Hi everybody! I am currently in the process of trying to make a decision of attending either Boston College or Oxford College at Emory University, and its proving to be a difficult to say the least. My question is whether or not Boston College does a good job of preparing students for applying to medical school. If there are any current students or parents of students willing to give me some perspective, I would greatly appreciate it.
Thank you!!
The Boston College pre health counseling and committee process had a 73% acceptance to medical schools last year. Roughly 30 percent higher than the national average. They were accepted to many of the best in US. They do not weed anyone out. You stay or not based on your life goals and aptitude as things evolve. Even if you graduate and work for a number of years you are always welcome to use the service and the committee. A third apply after junior year. A third apply after senior year and third apply after a gap year or two. However you do have to complete a liberal arts core along with your science and math. BC if the money is in line with your ability to afford it is awesome. Plus you are connected to the Boston Medical community for internships and research. Emory is awesome. But I don’t know about the satellite Program at the Oxford campus.
Sounds like a winner regardless of what school you choose.
Much different look and feel for the first two years. Oxford is like a two-year liberal arts college in a small town, while BC is a mid-sized Uni on the outskirts of Boston.
Check with Oxford to see what the local volunteer opportunities are and whether you can take the premed prereqs locally (and not have to bus to Buckhead).
@Esther116 Have you made a decision? My daughter is a bio pre med freshman at BC and has loved every minute of her freshman year! The professors are great. She goes to office hours if needed and there are TAs who run the discussion groups and she really seems to have liked those.
She did say that the freshman advisors do look at grades and if kid is struggling in, say, Bio or Chem, they suggested that the kid step back and maybe consider a diff major and then come back to it later (knowing that they would have classes to make up for premed) My daughter had a few friends who decided based on this advice to drop Chem this past semester and as a result, 2nd semester Chem was not a large a class as first semester.
As a parent, I think this makes sense because why have a kid struggle with Cs and Ds and be unhappy.
The other thing is Boston has so many places to work and volunteer at!
Thus far, my daughter has done well and in fact just registered for fall including Orgo and 2 bio classes.
She’s loving the balance btwn work and social and clubs.
Good luck!!
Hi @Esther116 : I wanted to share that I know a pre med BC junior who is studying abroad this semester. His mom told me he picked a program in Liverpool England because it keeps him on track for med school applications. I don’t know anymore details, but I wanted you to know that a semester abroad is possible for some BC pre med students.