<p>I have never claimed that "bsmd programs are so easy to get in ", but there are programs that are easiER to get into than others. Didn’t I state that D. was rejected from the bs/md at her current Med. School? And another “incorrect translation”? of what I said: “the interview is a non-event”, I said that interview of the HS’e is not the same as for the college graduate. Why I can say that? Becuase D. went thru the set of both. You appear to be very remote from the process, so why are you commenting about it ? Reading on internet is NOT the same as experiencing. “You always use your D as an example, but she maybe a top top student who will succeed in ANY school, if so, why did she applied to a BSMD program?”- I do not have anybody else to use as an example, my S. was not a pre-med and his experience is way too old to use anyway. Nobody else in family is in medicine. Everybody can read on the internet, there is no point to repeat it here, we are sharing our personal experiences here.<br>
In regard to applying to BS/MD programs in general, everybody has to ask themselves, are they up to all this uncertainty about taking MCAT, interviewing, applying to Med. School. Myt D. has repeated over and over again, that her participation in the bs/md has helped her to enjoy her UG experience in much more relaxed manner, helped her obtain much higher MCAT score than otherwise and greatly boosted her self-confidence going to interviews (regular route). You can put her down as much as you wish, that seems to be your approach to everybody. However everybody does what they feel appropriate based on thier personality. If you are worrying type, being in bs/md is a great plus. If you can stay cool thru all of that, then why bother? D. was the only one in her program who applied out, nobody in her program bothered with the process, they went staright to the Med. School in their program.
Anyway, we are not discussing bs/md’s, there is a special section for these discussions, you can refer yourself to this section, if interested.</p>