<p>I'm in a rut: I can't find out which liberal arts colleges provide the best premed programs....I spoke with some people and they said Providence College (RI) was probably the best one for premed studies....are there any more?! Any help would be appreciated.</p>
<p>Also, is the University of Washington good for in-state premed students wanting to go into UWmedical school?</p>
<p>.............bump</p>
<p>if you're a girl, Wellesley would be a good option, it has one of the highest rates of acceptance to med schools and a great science department</p>
<p>thanks alot, but i'm not a girl.</p>
<p>buuuuuuuuumppppp</p>
<p>So many LAC's provide excellent preparation for medical school that you are not likely to get much feedback on such a broad question. If you post your stats, to give an idea of where you are competitive, and some indication of your preferences in terms of geography, size of city, suburban/rural location, campus environment, etc. you might get more responses.</p>
<p>As it is "go to one of the USnews top 50 colleges, get a good education, and go to medical school".. NB this is NOT an endorsement of USNews, just making the point that there are lots of places that would be great.</p>
<p>Kalamazoo College</p>
<p>I'd recommend Antioch or Juniata College.</p>
<p>Antioch once had 100% acceptance rate into med schools for two years in a row, and Juniata had, I think, over 90%. Or it might be switched around. But, still, it's in the tops and they're both not cut-throat selective (meaning less than 30% accepted)</p>
<p>Bates has also had high and 100% acceptances to med schools.</p>
<p>The best pre-med college is the one with the best reputation overall and where its the easiest to get access to professors + get a good GPA. That means #1 Williams, Amherst, Swarthmore, #2 Wellesley, Middlebury, Haverford, #3 Davidson, etc etc.</p>
<p>Amherst has the highest placement rate into the top medical schools of any small liberal arts college (actually the 4th highest in the country, after Caltech, Yale and MIT). Dartmouth is 5th, Harvard 6th, Swarthmore 7th, Princeton 8th,etc.</p>
<p>Your best bet is to investigate the school, talk to science professors and students when possible (sometimes you can email), and decide if the premed program is right for you. Remember, you don't have to major in sciences to be pre-med. You just need the required science classes - although, I think you should still take more than the minimum requirements. Sometimes the people with the highest acceptance rates into medical schools are non-science majors, in fact.</p>
<p>What is your source for placement numbers?</p>
<p>Re Slipper's comment, ready access to profs is something you get at many small schools including at least some of the ones mentioned. It's fairly widely acknowledged, though, that Swarthmore, Williams, and Davidson (to mentioned three often-discussed examples) are known for having pretty stringent grading, so whatever the merits of their pre-med programs and advising, getting a high GPA is not easy, especially in the premed required sciences. That may be balanced out by the med schools' knowledge of those colleges and by good preparation for the MCATs, but the high GPA is by no means a given.</p>
<p>I agree with the GPA point, the best is the easiest school in terms of grading, with the best access to professors, with the overall reputation. What that school is I couldnt tell you but my guess is its Amherst.</p>
<p>I'd like to know the answer to this question as well.. What if the person has a 80 average from stuyvesant? where would be the best option?</p>
<p>Many slightly less selective LACs do a good job with admission to medical school. Earlham College in Indiana, for instance, has 100% admission to medical school most years. Knox College in Illinois has an excellent program where its students can apply to admission to Rush Medical School in Chicago during their sophomore year of college (they're still free to apply elsewhere in their senior year, but they have Rush in the bag in the meantime). Other LACs that have strong pre-med programs include: Juniata College (PA), Franklin & Marshall (PA), Hope College (Mich), St. Olaf College, Dickinson College, Goucher College, St. Mary's College of Maryland, Furman, Rhodes, Reed, Whitman. But there are many others as well.</p>
<p>Oh, did you also read Loren Pope's "Colleges That Change Lives" book? Or his other one "Looking Beyond the Ivy League"? I read both and I absolutely adored them. Not a pre-med, but they opened my eyes!</p>
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Amherst has the highest placement rate into the top medical schools of any small liberal arts college (actually the 4th highest in the country, after Caltech, Yale and MIT). Dartmouth is 5th, Harvard 6th, Swarthmore 7th, Princeton 8th,etc.
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<p>What's the source on this? Fascinating... if true.</p>
<p>Regardless of where you matriculate, you'll need superior grades and good placement counseling. Most colleges with strong reputations will provide fine pre-med placement counseling. As for the U of W, remember that competition for seats at UW Medical School is extra high because the school has agreements with all the northwest states (including Alaska, Montana, Idaho) to admit qualified students from those states.</p>
<p>Does this mean that the education provided at Udub is less or not as effective as one obtained at an LAC? </p>
<p>Also, what do you guys think of Providence College when it comes to premed?</p>