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The joint programs/guaranteed admit/combo programs admitting out of HS at most of the "top"* schools are going away or have faded away.*** Both Northwestern and WashU ended their programs in the last few years. Case Western's 8-year conditional admit program comes with oodles of stipulations  AND still requires application, interview, and does not conditionally admit into the Cleveland Clinic "med school within the med school" research program. Tufts has a program, but it's limited to Tufts sophomores for entry and requires a 3.7 in the pre-med courses to apply (Northwestern also offers this approach now). Pitt still has the 4+4, but requires a 3.75 in pre-med requirements @ Pitt to stay eligible. Texas has its own program, but it's only for Texans. Besides Brown, Rochester (4+4) and BU (3+4, very specific required curriculum sequencing) are probably the other programs of note. Brown gives kids more flexibility and has fewer requirements, so it's the leader in my book.

The program that I personally think is the best (note that my definition of best and yours are probably different) "early assurance" type program is the Mt. Sinai FlexMed pathway that is open to college sophomores. You don't have to be a science major to become a doctor, folks! In fact, it's probably better if you aren't! Humanities majors actually have a higher admission rate to med school than science majors (https://www.aamc.org/media/6061/download).

***You should ask medical school admissions deans what they think about picking out future physicians from groups of 17-year-olds. "The teenagers who are hellbent on becoming doctors, and are doing everything possible on some checklist to become one, aren't always the people you want as physicians."

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