Choosing undergrad with med school in mind
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My DC is strongly considering a career in medicine. I'm wondering how much choice of undergrad impacts med school acceptance. I came across this for UVA:
https://www.scps.virginia.edu/post-baccalaureate-pre-medical-program/medical-school-acceptances A 95% med school acceptance rate for grads is really impressive. I'm struggling to find stats like that for other schools. Does anyone know a good source where this information is shown? I can easily find med school acceptance rates, but I'm looking for outplacement (or whatever). It could be a distinguishing factor when choosing between options. It also makes me think about schools known for grade deflation (BU) and that maybe they shouldn't be considered. |
Anonymous
| This is a cash cow post bac program. Not regular UVA degree. |
Anonymous
Oh. Interesting. Thank you. I've just started looking into this. I guess that link isn't helpful. Maybe I'll poke around some other sites. I know Niche shows earnings and job placement after graduation, but not grad school or med school acceptance rates. |
Anonymous
| Med school acceptance rates aren't factoring in the kids that already got weeded out long before getting to that point. |
Anonymous
| The link didn’t work for me. 95% of UVA grads get into medical school? That seems insanely high! |
Anonymous
UVA doesn't specifically track that data. The formula is pretty standard, high grades/MCAT, do your lab and clinical hours. Interview well and be what they want. My oldest majored in Chemistry and got in from UVA (many of his peers as well), my second is a 3rd year Bio-Chem and applying soon, expect he will get in. Again, have to have the grades/MCATs plus others or probably won't have a shot. |
Anonymous
A lot of these schools inflate this number. As someone else said, by the point they get "in" to med school, many kids who started pre-med have been weeded out. Also, many schools act as a gatekeeper of sorts for giving recs for med school. They only rec the top kids and so it's the percentage of those kids that they pass on through the formal recommendation process. Few schools give any kid that asks a recommendation. |
Anonymous
| The only thing I've heard is it hurts to attend an institution known for grade deflation, since GPA matters so much for med school applications. |
Anonymous
That still doesn’t typically result in 95% of the remaining students getting in, though? |
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Anonymous
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Pick schools with low cost, no grade deflation, good pre med advising, high med school admission rate, located in medical districts to get year around internships, research, shadowing, volunteering, mentoring opportunities.
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Anonymous
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Not guaranteed but strong undergrad program->strong medical school-> strong residency program of your choice->strong fellowship-> lucrative and elite career in sort after specialties.
For a mediocre student, just getting into any DO school and family medicine is good enough but probably not for a top student looking for exclusive opportunities. |
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For a strong student but not a genius go to a school where your kid is in the top 10%-25%.
My daughter wanted pre-med at UMD and was weeded out. If she had gone to a lower ranked school she would have had a much better shot at making it. The problem is the pre-med classes are graded on a curve and you need to be in the top 25%. |
Anonymous
| Majority of premed students get on tge track due to parental pressure or peers influence or lack of knowledge of other careers but they change their minds in college so don't see undergrad as just a step to med school, pick strong and flexible undergraduate programs with good career advising. |
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| The most recent class at Harvard med has students from 65 colleges. You need great grades and a high MCAT as well as demonstrated medical interest. |