Publishing a book, gaining a Rhodes scholarship, and getting drafted into the NFL are significant accomplishments and he should be proud of them. However, his very low Step 1 scores suggest he is not qualified to be a neurosurgeon. My prediction: Within 10 years of finishing his residency he will be out of neurosurgery and doing other things and/or he will have been subjected to multiple disciplinary/malpractice judgements. During residency you are helped and protected by fellow residents and attendings but when you are out by yourself it's a different world.
what was his step 2? MCAT? Publications? What qualifications are required to get into Harvard?
The qualifications are to sound good when they do a news letter about you. AKA nothing that actually qualifies you to do neurosurgery or anything to do with medicine. In his case being a minority who was a Rhodes scholar in the NFL.
Realistically step 1 just shows you the ability to grind which he is clearly capable of
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there is no good data to suggest that mcat or usmle scores have any correlation with IQ. mcat composites have significant but weak correlation with usmle scores, where low mcat scores are more predictive of low usmle scores than high mcat scores are for high usmle scores, respectively. when it comes to usmle scores predicting success in residency and beyond, trust the test makers: the only relevant data point predicting success is whether or not a passings score is achieved, hence the recent change to P/F
Why didn't he get into a better medical school than FSU with his "incredible" life story? I thought schools buy into the rags to riches bravado more than PDs do
