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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Does anyone know if WM has a higher acceptance to med school than other VA colleges like JMU, CNU, VT, etc

also, is the grade deflation for premed courses really bad?[/quote]

If you contact W&M's pre-med advisor, they will probably give you actual data.  In fact, reaching out would probably be your best course of action.  You can find contact information on the website.  Historically, I think it is about 60% or so vs. national rate of 40%.  I don't know about JMU, CNU, VT.  I don't think they publish anything, but they might provide something if you contact them.

William & Mary will likely have a significantly higher percentage of students applying to medical school than JMU, CNU, and VT.  There is data out there on the web on that.  That can be good in that it actually helps to have fellow travelers on the process, but it could be bad if there are are too many.  I don't think this is the case at W&M.  I think of JHU as a case where there may be too many pre-meds.

W&M doesn't have grade deflation.  Neither do JMU, CNU, VT.  Pre-med track courses will be difficult at all schools, but that is different from grade inflation.  W&M actually has very high average GPAs for a public school.  I think the average GPA is now above 3.5.

Admission to medical schools is largely stat (GPA and MCAT) driven.  For an undergraduate school, you want a place where you will be comfortable and do well, and factors like advising, quality of science teaching, and access to professors for research and recommendations can be a benefit.

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