<p>Just wanted to know how people would rank BS/MD programs in terms of prestige of medical school.
For example, UT PACT, Northwestern HPME, Brown PLME, UAB EMSAP, etc.</p>
<p>I think HPME is first and Pact is 2nd.</p>
<p>You probably want to consider other aspects:</p>
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<li>GPA, MCAT, and other requirements to maintain your “guaranteed” admission to the medical school.</li>
<li>Whether you can also apply to other medical schools.</li>
<li>Whether you would want to continue attending the school if you decided not to go to medical school, or lost your “guaranteed” admission.</li>
<li>How much the total cost and debt of the BS->MD program would be in relation to the earning power of your potential medical career (see <a href=“Latest Medical News, Clinical Trials, Guidelines - Today on Medscape”>Latest Medical News, Clinical Trials, Guidelines - Today on Medscape; ).</li>
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<p>@hello98, I’d rank it in terms of the medical school.</p>
<p>Silly question. IF you get into one, and IF you follow through on the entire program…you will still be called Dr. What you do, your USMLE scores and other things in med school will determine your residency placement…not which medschool is “better.” My daughter had 9 med school acceptances, I am not completely sure, but I <em>think</em> she turned down 3 that were ranked higher than the one she is attending. Unless you want to go into medical academia, rankings are pointless. Go to the school that you will like and would want to attend if your interests change.</p>
<p>To me UT PACT would probably be ranked the highest because a) it’s at no cost + stipend, b) it’s 7 years instead of 8, and c) UTSW is probably ranked the highest (if not close to being the highest) out of the rest of the medical schools.</p>
<p>IMHO, if the medical school for the BS/MD program is ranked super low (below 50), then there is absolutely no point in attending. Any applicant who can get accepted can probably get accepted to a higher ranked medical school going the traditional route. </p>
<p>UT PACT is for Texas residents only.</p>
<p>IMHO, your comment does not apply to Asian pre-meds. Three of my Asian patients did not get into any M.D. schools after graduating from Brown, JHU and NYU. It took them 2 or 3 additional years to get into D.O. programs. Asians need to score higher on MCAT just to have an even footing during the application process. The average MCAT scores of accepted medical students by race are as follow: 24 for African Americans, 29 for Caucasians and 31 for Asians.</p>
<p>@upstream Asians (I’m Asian) are faced with this in US education in general. Your patients had to deal with the same thing to get into those undergrad schools, so they should technically be accustomed to and well-groomed for this kind of higher expectation. </p>