<p>Hey guys. I was wondering how good BC premed really is. How good of a placement will I get here? I am majoring in biochem with a concentration in premed and I somehow have to choose from Tufts, BC, UPenn, ND, and Cornell…</p>
<p>Those are all amazing but if I had to choose, UPenn.</p>
<p>My choice would be ND , but it’s your choice ,not mine!</p>
<p>Does anyone have outgoing acceptance rates for BC’s premed program?</p>
<p>Honestly, you shouldn’t choose any of these schools based on their “pre-med”. Either will do the job as far as getting you into medical school, and it really doesn’t matter where you go as long as you do well. You can get into the best med. school from either of these schools. I would focus more on the fit and perhaps other academic things but not pre-med.</p>
<p>I know northeastern doesn’t sum up to these schools in terms of prestige but they gave me a large scholarship and I was wondering will neu get me into a good medical school?</p>
<p>Yes, Northeastern would get you into good medical schools. Medical schools don’t really focus on the undergrad school itself. If you show that you challenged yourself and did well, that is all that matters.</p>
<p>Alright, thanks for the insight…it’s nerve-wracking to choose a school. I’m completely in love with Boston College…it’s been a dream for quite a long time.</p>
<p>If you are in love with BC and have always wanted to go, then go to BC. If you said that your dream school was ND I would tell you to go there instead, I think your chances of doing well enough to get into med school are equal at all those schools, and if you are happy you are more likely to do well. What matters for med school is your GPA and MCAT scores, so no one school has any particular advantage in that area.</p>
<h2>As a parent of a BC Chemistry major, class of 2013, we are very satisfied with the academic opportunities available at BC. The on campus recruiting done by medical schools and hospitals is impressive, as are the medical school acceptance rates. The following is a copy of the email from the BC Pred Med/Science Society regarding an upcoming session with deans from medical schools, which speaks for itself:</h2>
<p>Greetings Mendel Members!</p>
<p>Curious about the medical school application process or experience? Why not
hear directly from the deans of medical schools?</p>
<p>Only 2 days until The Medical School Admissions Night forum THIS WEDNESDAY,
April 6, 2011, at 7:30 p.m. in Fulton 511. </p>
<p>Deans and representatives from Harvard Medical School, UMASS Medical School,
Boston University School of Medicine, and Tufts University School of Medicine
will be giving presentations at the beginning of the forum and then we will open
up the floor for your questions regarding the medical school process. Topics
may include, just to name a few, academic (types of coursework) and non-academic
(extracurricular research, clinical experience, and service work) factors of
admissions, taking time off between undergraduate and medical school, and MCATS. </p>
<p>After the presentations we will be asking YOUR questions to the deans-please
send any questions that you would like to address the deans with to
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx</p>
<p>We urge all Mendel members to attend and we think it will be a fun and
informative night!</p>
<p>Thank You</p>
<p>In terms of prestige, it’s definitely Penn, but it really depends on you. Penn will probably be a lot more competitive than some of the other schools and the pressure will, undeniably, be more. Whereas you may be in the top range for BC, you may be in the middle or bottom at some other more prestigious institutions. I was once at a conference and one of the speakers basically said that studying premed at Harvard or Yale is going to be way harder than a less prestigious college because of the pressure and the classes will be more challenging. So earning a C at Harvard may be the equivalent of a B or A at another institution.</p>
<p>…just some input=]</p>
<p>^^I had to laugh, TrulyinLove. I would be willing to bet big money that H gives out few C’s in any course. Ditto Yale, which has a mean gpa of ~3.6.</p>
<p>^^ you’re right, Havard probably gives out lots of C’s but since the subject was on premed I just focused on that =) Where I was heading was that sure you can go to H, but say you got B’s and C’s at H but if you went to another institution you would have received A’s and B+. Which transcript would you rather see, or rather which would med schools pick? I am not an insider from the med school selection committee or anything and I have nothing against Harvard or Yale. I’m just trying to express a new point, hopefully something that will be helpful to the person choosing the college.</p>
<p>yeah, I know what you are saying, but I don’t think it is that clear cut for the reason I mentioned. Sure the competition at HYP is statistically a lot stronger than Backwater U, but HYP gives out more A’s, ~half the class, few C’s and certainly no D’s and F’s. (Heck, Stanford even eliminated F’s several years ago.) In contrast, Backwater U may have a much stricter curve, perhaps only 20% As, but certainly gives out C’s, D’s and flunks a proportion of the class. It is virtually impossible to flunk out of Stanford – no F’s.</p>