<p>My daughter is high school senior and interested in medicine profession. I have heard that there are universities which guarntees admission to their medical college as undergraduate freshman (of course only after you finish undergrad with certain GPA). Key feature is.....You do not have to take MCAT</p>
<p>In Ohio, where we reside, OSU, Case Western offer such guarnteed admission.</p>
<p>Can you help with names of Universities in other states that has similar program</p>
<p>THANKS</p>
<p>texas tech, Rice U/Baylor program</p>
<p>I'm fairly sure UCSD has one. I don't know what the criteria is though - they don't offer it to the average admit. It was offered to a friend of my D's (he turned it down for Stanford with no med school guarantee).</p>
<p>Brown University has a program called PLME. Also, StonyBrook U (NY) and I think, though not sure, John Hopkins may too.</p>
<p>I think GW has one.</p>
<p>Eastern Carolina has one.</p>
<p>just know that kids who are accepted into these programs are Ivy caliber.</p>
<p>Try the premed forums on CC, too.</p>
<p>In checking your back posts, I saw that in another forum, you posted a chances post as a h.s. student. Just letting you know that if you happen to be a h.s. student, it is OK to post on parents forum. Parents here are nice, and respond to student posts as long as the student isn't coming here to rag on parents, as, unfortunately, some students do.</p>
<p>I also notice that you posted earlier this year and said that you had 2 sons, one of whom would be entering college next year, the other of whom is already in college. What's up?</p>
<p>USC - University of So Calif.</p>
<p>Michigan State has one (osteopathic). Washington U in St. Louis has one, too. Try Googling things like "guaranteed admission to medical school," "4-3 medical school programs," "7-year medical programs," etc. You might also consider schools that offer agreements with another college. That way, your child will have the exposure to two different schools --- always a plus.</p>
<p>There is this archived CC page:
<a href="http://www.collegeconfidential.com/dean/archives/000289.htm%5B/url%5D">http://www.collegeconfidential.com/dean/archives/000289.htm</a>
with a link to the AAMC site that list about 30 med schools with some sort of BS/MD program. I don't know how current that list is. State universities sometimes restrict the combined degree programs to in-state residents. </p>
<p>In addition to those already been mentioned, Villanova is another that we came across:
<a href="http://tinyurl.com/hej5w%5B/url%5D">http://tinyurl.com/hej5w</a></p>
<p>Why, if I may ask, is your daughter in such a hurry to commit? </p>
<p>"Key feature is.....You do not have to take MCAT"
But if someone scores well on the SATs, they will probably do as well on the MCATs.</p>
<p>Ditto, 2dsdad. If you are sharp enough to get into one of these programs the MCAT is the least of your worries. The biggest problem we have in medical schools are the students who were pushed into something that they do not enjoy.</p>
<p>Since you are from Ohio, I would assume that you know about NEOUCOM but if you haven't here's a website <a href="http://www.neoucom.edu/audience/applicants%5B/url%5D">http://www.neoucom.edu/audience/applicants</a></p>
<p>Another program that I've heard of is through Union College in New York.</p>
<p>Northwestern.</p>
<p>Caltech has a program that guarantees admission into UCSD med school.</p>
<p>Wisconsin does, but for in-staters only.</p>
<p>My D's friend, who was one of my students, is in that program at Rice. It is very difficult to get into, with only about 15 asked to interview for it (yes, you don't request it - they have to invite you to interview), and then only 7-8are accepted. But he works very closely with an advisor. When he wanted to take a class in history, the advisor told him that they expected more from kids in that program - no "slacking." He changed to an additional science class with another lab on top of his 2 others.</p>
<p>Knox and Rhodes, I believe, both offer programs linked to med schools and I am sure there are other LACs that offer an alignment that is less pressured than the 7 year university programs. The advantages of schools like these is that they do excellent pre-med/science prep and reduce some the admit pressure without sending an 18 year old down the chute prematurely. For a kid who feels dedicated to medicine but who is more collaborative than competitive in their personal style, these can be healthier options I think because they get ready for med school in a smaller, broader-based community.</p>
<p>ejr1, I don't know who advises your daughter's friend, but my sister is also a Rice-Baylor kid and her experience has been great, but somewhat different. (She posts on here too, but as she's traveling this week I figured I'd jump in and put words in her mouth--hey, what are big sisters for?)</p>
<p>She went in planning to major in a sciency field, and after working as a research assistant for a sociology professor ended up declaring a soc major. While she definitely had to take her share of lab classes before medical school, to my knowlege there was no pressure to avoid humanities and the social sciences. In fact, there was just the opposite--a real encouragment of students broadening their horizons and learning things that would make them compassionate, interesting, and wise.</p>
<p>Also, I would hardly consider any course at Rice to involve "slacking." My sister, who could excel in pretty much any major (well, probably not music, but whatever...) works hard in all her classes and they require a high level of work--I think she's a pretty excellent writer, but her soc. professors definitely push her to make her papers even better.</p>
<p>To echo a previous post, we just visited Union College in Schenectady, NY. They have a program which connects with University of Albany Medical School. </p>
<p>I suspect all of these programs are VERY selective, so good luck!</p>