<p>What does Case PPSP look for? I have the usual: volunteering, shadowing, high stats, lots of leadership, etc.</p>
<p>2011 Ranking (Research) v. 2005-1993 Rankings
[I see some big changes in UPenn, UChicago, Mt.Sinai, Brown, Stanford, Yale, Alabama, … ]</p>
<ol>
<li>Harvard 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1</li>
<li>U Penn 4 4 4 4 3 3 4 7 6 7 7</li>
<li>Hopkins 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2</li>
<li>Wash U 3 2 3 4 3 4 3 5 4 5 5</li>
<li>Duke 6 4 5 3 5 6 4 3 5 6 6</li>
<li>UCSF 5 6 6 7 7 6 7 4 6 4 4</li>
<li>Stanford 8 8 11 9 10 10 9 10 10 9 9</li>
<li><p>Yale 11 10 9 8 7 5 4 6 3 3 3</p>
<h2>Above are top 5s.</h2></li>
<li><p>U Wash 7 10 10 11 9 9 13 13 11 9 9</p></li>
<li><p>Columbia 10 8 7 6 5 8 7 8 8 8 8</p></li>
<li><p>U Mich 9 7 8 9 12 10 9 9 9 11</p></li>
<li><p>U Chicago 19 22 19 17 18 18 18 16 16 16</p></li>
<li><p>UCLA 11 14 13 14 10 10 12 11 13 12</p></li>
<li><p>U Pitt 16 15 17 20 19 24 19 17 17 18</p></li>
<li><p>UCSD 14 17 20 24 23 22 19 20 18 13</p></li>
<li><p>Vanderbilt 1715 16 16 16 16 15 14 14 14</p></li>
<li><p>Cornell 14 12 11 11 14 13 9 12 12 17</p></li>
<li><p>Mt.Sinai</p></li>
<li><p>Northwestern 20 20 22 20 22 21 25 </p></li>
<li><p>UNC 23 20 22 24 23 22 </p></li>
<li><p>Emory 20 19 20 22 19 19 21 19 24 </p></li>
<li><p>Baylor 13 13 13 11 12 15 13 15 15 15</p></li>
<li><p>UTSW 17 17 17 17 19 19 17 21 20 </p></li>
<li><p>UVa 26 25 27 28 30 28 </p></li>
<li><p>Case 20 24 22 17 17 16 15 18 19 19</p></li>
<li><p>Mayo 23 22 15 15 15 14 24 24 22 </p></li>
<li><p>Iowa 28 28 30 29 32 30 </p></li>
<li><p>U Wisc 26 25 31 30 31 32 </p></li>
<li><p>Brown 40 43 39 40 44 </p></li>
<li><p>NYU 32 30 26 24 27 24 21 23 22 20</p></li>
<li><p>U Alabama 23 25 28 27 26 24 25 </p></li>
<li><p>Dartmouth 35 34 34 34 36 41 </p></li>
<li><p>U Rochester 30 32 28 31 28 30 </p></li>
<li><p>Boston U 28 43 39 37 33 33 </p></li>
<li><p>U Minn 38 34 36 35 33 36 </p></li>
<li><p>OHSU 35 34 35 35 39 36 </p></li>
<li><p>USC 32 32 36 43 40 36 </p></li>
</ol>
<p>Research rank variation >= 5 positions from 2005 to 2011:</p>
<p>U of Chicago, 19 -> 12, up 7 points
Yale, 11 -> 5, up 6 points
Brown, 40 -> 29, up 11 points </p>
<p>U of Alabama, 23 -> 31, down 8 points
Baylor, 13 -> 22, down 8 points
UTSW, 17 -> 22, down 5 points
U of Boston, 28->34, down 6 points</p>
<p>[50</a> Top Colleges - with many different parameters plugged in](<a href=“http://50topcolleges.com/Rankings.html]50”>http://50topcolleges.com/Rankings.html)</p>
<p>@Bigfire,
Appreciate the time and effort putting the yearly ranking of the schools.
The analysis is very useful.
Thanks for the post.</p>
<p>Note that the general consensus about Baylor from everything that I have read is that the dropping in US News rank has had no impact whatsoever on medical education.</p>
<p>The two best medical schools in Texas are UT Southwestern and Baylor College of Medicine.
Southwestern is probably the better school, according to those familiar with both. Its campus is huge. It has a big endowment, is strong in research, and has Nobel laureates on the faculty. Parkland Hospital is top rate.
Baylor has a “deserved?” stronger reputation. But both schools are research oriented. The drop in Baylor ranking may be related to its dissociation with Methodist Hospital, one of its two main teaching hospitals (Methodist private, Ben Taub county). This was related to or led to Baylor building its own hospital. which is partially built but status is in limbo because of funding. Baylor has major financial issues, one of the reasons for its consideration to merge with Rice University. Other affiliations are solid: Texas Children’s Hospital, DeBakey VA Hospital and rotations through St. Luke’s and MD Anderson Cancer Center.<br>
However, the above should not affect the awesome education of its graduates. Basic Science faculty, research and teaching remain strong. The rotations at Methodist Hospital were easily replaced.</p>
<p>For those obsessed with ranking, this is very solid, reasonable and by far the best refelction:</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/multiple-degree-programs/1155374-ba-md-reflection.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/multiple-degree-programs/1155374-ba-md-reflection.html</a></p>
<p>How is WashU’s program?</p>
<p>WashU’s program is very demanding, i believe you have to maintain 3.9 GPA or so.</p>
<p>Unless you are very very lucky, you get admitted, to maintain the GPA requirement will kill u. So i would consider it is not a guaranteed program. Not worth to even apply.</p>
<p>Think about it, if you have a bad cold in the winter, and miss some classes, you might just blow it.</p>
<p>^noted, thanks.</p>