<p>I've heard a number of stories that University of Chicago is very difficult and it's nearly impossible to get a 3.5+ GPA (especially for someone wanting to go to Medical School). Is this still true today or have things changed? Also, does anyone know how many Chicago undergrads get into Medical School?</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>Not as bad as MIT. ;)</p>
<p>So, no, not terrible. It is a highly intellectual and respected school for those who love to learn though, so yes, its curriculum will be harder than your run-of-the-mill college. If you're looking to get a 4.0 gpa in premed without working your butt off, chicago might not be the place for you.</p>
<p>If you can't handle chicago....say goodbye to Med. School :P</p>
<p>chicago probably isn't the best place for pre-med based solely on its difficulty. You will have to work 20x as much as anybody else taking the exact sam coureload who's not pre-med just because grades/mcat are everything to med schools</p>
<p>According to Princeton Review...Admission Stats are as follows:
Students Going to Law School Upon Graduation: 8%
Students Going to Medical School Upon Graduation: 8%
Students Going to Graduate School Upon Graduation: 35%</p>
<p><strong>from the website</strong> The average GPA is 3.4 and the average GPA for athletes is 3.3. This means it is not impossible to get over 3.5. But Chicago is known for tough grading and no grade inflation.</p>
<p>For comparison's sake, three of the "elite" colleges:</p>
<p>Yale:</p>
<p>Students Going to Law School Upon Graduation: 7%
Students Going to Medical School Upon Graduation: 11%
Students Going to Graduate School Upon Graduation: 28%</p>
<p>MIT:</p>
<p>Students Going to Law School Upon Graduation: 1%
Students Going to Medical School Upon Graduation: 6%
Students Going to Graduate School Upon Graduation: 55%</p>
<p>Harvard:</p>
<p>Students Going to Law School Upon Graduation: 15%
Students Going to Medical School Upon Graduation: 20%
Students Going to Graduate School Upon Graduation: 25%</p>
<p>Since I'm guessing much fewer people go to Chicago for medical than Harvard or Yale, I'd say the rates for med school in Chicago are fairly good. I also read somewhere (although I have no source and may be off base) that Chicago has high acceptance rate into graduate schools. Most upper-scale med schools are going to take into account lack of grade inflation from schools like Chicago.</p>
<p>"Professional schools do understand the rigorous nature of our College curriculum and look carefully at the transcripts of our applicants. In 1998, the National average GPA of those matriculating to allopathic medical schools 3.58; from the College 3.48. This was the lowest for any college in North America, and clearly indicates that the professional schools appreciate and understand the rigor of the curriculum you have experienced here. In 1999, students from Chicago who scored the national average (~8) or higher on each section of the MCAT and had a GPA equal to or greater than the College Deans List (3.25) had a 67% rate of acceptance. With a GPA of 3.30 the acceptance rate was 75%. So, making the Dean's List should be a goal for you."</p>
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<li><a href="http://pre-health.uchicago.edu/handbook/regularapplication.html%5B/url%5D">http://pre-health.uchicago.edu/handbook/regularapplication.html</a></li>
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<p>those statistics dont' really say much because its just people who WANT to go to these places really, they don't really tell us whether or not they got into good ones of if people just "weren't able to get in" or osmething....</p>
<p>yeah but you have the whole spread of people in all of the other univeristies. you have the people going to JHU from chicago as well as from new mexico state, and the people going to new mexico state medical school from chicago and some other no name place. all in all, i think its a decent stat given that its so comprehensive that it cant possibly be exact.</p>
<p>Most people don't go to graduate school immediately after graduating undergrad, either; a lot work for a year to pay off the massive debt they're in...:)</p>
<p>When I was there (graduated in the mid-70's) there was a lot of talk about hard grading, but it really wasn't that hard. Really, the workload wasn't even that bad. If you are well prepared, don't worry. There will be people there with poor preparation. There will be people having outside issues. There will be people acting like social butterflies, staying up all night chatting, partying. Same as in high school- be organized, pay attention, hand work in.</p>
<p>Organization...My new years resolution....</p>