How do you Choose Med Schools to Apply to?

<p>UMich wont be a safety, but he has a really really good chance of getting in. Mich loves people with stats like his</p>

<p>This is why the “why us” question on a secondary can be critical. If you write a convincing essay as to why you would choose a school that’s (for lack of a better phrase) “beneath you” then they won’t feel you’re just using them as a secondary. You have to find something about the school that really isn’t replicated elsewhere, it can’t just be common stuff like the grading or amount of lectures or the location.</p>

<p>IMHO the rankings for IS would be:</p>

<p>U-M
WSU
MSU
Oakland
CMU and WMU (Since both are new. CMU’s first class will be this fall and WMU next fall.)</p>

<p>"UMich wont be a safety, but he has a really really good chance of getting in. Mich loves people with stats like his " who in addition are Michigan residents, wohooo! i do not see how UofM would miss replying to this applicant. They completely ignored my D’s application though, but she had enough of very good acceptances, she actually had a hard time deciding, so maybe it was good that she did not need to consider another school. But nobody knows, maybe she would have loved it. U of M was always a dream, but way too expansive dream for UG, so she will live her life having satisfied her other dreams, not this one. Maybe it is not her miss, maybe it is sombody else’s miss that she is contributing at another Med. School. Stay positive no matter what!</p>

<p>Re: buying the MSAR. If you can’t afford one right now, you can definitely check one out from a library (county or university). Your premed advising office probably has a few lying around for students to browse. Even if it’s not the most current one, the info about curriculum and class size and whatever should still be relevant.</p>

<p>Re: safeties in med school. Like mom2 alluded to, the point is not to call them “safeties.” The reason is that when undergrads think of “safeties,” they think of schools where they will surely be accepted. Since med school admissions is such a crapshoot anyway, there’s no such thing as a sure thing, as surprising as that might be. Now, of course there are schools where one is more likely to be accepted (their state school, schools that match their stats, etc), but even those “more likely” schools don’t approach favorable admissions percentages (maybe 25% vs 7%, whereas admissions percentages for undergrad would be >80% for safeties).</p>

<p>Re: U-M. I agree with iwbb, which is why I mentioned in my novel that you should aggressively market yourself to U-M if it’s your goal. I personally think it’s a great goal for you to have.</p>

<p>kristen msar current edition is only online now. i personally hate online research when comparing things (like to flip pages and turn back corners LOL)… but S2 got the online version, and also a cheap paper msar 2010-2011 from an online book seller…think it was $3.00. the online version is 19.99</p>

<p>^Should have clarified that I meant previous years!</p>