<p>Is Penn’s PRE-MED program strong? </p>
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<p>Hey, Does anyone know the quality of Penn’s premed program? Are they strong in areas like biological sciences and chemistry?</p>
<p>It would be awesome if anyone can find Medical-School Acceptance Rates of Penn’s premed students</p>
<p>I hope it's good, or I'm transfering to Wharton and getting me a fiance degree.</p>
<p>I have a booklet from Penn that says that 85% of seniors that apply to medical school are accepted. It says the national average is 50%, but I'm not sure how good it is compared to other top schools.</p>
<p>Penn graduates go on to good medical schools with over three-quarters going to one of their top two choices according to my advisor.</p>
<p>search that vice provost site - its got a great site with FAQ for prospie premeds</p>
<p>i was actually wondering how u can score a good research position as a freshman. i already have experience, just no connections. any advice? and can i just kinda walk into the hospital and become a volunteer?</p>
<p>I was thinking talk to your advisor and see what s/he says. My friends at Penn who are upperclassmen aren't into science so they can't direct me to a good professor. I guess we'll just wait and see. Supposedly research oppertunities pick up sophmore year and I wouldn't want any hard core research my first year when I'm adjusting to college and classes and stuff.</p>
<p>wait paro, the vice provost site?</p>
<p>would you mind posting a link please?</p>
<p>Penn's acceptance rate for first-time applicants is indeed around 85%, which is very, very high even amoung top schools, especially considering that some schools (read: Hopkins) have recommendation screens in place that prevent underqualified students from applying in the first place, thus inflating their figures. Given the quality of advising as well as access to clinical work and research experience, Penn's is certainly one of the best programs out there, along with places like Duke and Hopkins. The one thing I would point out with these numbers though is that they do not take into account the attrition rate: a great number, even a majority of people who come to Penn and similar schools as premeds never apply to med school, as they are weeded out by the required classes or decide not to pursue medicine for other reasons.</p>
<p>I know some Ivys like Princeton, and of course Johns Hopkins and MIT, have the recommendation screens as you said. I always wondered if Penn did the same.</p>
<p>ok, that is good to hear.</p>
<p>so i guess Penn doesn't screen its applicants? thats really nice</p>
<p>ya, i am afraid of places like Hopkins now, cuz most ppl on premed forums say that it has insane competition and the curve can hit u pretty hard</p>
<p><a href="http://dolphin.upenn.edu/%7Eamsa/%5B/url%5D">http://dolphin.upenn.edu/~amsa/</a>
^ the amer med student assoc website for penn</p>
<p><a href="http://www.vpul.upenn.edu/careerservices/gradprof/healthprof/med.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.vpul.upenn.edu/careerservices/gradprof/healthprof/med.html</a>
^ the VPUL site.., its REALLY REALLY helpful.</p>
<p>gluck u premed prospies! hope to share notes on orgo with u guys =)</p>