Interviewer: I have a nephew that goes to MIT. He's one of the really smart kids. One of those whiz kids.
Me: Yep, I've met quite a few of them.
Interviewer: Maybe you're one of them (piercing stare).
Me: I don't know about that. (small laugh)
Interviewer: Well you certainly did very well there.
Me: (now totally confused, my undergrad gpa was 3.1) Well, they let me graduate! (haha)
Interviewer: (weird look)
<On to discussion on other topics>
Interviewer: So, did you apply to many schools?
Me: Yes, I applied to 28.
Interviewer: Wow! Why so many???
Me: Well, my undergraduate GPA is below the average at most schools.
Interviewer: What? I thought you had a 3.8 at MIT!
Me: Um, no, actually that was in my post-bac coursework. (He had only glanced at the first page of AMCAS for maybe a minute.)
Interviewer: Oh. (long pause) Well. Why were your grades low at MIT?
Me: Well, a few reasons. First, MIT is a really intense place. There is an overwhelming amount of work to do all the time and my peers were really smart.
Interviewer: (weird look)
Me: I guess that sounds a lot like med school, huh? On to reasons two and three...
Anyway, I guess I dug myself out of the hole. I got accepted a week later.
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