It appears SOME accelerated med programs will consider you as an applicant to the college FIRST and then maybe give you admission to the med program (ie Brown).
It appears SOME acclerated med programs consider you as ONLY an applicant to that program and will NOT look at you for admission to the college if you are rejected from the program (I think BU falls into this category.)
I THINK PPSP at Case Western will still look at you for undergrad. Same with Wash U.
I cannot figure out what GWU/ or Northwestern HPME does from their websites.
If anyone has any insight into this question - I would appreciate it.
At Northwestern, HPME and the college consider HPME applicants independently. That means one can hypothetically get an ok from HPME but not the college. Also, getting a HPME interview does not mean much for the college admission. Plenty of interviewees had been rejected in the RD round in the past.
@IWannaHelp - thank you for your response. So, I guess my question is…when you apply - you are considered by BOTH Northwestern and the HPME program. You could get into Northwestern, even if you are not accepted into HPME?
@cvalle Whatever stated so far is true. But keep in mind there are chances some top schools who care so much about the yield may not offer admission to UG if they believe the candidate is strong for a BS/MD program in some other school but not to their BS/MD program. There is no strong stats to support this point but based on few examples, it appears, specifically for Northwestern and UofWash. For this aspect, Rice, Case, Uof Roc are better choices, even if you end up only with UG.
Also another theory when you consider BU. BU gives merit aid if a student is strong for UG. But whenever you apply as BD/MD and even if selected you will get $0. So if a student is keen on BU for whatever reason and wants merit aid, you are better off not applying for BS/MD if the student is not a strong candidate for BS/MD. BS/MD program expectations are growing stronger and stronger with every year and even for schools ranked above 100, it is not that easy to get in.