complete idiot or psycho. If you get this far, you’re probably getting in
You think the majority of students interviewed at a particular med school are accepted? It isn’t a formality at all.
Posted on 3/7/25 at 12:24 pm to onmymedicalgrind
According to AAMC...the medical school in NOLA got 3891 applications, interviewed 533 and took 195 students in the last class.
Med school in Shreveport got over 4000 applications and interviewed 312 for 150 spots.
Med school in Shreveport got over 4000 applications and interviewed 312 for 150 spots.
This post was edited on 3/7/25 at 12:25 pm
Posted on 3/7/25 at 12:34 pm to lsursb
quote:
According to AAMC...the medical school in NOLA got 3891 applications, interviewed 533 and took 195 students in the last class. Med school in Shreveport got over 4000 applications and interviewed 312 for 150 spots
Bottom line is they have plenty of qualified applicants and fill every class.
Tulane had over 15k applicants and took @200. They are more likely to lose applicants to state schools last minute because of the tuition difference and people getting in a med school closer to home.
Posted on 3/7/25 at 12:37 pm to IAHTiger
I was at that Hell hole on Gravier for a year. God is directing your nephew to greener pastures.
Posted on 3/7/25 at 12:37 pm to IAHTiger
Racial bias in med school acceptance pre-dates DEI.
Not saying it’s right.
Racial bias in scholarships is decades old. It was around when I was looking for scholarships in the 80s.
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