Best for pre-med

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Anonymous wrote:Everybody in here talks about “good” stem classes, but that’s just window shopping. You need to get to brass tacks.

Most med schools now require applicants to go through a med school coordinator at their (student’s) university. So you want a school with a very very well staffed career/postgrad services office. Some SLACs don’t even have their own, they split one coordinator. I’ve seen it work, but it doesn’t always.

Other big consideration is access to lab and hospital volunteer opportunities. These are de facto requirements for applicants and surprisingly hard to do. For ex, in DC hospitals do intake for volunteers once a year and have very limited spots. So if you’re in a college town with one hospital, good luck.

PS to my post above

I don’t think anybody should choose their university based on desire to go to med school. Almost no one winds up doing what they thought they wanted to do at 18. You want to leave options open. Young people grow and change. Plus, the truth is it’s a hard road and most drop off the path.

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Premeds have to manage time exceedingly well, anything that can be done on or very near campus is a big deal.

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Anonymous wrote:Rice, Emory, WashU, Vandy, Duke no particular order. Umich is awful for premed.

This is OP. Why is that? Is it because it is so big with many kids doing premed it is hard to gain extra opportunities?

Low med school acceptance rate. Its around 50% if I remember correctly.

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Anonymous wrote:Everybody in here talks about “good” stem classes, but that’s just window shopping. You need to get to brass tacks.

Most med schools now require applicants to go through a med school coordinator at their (student’s) university. So you want a school with a very very well staffed career/postgrad services office. Some SLACs don’t even have their own, they split one coordinator. I’ve seen it work, but it doesn’t always.

Other big consideration is access to lab and hospital volunteer opportunities. These are de facto requirements for applicants and surprisingly hard to do. For ex, in DC hospitals do intake for volunteers once a year and have very limited spots. So if you’re in a college town with one hospital, good luck.

Doesn't add up with SLAC outcomes at top med schools.

SLAC is a huge category. Both can be true. Some small SLACS do not have a lot of resources to dedicate to this. Some do very well in admissions. Both songs could even be true of one school. Like I said, the sharing model can work, and it’s just one example of how this can be set up—there are a million others.

FWIW, I went to a SLAC that used a shared counselor and had several classmates go to med school. I am a believer in SLACS.

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Emory sends 400 students to medical school every year. For a class size of 1500.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Rice, Emory, WashU, Vandy, Duke no particular order. Umich is awful for premed.

This is OP. Why is that? Is it because it is so big with many kids doing premed it is hard to gain extra opportunities?

Low med school acceptance rate. Its around 50% if I remember correctly.

Percent of applicants accepted can be misleading. Some schools pre-screen and only support their strongest candidates. Some don’t gatekeep and let anybody take a shot. Acceptance rates for each scenario will look different.

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Is Med school like law school where the #1 feeder is the undergraduate school?

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Anonymous wrote:Is Med school like law school where the #1 feeder is the undergraduate school?

Med school not like law school

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One thing on gatekeeping, at my kids school they do not do that. The only ones that leave are because they chose to. I do see why it is hard to compare given this though. If your kid gets into a very strong school and they want to be a premed then they can and will succeed. Classes are rigorous but not weed outs as they are all very capable.

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Anonymous wrote:Emory sends 400 students to medical school every year. For a class size of 1500.

Source?

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Anonymous wrote:Is Med school like law school where the #1 feeder is the undergraduate school?

Med school not like law school

1/3 of Emory med school went to Emory undergrad.

I don’t think you are correct.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is Med school like law school where the #1 feeder is the undergraduate school?

Med school not like law school

1/3 of Emory med school went to Emory undergrad.

I don’t think you are correct.

That’s a lot. Is that a good thing? No cross fertilization of students?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is Med school like law school where the #1 feeder is the undergraduate school?

Med school not like law school

1/3 of Emory med school went to Emory undergrad.

I don’t think you are correct.

That’s a lot. Is that a good thing? No cross fertilization of students?

I don’t know…but it certainly implies that med schools favor their own undergrads.

Perhaps the undergrads get to know the med school staff that makes admission decisions?

[Anonymous]

Best probably would be into a direct admission to a medical degree program. I think VCU/MCV has this, but super competitive to be admitted.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is Med school like law school where the #1 feeder is the undergraduate school?

Med school not like law school

1/3 of Emory med school went to Emory undergrad.

I don’t think you are correct.

That’s a lot. Is that a good thing? No cross fertilization of students?

I don’t know…but it certainly implies that med schools favor their own undergrads.

Perhaps the undergrads get to know the med school staff that makes admission decisions?

No it doesn't?