<p>hey question, does anyone happen to know which has a better pre-med program, Princeton or Brown. i have a friend that says that Brown is hella good but i wondering which has a higher acceptance of pre-med students to med school</p>
<p>Whoa. I haven't seen the stats, but I'm sure there's no comparison in terms of the raw percentage.</p>
<p>Actually, both have similar very high percentages. Princeton publishes the details, and their admit rate is around 90. Brown reports that their rate is "among the top five in teh country". Given similar students, similar backgrounds, similar undergrad experiences, it is hardly surprising that the results would be similar as well.</p>
<p>Hi, I am deciding between UCLA, UCSD and Cornell for undergrad but have no clue where i would have the best shot at med school. I know that the UCs usually make it hard for people to get the same gpa as HYPS because of no grade inflation, but am still not sure? Would paying the extra 80 grand be worth going to Cornell of UCLA? Thanks</p>
<p>I'm actually shocked that the results are the same (Brown vs. Princeton), but evidently I'm wrong! My apologies.</p>
<p>I am deciding between the premed programs at Case Western Reserve University and University of Michigan. Does anybody know any stats for admission into med school from these programs, or anything about grade inflation/deflation at these school?
thanks</p>
<p>how is the grade inflation/deflation in NYU?...I'm thinking about attending but as a premed I want the best chance for good grades <em>sakky</em> please answer</p>
<p>haha, grade inflation at UM...yea right lol...I'm at UM and lets just say it's cut throat here. My friend at Case says the same, shes taking some science courses at our local university over the summer. Statistically, UM has a 60% admission rate into medical schools. I think Case hovers around the same...case also makes you work like nuts for your gpa...</p>
<p>yea i know this info didn't probably help much...needless to say, both are very difficult and competitive...Case is smaller however so if you're the type of guy who needs a lot of help then that may be better...UM is better overall though...who can beat the University of Michigan wolverines? haha</p>
<p>I'm trying to decide between Duke, UPenn, Vanderbilt, and Wash U STL. I was hoping that someone could give me insight into the pre-med programs at each of these universities (esp Penn), and which would help me get into med school the most.</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>I already sent in my SIR to Emory, so the answer to this wuesion won't really affect my decion to go, but i was wondering if anyone knew about the pre-med program at Emory. Anyone with info would be helpful.</p>
<p>I've just been admitted to both UT Austin and Trinity University in San Antonio. I've heard that the pre med program at Trinity is very well respected but I don't know much about UT's. I'm wondering if anyone has any info at all that they can give me.</p>
<p>im in kind of a slump here.. see i want to eventually go to med school and do sports medicine.. so im thinking that i either want to go to a school that would maximize my chances at med school acceptances or go to a school with a good pre-med program.. but the thing is.. i also really want to play this one varsity sport.. im getting offers for the sport from yale amherst williams.. and im trying to get offers from boston u..would it be better for me to go to one of the above?.. if so, which? if i dont play though.. i'm thinking of going to USC or UCSD or UCLA.. which would be better? i have 2250 SAT and 3.9 .. what schools of the above am i likely to get into? going to a liberal arts school be bad when time comes for applying to med school?</p>
<p>Hi Caroline,</p>
<p>I'll let others handle the more exact advice regarding sports, but the general wisdom is that a LAC is in fact the best place to be. It's not surprising, really - those are the places that have the best advising, the most contact with profs, etc. Bigger schools like UCSD and USC are the worst place to be.</p>
<p>With that said: if you're an "athletic admit" - that is, the kind of student who is admitted to Yale despite sub-median SAT scores and GPA - then you might be in for a rough time. Yale may prove overwhelming for many of those sorts of students, and it's very difficult to be a successful premedical student under those circumstances.</p>
<p>Your goal is to pursue the best education you can possibly get; that might not be at Yale if it's going to be too overwhelming.</p>
<p>EDIT: Somehow I missed the statistics above. I might be wrong, but I believe a 2250 (an evenly split 750?) and a 3.9 are very competitive regardless.</p>
<p>yep, i'd say just based on those stats you have what it takes to do well in any of those schools. However, what was said about LAC is true. There won't be huge lines of students trying to get guidance at small colleges, and they generally have very high med school admit rates. However, i don't know if any LAC will be competitive in the athletics dept. If the sport is really important to you, then a school like yale might be better...</p>
<p>A friend of mine is set on being a doctor and she is torn between the two. She is concerned with which school offers better opportunities to get high grades, research opportunities, professor interaction, etc.</p>
<p>Her goal is to attend either Harvard or Stanford Medical, so that is ideally where she is heading. In terms of those schools as well as medical programs in general, which is the better choice?</p>
<p>If you have links, stats, etc. that would be great too. Thanks!</p>
<p>Since UCLA has one of te most weel-respected Med-school, Berkeley doesn;t have one at all. I'd suggested UCLA, though tons of people get into great Med-Schools from both universities</p>
<p>I don't mean to be redundant, but:</p>
<p>1.) As I have decided to start reminding all these premeds, it does not matter what medical school you go to UNLESS you are interested in academic medicine - for private practice, it simply doesn't matter. There is no point in going to Harvard or Stanford if you are simply intending to enter private practice.</p>
<p>Now, if she's interested in academic medicine (i.e. being a professor at a medical school someday), that's something else entirely.</p>
<p>2.) It is not a good idea to hope for a specific medical school admission at this stage, simply because the admissions odds are too low - i.e. even very well-qualified applicants cannot anticipate that their qualifications will get them into Harvard or Stanford, simply because the odds are not good.</p>
<p>WHat about if you want to be a surgeon?</p>
<p>Same. Private practice physicians of all kinds do not need extensive pedigrees.</p>
<p>Think about it: do you really pick your doctors based on where they went to medical school? Do you even know? Do the doctors who make the referrals know?</p>
<p>I grew up in a medical family, so I can tell you: the answer is no.</p>
<p>Actually, I would add one nuance. If you are in private practice in a specialty that is highly customer and marketing driven, then an extensive pedigree can be invaluable as a marketing tool. </p>
<p>Perhaps the best example is plastic surgery. Just open the society pages of any newspaper in Los Angeles, New York, or Miami and you will see plastic surgeons advertising themselves to do boob jobs, liposuctions, facelifts and so forth. Many of them will advertise that they are "Harvard-educated" or "Johns Hopkins-educated" as part of their marketing. Let's face it. A lot (probably most) of plastic surgery is not determined by medical need, but really by simple aesthetics - people just want to look good. Hence, it's really a customer and marketing driven industry.</p>
<p>Another example would be LASIK eye surgery. Again, few LASIK's are really medically necessary. You can just wear glasses. But a lot of people just don't want to, either because they think it's inconvenient, or they look better without them, or whatever.</p>
<p>Check out the ad for this LASIK surgeon. Notice how he prominently displays his Harvard credentials.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.scotthyver.com/%5B/url%5D">http://www.scotthyver.com/</a></p>
<p>The point is, certain kinds of private practice are highly marketing-driven. Regular people don't really know which doctor is good and which isn't. So how do they decide where to go to to get a boob job or get their eyes LASIK-ed? Clearly they're not going to sit down and read about all the various kinds of residencies and fellowships and figure out who is really good. A big famous medical school brand name is probably all they know.</p>