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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I've been practicing medicine for over 25 years and sit on the admissions committee of a medical school. On a macro level, the PPs are exactly correct. When admissions committees from medical schools look at your application, the reputation of your undergraduate institution is not something that is considered (within reason, of course. A U of Phoenix degree is going to be looked at as suspect. But a perfectly legitimate but lesser ranked school like JMU or GMU or McDaniel? no.) If a student has a high GPA and MCAT, solid extracurricular activities, a strong personal statement, and thoughtful supplementary essay responses, his or her school’s reputation will have little bearing on admissions. A good applicant is a good applicant, whether they come from Harvard or Frostburg. Ignore well-meaning - but ignorant - people who try to tell you otherwise. [/quote]

Thanks, very helpful. Family member attended JMU undergrad and is now a successful physician after attending a highly respected medical school. He laughs at these myths too.[/quote]

Who's going to help your kid apply to medical school at a shit college? The janitor? They're on their own. At Brown you have an entire department dedicated to polishing pre-meds applying to med schools. Who's going to push your kid to overachieve at a shit school? The slackers all taking 5 6 7 years to graduate? At an Ivy pretty much everyone finishes on time.[/quote]
There is also an entire department at JMU dedicated to medical/health school admissions. Gasp! You are so lame. [/quote]

NP here. We were recently at a JMU open house and attended a session led by the pre-health professions advisor and a panel of pre-PT, pre- PA, and pre- med students who were in the application process. JMU has a 40% acceptance rate to health profession programs after graduation. One parent asked what happens to the other 60%, her best answer was that some take a gap year and apply again. I attribute much of this difficulty to the biology information session we also attended that day where a prospective student asked about research opportunities and was told that there really aren’t any on campus but sometimes upperclassman can find opportunities in the surrounding area.

Can you become a successful physican after JMU? Yes, but the odds are stacked against you. [/quote]

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