About Corresponding Medical School acceptances and Undergraduate Colleges

Pre-Med & Medical School Pre-Med Topics
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<p>Hi,</p>

<p>I've been having much difficulty finding websites and college confidential threads that list the rate of success of medical school applicants from certain colleges--even better would be finding websites that tell you which medical school each college has sent their applicants to. </p>

<p>I ask how to find this information to decide whether or not the money spent going to an Liberal arts college (like Amherst, Williams) compared to a UC (like CSD, UCB) is really worth it. </p>

<p>Despite hearing that the small environment of an LAC creates a more favorable environment for potential medical school applicants, I really need to see the hard evidence of these claims, especially for the more competitive medical schools.</p>

<p>I would really appreciate any type of feedback/comment/suggestion relating to the question's theme: about the correlations between undergraduate school and medical school acceptances.</p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

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<p>We finally discovered after a bit of wrangling that that information simply does not exist for large public schools like UCB. There's no way to get your hands on it because NOBODY knows because there's just too many kids there to keep track of. Berkeley has a dramatically incomplete version on their website that covers probably something like 20% of their premeds. Their rate of acceptance might be somewhere between 13% and 93%. Not useful information at all.</p>

<p>As for the small LACs, or private major national universities on the Ivy-scale, that information is often available. Duke has published it online (<a href="http://www.aas.duke.edu/trinity/prehealth/appendix/New2004HPAC%20Annual%20Report.pdf)%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.aas.duke.edu/trinity/prehealth/appendix/New2004HPAC%20Annual%20Report.pdf)&lt;/a>, but that kind of complete information might not be common.</p>

<p>Still, I think there are some common themes behind which schools are better.</p>

<p>sakky and I run through some arguments about why advising is important here:
<a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=149508&page=1%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=149508&page=1&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>And while I'm talking specifically about Duke in this thread, I'm also explaining the kinds of things one ought to look for here:
<a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=147457%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=147457&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>*As Shraf pointed out, access to your university's hospital is not crucial if you have access to another hospital nearby, as Columbia does. Still, it's my opinion that a major academic medical center puts you at an advantage for research projects and interesting patients as well as an appreciation for the role college students can play.</p>

<p>Finally, though, some schools which are statistically better are not always better for everyone. If you hate LACs' intellectual life and are constantly obsessed with how much money you're spending and really really want to stay in California, then frankly UCB is probably your better bet. If, on the other hand, you want smaller classes, better access to your professors, better advising, then an Ivy or LAC is your best bet.</p>

<p>Remember, it's not just about getting into medical school; it's also about being prepared for it. (Plus, you might change your mind about premed anyway.) Go and find yourself a good education. The rest will fall into place.</p>

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<p>While I agree that the published Berkeley data is incomplete, I doubt that the published data is that far off from the truth. Let's face it. I doubt that every Berkeley premed who chose not to complete the survey either all got into a med-school or all got rejected from med-schools. Hence, I see no reason to believe that the "real" data would be significantly different from the reported data. If anything, the real data is perhaps too optimistic, for reasons described in the thread.</p>

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<p>While I agree that the published Berkeley data is incomplete, I doubt that the published data is that far off from the truth. Let's face it. I doubt that every Berkeley premed who chose not to complete the survey either all got into a med-school or all got rejected from med-schools. Hence, I see no reason to believe that the "real" data would be significantly different from the reported data. If anything, the real data is perhaps too optimistic, for reasons described in the thread.</p>

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<p>thanks for the information.</p>