re: #273 lostlakehiker

But MCAT and LSAT scores aren’t everything, just like SAT scores aren’t. Above a certain threshhold, they’re all more than smart enough to learn the material, to correctly diagnose and know the right treatment, with the manual dexterity to do the work and the personality to be able to make patients feel comfortable.

Every highly selective college or grad school has 2 to 3 times as many “ideal” applicants as there’s slots for; at some point, the admissions office also has to consider that patients and clients would like a range of options when seeking professional services, that maybe they’re more likely to speak freely to someone from a similar background.

It’s ridiculous to be offended that people ranked 98.76 got affirmative actioned over people ranked 98.83, when any applicant ranked over 96 is superb.