Pre med schools with 20-40% acceptance rates

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: 20-40% acceptance rate isn’t a safety school

It might be for a kid with great numbers, depending on the school's GPA/SAT range. It won't be for a B+ student.

No, it is NOT. Acceptance rate must be 50%+ for it to be anyones safety. THat's how "high stats" kids end up with no acceptances to anything except a school with 85%+ acceptance rates....they don't actually pick real safeties they want to attend

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:NEU has exceptional med school admit rates.

and it is a High reach for Everyone with single digit acceptance rates

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:VCU is a by-the-numbers actual safety, urban and strong for pre-med

+1

Your life will be a lot happier and easier over the next year if you and your kid can fall for VCU as a pre-med safety.

It's a great plan---a high stats kid would get excellent merit, much easier to get a high gpa at a school like VCU with a more diverse academic profile, and your kid would be the shining star and able to get research and thus excellent recommendations. And most importantly, not much debt or costs, allowing them to use the saved undergrad $$$ for med school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My high stats 4.5 gpa kid wants to major in chemistry most likely. It is very easy to identify reaches and dream schools that have single digit acceptance rates. Looking to add some safeties.

His ideal school is a not too huge school in the east coast in an urban setting. His dream school is UPenn. Not sure if he will ED. I have heard from older parents that they wished their kid did not waste their ED on a school that was unlikely to gain acceptance.

Hopkins, Vanderbilt, Rice and BU/BC have highest acceptance rate for medical schools.


https://www.medschoolcoach.com/best-non-ivy-league-schools-pre-med/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:VCU is a by-the-numbers actual safety, urban and strong for pre-med

+1

Your life will be a lot happier and easier over the next year if you and your kid can fall for VCU as a pre-med safety.

It's a great plan---a high stats kid would get excellent merit, much easier to get a high gpa at a school like VCU with a more diverse academic profile, and your kid would be the shining star and able to get research and thus excellent recommendations. And most importantly, not much debt or costs, allowing them to use the saved undergrad $$$ for med school.

Also, if they do well in the honors college, they can essentially apply early to VCU professional schools

https://honors.vcu.edu/admissions/preferred-applicant/

[Anonymous]

Check out Kalamazoo College. Strong chemistry program and high percentage of medical school acceptance or Ivy grad school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My high stats 4.5 gpa kid wants to major in chemistry most likely. It is very easy to identify reaches and dream schools that have single digit acceptance rates. Looking to add some safeties.

His ideal school is a not too huge school in the east coast in an urban setting. His dream school is UPenn. Not sure if he will ED. I have heard from older parents that they wished their kid did not waste their ED on a school that was unlikely to gain acceptance.

No one should waste their ED on Ivies, Stanford or MIT. Use it to get into other top 20 where ED actually may helps.

[Anonymous]

Go to Texas for undergrad and set up residency by working and doing own taxes or buying a property, they have bazillion MD/DO programs and 90% spots are reserved for residents.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: 20-40% acceptance rate isn’t a safety school

It might be for a kid with great numbers, depending on the school's GPA/SAT range. It won't be for a B+ student.

No, it is NOT. Acceptance rate must be 50%+ for it to be anyones safety. THat's how "high stats" kids end up with no acceptances to anything except a school with 85%+ acceptance rates....they don't actually pick real safeties they want to attend

+1000

I don’t know why people aren’t understanding this

[Anonymous]

Not on the east coast, but University of Alabama Birmingham has a great pre-med program. We loved the campus.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My high stats 4.5 gpa kid wants to major in chemistry most likely. It is very easy to identify reaches and dream schools that have single digit acceptance rates. Looking to add some safeties.

His ideal school is a not too huge school in the east coast in an urban setting. His dream school is UPenn. Not sure if he will ED. I have heard from older parents that they wished their kid did not waste their ED on a school that was unlikely to gain acceptance.

Hopkins, Vanderbilt, Rice and BU/BC have highest acceptance rate for medical schools.


https://www.medschoolcoach.com/best-non-ivy-league-schools-pre-med/

All of these “non ivy” schools also have very low acceptance rates for undergrad, is what OP is trying to avoid

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My high stats 4.5 gpa kid wants to major in chemistry most likely. It is very easy to identify reaches and dream schools that have single digit acceptance rates. Looking to add some safeties.

His ideal school is a not too huge school in the east coast in an urban setting. His dream school is UPenn. Not sure if he will ED. I have heard from older parents that they wished their kid did not waste their ED on a school that was unlikely to gain acceptance.

Hopkins, Vanderbilt, Rice and BU/BC have highest acceptance rate for medical schools.


https://www.medschoolcoach.com/best-non-ivy-league-schools-pre-med/

All of these “non ivy” schools also have very low acceptance rates for undergrad, is what OP is trying to avoid

Yes, these are all on DS’s list. BU/BC/Tufts/NEU are on his target list. I think he will get in to at least one. He is legacy at one.

[Anonymous]

Washington and Jefferson

[Anonymous]

When I went to Clark university it had a good track record for kids getting into med school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not on the east coast, but University of Alabama Birmingham has a great pre-med program. We loved the campus.

Second this. Could get merit too.