Good premed programs that are not too competitive to get into?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Most medical schools won't care about undergrad prestige but ironically most prestigious medical schools mostly admit students from prestigious undergrad schools.

That’s not ironic. It’s predictable.

Not sure if that's true though. My kid's top 20 med program has more kids from State schools than top tier Ivy League schools. Only one data point but still.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Most medical schools won't care about undergrad prestige but ironically most prestigious medical schools mostly admit students from prestigious undergrad schools.

That’s not ironic. It’s predictable.

Not sure if that's true though. My kid's top 20 med program has more kids from State schools than top tier Ivy League schools. Only one data point but still.

Well you have to look at it in relation to the percentage of applicants. But still a good point.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Most medical schools won't care about undergrad prestige but ironically most prestigious medical schools mostly admit students from prestigious undergrad schools.

That’s not ironic. It’s predictable.

Not sure if that's true though. My kid's top 20 med program has more kids from State schools than top tier Ivy League schools. Only one data point but still.

Well you have to look at it in relation to the percentage of applicants. But still a good point.

This^. Only a small number of applicants attend top 20 undergrad schools, majority of applications come from state schools.

[Anonymous]

For example, Rice has total 4,000 undergraduate students, UT Austin has 40,000. Even though both get similar numbers accepted into medical schools, Rice's acceptance rate is much higher than UT because UT sends 10 time more applicants.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Surprisingly, Baylor has a really good pre med program.

Why is it surprising? Because it's a Baptist school?

Because most people assume any school with a religious affiliation only teaches women to submit to their husbands and how to breed after marriage.

Yeah, that’s not Baylor.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We are trying to visit some colleges this summer that are not too competitive to get into. I want my son to visit some potential safeties. I told my son that he should not apply to any colleges that he would not be happy at.

His current list includes UPenn, Johns Hopkins, Georgetown, UVA, Swarthmore, Tufts, BC and BU.

He is a high stats student so he should be able to get into UVA, Tufts, BC and BU but I know that is not guaranteed.

What are some good potential safeties With strong science programs?

I thought we should visit Penn State, UMD, Pitt, Emory, Vanderbilt and Wake Forest. I’m aware that the last three are highly selective but I thought he may be interested.

Any program that's pre-med will be highly competitive. You should add Case Western to the list. It has a guaranteed med school admission program that's hard to get into but worth it. There also are many students who are pre-med who aren't in the special program. Case is next to Cleveland Clinic, so it's a top pre-med and med school.

Although it's highly selective, a high stats kid interested in med school might want to look at Brown, which also has a guaranteed med school admission program that is extremely selective.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Rice, Tulane, UNC

Red state schools no

Do you not understand how those idiots are going to mess with med school programs?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Rice, Tulane, UNC

Red state schools no

Do you not understand how those idiots are going to mess with med school programs?

Enlighten us

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I met a recent graduate who did the Georgetown pre-med program, took a year off for MCATs and medical experience, and then placed into NO med schools. I wish this person the best but be aware of how things turn out…::

Right and when this person goes to DO or a Caribbean Med school people will refuse to be treated by him because “he couldn’t get into a US Med school”.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I met a recent graduate who did the Georgetown pre-med program, took a year off for MCATs and medical experience, and then placed into NO med schools. I wish this person the best but be aware of how things turn out…::

Right and when this person goes to DO or a Caribbean Med school people will refuse to be treated by him because “he couldn’t get into a US Med school”.

And your point is…

[Anonymous]

Kalamazoo College