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re: Do you care about your doctor's MCAT/GPA?
Posted on 12/26/25 at 3:26 pm to Fat and Happy
Posted on 12/26/25 at 3:26 pm to Fat and Happy
A lot of good professionals out there that f'd off through school.
I'm ok with it if they are good at their job and have common sense.
Some really smart high GPA doctors that know the book but don't have any common sense. Just depends.
I'm ok with it if they are good at their job and have common sense.
Some really smart high GPA doctors that know the book but don't have any common sense. Just depends.
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Posted on 12/26/25 at 3:42 pm to Fat and Happy
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You won’t know that information and in fact, you have no clue what scored a doctor has had your whole life.
If they are/were AOA, you know they did pretty well in med school. IYKYK.
Posted on 12/26/25 at 3:44 pm to Cosmo
510=30; 528=45
I have taken them both, the new one is easier to game
I have taken them both, the new one is easier to game
This post was edited on 12/26/25 at 3:45 pm
Posted on 12/26/25 at 3:59 pm to Skenes
They are still called Dr no matter their graduation rank
Posted on 12/26/25 at 4:04 pm to Skenes
The reason most of you did not care is because standards were never this poor. What you are seeing now and in the past few years is atrocious and there will be lots of malpractice as a result -you are damn right I care.
This post was edited on 12/26/25 at 4:05 pm
Posted on 12/26/25 at 4:12 pm to PGAOLDBAWNevahBroke
one would hope "the boards" will weed them out. this, after the professional school let them slide through, after they somehow got into school with sub standard grades and scores.
there were several DEI students with my wife that never passed the board.
there were several DEI students with my wife that never passed the board.
Posted on 12/26/25 at 4:20 pm to Skenes
One Doctor I never trusted-
Mumbai
Mumbai
Posted on 12/26/25 at 4:29 pm to mmmmmbeeer
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Someone who busted their arse and beat the odds to become a doctor is someone I would like caring for me. That’s passion for medicine, not birthright.
Fine. You take the 2.7; Ill take the guy with high scores and high IQ.
Posted on 12/26/25 at 4:48 pm to Sofaking2
quote:What you should say is "I fall for Tik Tok rage bait because I'll believe anything".
I’ll say it. She only got in because she is a minority. The scale of difficulty in getting in is completely different for white or Asian men. Probably tough for Asian women too compared to black or Hispanic women. No way she gets in as a white guy or Asian.
Posted on 12/26/25 at 5:02 pm to Skenes
I avoid black doctors at all cost and this is the reason why. Nothing personal.
Posted on 12/26/25 at 5:08 pm to Cosmo
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You should be able to determine how competent your doctor is within 1 minute of meeting them
No, that’s not true, but you can ask around and find out.
Posted on 12/26/25 at 5:48 pm to Skenes
This ain’t the old days where you mostly had public and elite private non-profit med schools. The number of shitty private for-profit med schools (usually DO because it’s easy to get accredited) being paid 70-80k per person per year by the government has exploded. Many, but not all, of the students from these places are sub-par
This post was edited on 12/28/25 at 2:08 pm
Posted on 12/26/25 at 5:51 pm to Skenes
I care about their med school grades and boards.
Posted on 12/26/25 at 5:58 pm to Skenes
My GP had his office wallpapered with fear monger Covid vaccine propaganda. Got visibly angry when I said I didn’t want it. Basically called me an idiot. I’m a Mechanical Engineer.
We’re the same age. He’s pretty quiet now. Especially since he’s had multiple health issues. I’m just chugging along.
We’re the same age. He’s pretty quiet now. Especially since he’s had multiple health issues. I’m just chugging along.
Posted on 12/26/25 at 6:31 pm to Skenes
The “professions” have all done themselves in.
Posted on 12/26/25 at 7:39 pm to Skenes
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Do you care about your doctor's MCAT/GPA?
No, but I'm not healthcare illiterate.
I order my own labs every 3 months and let my GP do labs every 6-12 months on ins. Pretty much just use a GP to request meds and what I want to have checked out.
Posted on 12/26/25 at 7:42 pm to Skenes
The 2.7 is fine if they have 99th percentile scores
Posted on 12/26/25 at 10:30 pm to mmmmmbeeer
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Someone who busted their arse and beat the odds to become a doctor is someone I would like caring for me.
Think about this for a second. Just like lawyers. There are really good law schools and there are shite law schools and people from both pass the LSAT, but that doesn't make them equal in terms of what they are good at.
Some lawyers are just good at the paper work, that doesn't mean you trust him to defend you.
And there are some lazy doctors out there as well. You don't just blindly trust them.
Posted on 12/26/25 at 10:37 pm to NewOrleansBlend
There is some serial downvoter DEI dipshit in here
Posted on 12/27/25 at 12:51 am to Cosmo
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Also back in my day the MCAT scale only went up to 45 I think
What is this 500 bullshite?
It is similar to the LSAT scores; when I took it, 48 was the max. A couple of years after that, the scores switched to 180 max. In reality, it should give a more granular indication, but it probably only makes a difference on the bottom end of a school's acceptance range.
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