Second year transfer from UMD to UVA for Biology Major
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Anonymous
Perhaps nothing |
Anonymous
so what the PP stated is completely irrelevant here. |
Anonymous
dp.. it's true.. UVA is not STEM heavy. It's not known for its strong STEM programs. |
Anonymous
dp.. yet, people throw out statistics on here all the time. I think it's useful to see where the students are getting into. PP is such a sleuth. Does UVA have anything like this? |
Anonymous
It is perhaps useful for that, but what you don't know is how many applicants are not getting into any accredited med schools vs those getting into 5. |
Anonymous
I remember hearing that Harvard grads, those applying to med school something like over 95% get in. It'd be useful to see the proportion of UMD / UVA applicants in the same spot. |
Anonymous
This information is notoriously difficult to get for an apples to apples comparison. If you get it it may include only those applicants with a certain GPA or exclude those that did not get a recommendation from a committee. And of course it does not include those who intended to apply but were weeded out or otherwise discouraged. |
Anonymous
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One data point that is available is the number applying by institution, which is available from AAMC. UVA actually had more applicants that UMD in 2023, which is interesting because UMD has about 1.8X as many undergraduate students. I would suggest checking on Reddit to see if students report that they got weeded out. AAMC doesn't provide data on the percentage accepted.
https://www.aamc.org/media/9636/download |
Anonymous
Maybe not known for STEM, but the kids in UVA STEM programs are going to be across the board better academically than at UMD or VT. |
Anonymous
Elsewhere they state that in 2021, 66% of all UMD applicants got into an allopathic medical school 80% of competitive UMD applicants got into an allopathic medical school. They define competitive as a student with a science GPA = or > 3.6 and a mcat score = or above 511 The national average is 42% |
Anonymous
Link? What is interesting is UMD's acceptance rate of 66%, if correct, is higher than UCLA's of 53% ccording to the link below. However, UCLA appears to have well over 2X as many applying, so it is getting mor students accepted, but with a lower acceptance rate. I would suggest investigating if it is difficult to get a recommendation at UMD (or something else). If not, the rate is pretty good. https://www.shemmassianconsulting.com/blog/ucla-premed#:~:text=UCLA%20premed%20acceptance%20rate%20and%20admissions%20statistics&text=In%202020%2C%201%2C149%20UCLA%20premeds,an%20average%20GPA%20around%203.7. |
Anonymous
? how on earth would you know that? There are lots of high achieving kids at UMD majoring in STEM. Many are ivy level stats. UMD wins lots of STEM competitions, like CS and math. How many STEM programs have UVA students won? |
Anonymous
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The data in the link about UCLA contains a key piece of data. The average GPA for National ACCEPTED to medical school students was 3.654 in 2019. The average for UCLA (currently ranked 15 in USNWR) was 3.656 for ACCEPTED to medical school students. They are virtually identical. There are no bonus points for it being UCLA. In general, you need a high GPA and a high MCAT.
https://sairo.ucla.edu/amcas |
Anonymous
+1. our kid was accepted UVA for arrospace engineering. the PP's comment re lack of STEM at UVA is outdated. Go research what Jim Ryan has done over the last 8 years |
Anonymous
It's a trope people around here like to say because people get riled up about it. Don't, your son will get a very good education and have very good outcomes. The pathological hair-splitting about rankings and who what is strong or weak in this or that is ridiculous. At the end of the day, a hard working student will have access to great professors and resources at any top 75 school and especially at a top 25. |