<p>shameless bump^</p>
<p>Drexel's and VCU's med schools are pretty good. Temple's is good too.</p>
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<p>I have heard that DeSales Univeristy has a GREAT pre med program. I dont know if there is any truth to that. Its in PA near Lehigh.</p>
<p>Is it possible to get early assurance without applying to a BS/MD program?</p>
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while i like the idea of early assurance, something tells me i would be better off going through MCAT and whole applicaiton process, I might be better off in the long run because I could get into a better med school then I expected.
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<p>Don't forget that in most caes, you can get into one of these early assurance programs and STILL take the MCAT and apply to other (better) med schools. Hence, if you get into a place like Harvard Medical, you can then simply drop out of your current assured program. </p>
<p>What these assured programs give you is a bird in the hand. You can then still hunt for 2 birds in the bush. The assured programs are a great deal because you know you've got guaranteed admission to somewhere and then you can try to shop around and see if you can do better. If you find out that you can't, then fair enough, you just stay in the assured program.</p>
<p>Thats true I never thought about that. But early assurance takes a lot of stress off of us and as I was looking at med schools their acceptance rate is 12% and below while ASU's is 91% (I realize it doesnt make sense to compare the two but its just their acceptance rates) I just want to go to undergrad school knowing I have somewhere to go. So is it possible for early assurance without BS/MD program?</p>
<p>You could apply to reach schools such as UCLA and UCSD. You would have a decent shot at UCI. These would all be excellent pre med schools. Keep USD as a back up as it would not be a particularly strong pre med school.</p>
<p>Oh sorry, you wanted to avoid publics. I would also recommend WUSTL, although it is a large reach for you. Excellent pre-med school.</p>
<p>UC schools tend to have good science-oriented programs that let their students take all those bio and chem classes and have some work experience in a lab</p>
<p>UCSD, UCLA, and UCB have significant pre-med populations (and therefore clubs and advising) plus their own med schools - at UCSd I heard biology department is like the largest one ... all of these are public though...</p>
<p>Well that doesnt seem to save me the trouble of applying to schools and MCAT's</p>
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