Best pre-meds

[omega007]

<p>Which of the following colleges have the best pre med curriculum in terms of rigor, MCAT preparation, med school placement and all other correlating factors?</p>

<p>Vassar
Bates
Colby
Connecticut
Trinity
Lafayette
U of Richmond
Colgate
St. Lawrence
Kenyon
Dickinson
Reed
Colorado</p>

<p>An honest and detailed explanation would be much appreciated :)</p>

[omega007]

<p>Oh…sorry…I missed these three :p</p>

<p>Washington & Lee
Oberlin
Grinnell</p>

[budda]

<p>Though all of them are great schools, Reed is known for science much more than most. They have tons of people going on to get PhD’s in the hard sciences, so I imagine it must be a good choice for premed as well.</p>

[Helvetica]

<p>I would debunk budda’s statement because Reed has such rampant grade deflation that its medical school placement is really not all that stellar. This is what I have heard so don’t take it too much to heart.</p>

[vonlost]

<p>Here is the Reed data; decide for yourself (the 3.1 GPA is the Reed average):

MEDICAL SCHOOL ACCEPTANCE RATE</p>

<p>Recent</p>

<p>For the 2003 through 2008 medical school acceptance cycles, ninety-six Reed students or alumni applied to medical schools and seventy-one of them were successful.</p>

<p>74% acceptance (71/96)</p>

<p>From 2003 through 2008, of applicants with a 3.1 science GPA or better and at least 28 on the Medical College Admission Test (MCAT), 48 out of 56 applicants were successful.</p>

<p>86% acceptance (48/56)</p>

<p>Historical</p>

<p>From 1995 through 2008, of applicants with a 3.1 science GPA or better and at least 28 on the Medical College Admission Test (MCAT), 108 out of 128 applicants were successful.</p>

<p>84% acceptance (108/128)

[REED</a> COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL ACCEPTANCE](<a href=“http://www.reed.edu/ir/medschool.html]REED”>Medical School Acceptance Rate - Institutional Research - Reed College)</p>

[par72]

<p>Holy Cross and F&M have very good pre-med programs.</p>

[entomom]

<p>Much well intended but misinformed advice here. Read this sticky on the Pre-Med topics forum and ask your premed questions there:</p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/pre-med-topics/202936-good-pre-med-schools.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/pre-med-topics/202936-good-pre-med-schools.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;