any knowledge of 'SCs premed stats?

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<p>Hi, I was wondering if anyone knows how many students (the percentage essentially) from SC that apply to medical school actually get in. </p>

<p>For example, Hopkins gets 93-95% of students into med school. So what about SC?</p>

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<p>And I've posted this b4, but I was wondering if I still have a chance at USC after updating my stats a bit:</p>

<p>*I am an Asian Indian from one of the best high schools in oregon (won top AP school award this year) and am top 10% in a 500+ class.</p>

<p>*Freshman year:
Lit 9-A, A with honors both sem
Spanish 1-A,A
Social Studies-A,A
Health 1 (req)-A
PE (req)-A
Adv. Algebra 2-A, A
SAT Verbal prep-A
SAT math prep-A
10th Grade Science-A, A with honors both sem</p>

<p>*Sophomore Year (really messed up):
Lit 10-A, A with honors
AP Chem- B, A
Precalc-A, B
Social Studies-B (note: can I explain a grade anywhere because this grade was ridiculous), A
Physics 2-A,A
Spanish 2-A,A
Band-A,A (needed for an EC)
Health 2-A (req)
PE-A (req) </p>

<p>*Junior Year (these are projected grades)
Human Anatomy/Physiology-A/a
IB Bio-A/a
Spanish 3-A/A
IB Calc-A/B
IB Psych-A/A
Team Sports-A
IB Tok 1-B
IB Sem-Satisfactory (as high as you can get)
Access Tutorial (study hall)-Satisfactory
IB English 1-B/B</p>

<p>*I'm projecting to finish high school with around a 3.7 or 3.6 UW...maybe even 3.5 worst case senario in IB diploma classes.</p>

<p>*IB Diploma Candidate
*Maybe an AP scholar or AP scholar w/ distinction
*Varsity tennis 4 years
*Science Team 4 years
*World Quest Trivia 4 years
*Science Club VP
*Math Club VP
*Portland Youth Philharmonic 3 years
*National Youth Leadership Forum in Medicine Nominee
*National Honor Roll
*Mathfest Algebra 2 1st place fresh year
*OIMT Participant Fresh Year
*Mathfest Participant sophomore year
*Oregon Museum of Science and Industry Rising Star Program (will have 150+ hours done)
*Mathcounts Tutor (about 30+ volunteer hours)
*expecting around 2000-2100 on SAT, 29+ on ACT</p>

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<p>I'm not sure of the stats, but if you really want to go to USC and to the USC Keck School of Medicine after your undergraduate years, I would apply for the Baccalaureate/M.D. program. Here's a website which gives some info about the program. It is well worth noting that gaining acceptance to this program is VERY competitive.</p>

<p><a href="http://www.usc.edu/schools/college/admission/baccalaureatemd/index.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.usc.edu/schools/college/admission/baccalaureatemd/index.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>As for your chances getting in, I truly believe that USC looks at the individual as a whole during the application process. If USC sees an applicant who shares passion in not academics but in extracurricular activities as well, then I'd say that makes the strongest applicant in terms of chances of gaining acceptance. With that being said, I'd say you have a pretty good chance. Admission into USC, as expected, gets tougher each year. This means that the average SAT score next year might be around the range you expect to score. I'd say that for gaining admission into USC itself, your expected score range for the SAT is fine. However, I'm not too sure about that score range for the Baccalaureate/M.D. program. I think the average score for those accepted into the BMD two years ago was around 2190 (adjusted from old SAT scores). This past year was likely more competitive and probably had a higher SAT score average among those accepted into BMD. Nonetheless, I encourage you to apply to both USC and the BMD program. After all, you never know what may happen if you don't apply yourself, both literally and figuratively. :) Good luck!</p>

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<p>Also roughly 20-25 kids each year go from usc undergrad to usc's keck school of medicine. The vast majority of those students are bmd, about 2-3 are not. If you are seriously looking at spending 8 years at usc, I would definitely suggest applying for the bmd program. The bmd program is an amazing program, it allows you to explore your interests during your undergraduate years. It allows you to major in what your heart desires, participate in awesome activities, travel the world and you'll still be able to go to med school Most importantly, you don't turn into one of those cut throat premeds with med school acceptance being their sole purpose in life. The program allows compassion, humanity, empathy, and passion to grow within the students. Bmd is very competitive, but getting a B and not getting a perfect 2400 on your sat does not cut you out of the running. The acceptance process works in two stages. Stage 1 being when you submit your USC application and a supplemental application (with extra essays, recs) and then from there they decide based on your usc app/bmd app whether or not you'll get an interivew. They really emphasize the person, they don't want a person with ridiculously high test scores but lacking a soul, humanity, and personality.</p>

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<p>thanks for your inputs, but I was looking more at people who have gone to USC for undergrad (not for BA/MD), but just as a regular student, and what percent of these students place into medical school. Any reply to this?</p>

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<p>I don't think that there are any published numbers, sorry!</p>

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<p>how does the USC BMD program really help for students who are interested in medicine</p>

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<p>i talked with the health advisor about this a while ago, and she said every year, about 60-70% get into med school from undergrad at usc. across the nation, it's about 50%. hope that helps :)</p>

<p>medicinemajor, the bmd is just a way to secure a place in med school, so students accepted into the program don't need to worry so much about getting into med school. this gives them the liberty to explore what they truly have an interest in during undergrad, rather than perhaps focusing on all science-related courses, which is what many pre-med people do.</p>

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<p>can bmd students still choose to go to a diff med school or are they binded to usc keck?</p>

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<p>bacc-md is non-binding.</p>