<p>Could someone please give me info on the percent of pre-med students at U of M that get accepted to med school? How many apply, and how many get in (to any med school)? Also, what's the acceptance rate for people who get into U of M's med school? </p>
<p>Thanks for the info, I couldn't find it on U of M's site anywhere :(!</p>
<p>bumpp, does anyone kno where I can get this info plss</p>
<p>Some of the info is from 2007 but this is what I found.</p>
<p>[Average</a> MCAT Scores for University of Michigan Medical School Admissions Statistics and Average GPA](<a href=“http://www.eduers.com/Medical/Michigan/University_of_Michigan_Medical_School.html]Average”>http://www.eduers.com/Medical/Michigan/University_of_Michigan_Medical_School.html)</p>
<p>*****, its that’s hard to get in to U of M’s med school?!?! Thanks for the info though. I was also looking for info about undergrad pre-med U of M students, and their acceptance rate into med school if anyone knows where I can get that.</p>
<p>[UM</a> :: The Career Center :: Students :: Pre-Medicine :: Medical School Application :: UM Application Statistics](<a href=“http://www.careercenter.umich.edu/students/med/medappstats.html]UM”>http://www.careercenter.umich.edu/students/med/medappstats.html)</p>
<p>These are some medical school statistics from U of M students.</p>
<p>Yea, U of M medical school is ranked #6 on U.S news and world report. It is very hard to get into U of M medical school, however it is slightly easier for U of M students, than other students at other schools.</p>
<p>Hey Entertainer, long time no see! You’re doing pre-med too right? How’s everything going?! If you don’t mind me asking, which pre-med classes are you taking, and how difficult are they? Have you been able to participate in medical related EC’s or job shadow at U of M’s med school? I heard that’s important too.</p>
<p>I’m gonna be a freshman with pre-med and engineering major next year, so im just looking for some general info. Thanks!</p>
<p>pre-med + engineering can be bad combination because engineers usually have lower gpas compared to their lsa peers.</p>
<p>^ Yep, I’ve heard that from lots of people. But if I don’t get in med school, engineering is what I wanna do, so I think im set on pre-med/engineering.</p>
<p>Sorry for answering so late. </p>
<p>Yes, I’m pre-med and I’m pursuing an honors concentration in psychology. Hopefully, I will be accepted to the LSA Honors College in a few weeks after my grades are in. </p>
<p>Well I have taken General Chemistry and English 125 (College Writing) for my reqs so far. I didn’t take any this semester because I pledged a fraternity. General chemistry was hard just because I didn’t have a strong background in chemistry in high school. I worked hard and did very well in the class though. English isn’t necessarily a pre-req, but some schools require 1 year of college english classes. Next year I’m taking Organic Chemistry and Calc 1. I’ve become a very competitive student so I’m very excited about taking Organic Chem.</p>
<p>I just got accepted to a medical program at Yale University School of Medicine for the summer. I will be shadowing physicians/taking courses/MCAT preparation/Networking, etc. I also hope to travel abroad to do medical training. From my understanding, it is very hard to do programs/volunteer and other activities at U of M medical school. It is possible but with so many U of M pre-med students, its hard to get those into those programs.</p>
<p>Pre-med courses at the University of Michigan are very hard. Exams are made to trick you at times. They really test your knowledge and understanding of the material. It will be hard to have a high GPA as an engineer, but anything is possible. Michigan is all about hard work.</p>
<p>^Congrats Entertainer! That sounds great.</p>
<p>Yosup… If med school is really your first priority (and not just a “Hey, this sound like a cool idea.” sort of thing), I’m going to tell you it’s a really bad idea to do CS. </p>
<p>As for getting into med schools, I’ve been told that schools like Wayne State are generally not hard for “good” students at Michigan to get into. This has been from just a few people, and I’ve not seen any numbers which reflect on this one way or the other.</p>
<p>Congrats Entertainer! My chem background is pretty bad, so I hope I can do as well as you…</p>
<p>ahh dang, this sucks, IDK what I want to do anymore…wanting do do pre-med was a recent idea, but I think it’s something I’m serious about (and I think it’ll be my first priority). I have no experience whatsoever in medicine though. I also really like CS though, and I don’t just wanna give it up…especially since there’s a chance I won’t get into med school…any tips?! Why is it be so hard to do CS/pre-med (as opposed to other majors)? T__T…</p>
<p>Well medical school admissions has been very competitive given the recent economic decline. Usually when you look at medical school admission data, there is a very small percentage, usually about 2-5% of engineers, that apply to medical school. It is possible, but its just that a small percentage of engineers pursue a medical career. If you are passionate about computer science, don’t give that up, just know that if you are very serious about medicine, you should do everything possible to obtain a high GPA, without sacrificing a major that you genuinely enjoy. With that being said, come to U-M and stick with computer science. Try taking a premed requirement class and see if you can balance both. If any is especially difficult and if you don’t think you will be motivated to do well, then you might want to reconsider.</p>
<p>For example, I’m interested in Psychology. I want to do an honors concentration because I want to do research with a faculty member here at the University. Psychology is not hard and it compliments my goal of becoming a neurosurgeon. On the other hand, engineering is very difficult at the University of Michigan, but everything is doable. Balancing engineering courses/lab with premed courses/labs is very hard, but doable.</p>
<p>Thanks Entertainer, that’s exactly what I think I’ll do! I’m just worried that on top of my school work, I wanted to volunteer during school at a hospital, and join the pre-med club, AND do research for MRC. I’m not sure how much time all of this will take, but I hope I’ll have time to do it all.</p>
<p>Also, I was wondering, how much volunteer/work experience in a hospital/medical setting did you have before starting at U of M? I have none whatsoever, so will I be at a big disadvantage? Like I said, I recently decided to do pre-med.</p>
<p>On a different note, how was your writing class? English/writing is my worst subject, so do you think I should start with English 125 too? Also, english counts as a humanities class doesn’t it? So I could count it for my humanities AND pre-med requirement?</p>
<p>The reasons CS + Premed is so hard are…</p>
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<li>CS is damn hard on it’s own</li>
<li>A lot of premed classes are competitive, and generally are taken with other easy classes. You can’t do that if you’re majoring in CS. You’ve got hard and harder classes.</li>
<li>CS and other engineering majors require more credits than most LSA majors. LSA majors typically require 30 or so credits, Engineering 60. There’s also a very large engineering core that you have to take. </li>
<li>None of the premed are useful for CS. I think you may be able to take Orgo 1 and/or 2 for flexible elective credit for CS, but other than that, nothing. And then you miss out on what other things you might have been interested in for flexible electives.</li>
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<p>If you’re really serious about it, when you come take Orgo 1 instead of Gen Chem (if you need a Chem credit), and take 4 major classes, something like Chem 210, Engr 101, Math 116 or 156, and Physics (240, 260, or whatever you need) or a class like EECS 203 if you’re done with Physics, and be prepared to be busy.</p>
<p>Wait, are you saying take 5 classes (23 credits?) first semester? I’ll die ._. </p>
<p>The requirements for pre-med are 4 sems of chemistry, 2 sems of bio, and 2 sems of English, and maybe a sem of physics and math? Physics, and math, and 1 semester of chem are requirements for engineering, so I don’t have to worry about those. I can take 2 sems of English for both pre-med and humanities requirement. Then for the remaining 2 sems of bio and 3 sems of chem, I should be able to use regular and flexible technical electives, to fulfil those requirements.</p>
<p>Sooo, my classes are going to be extremely hard, but I should be able to graduate in 4 years? Or maybe I’m missing something?</p>
<p>Anyways for first semester, I was thinking Engineering 101, General Chemistry I, Calc II, and something else (maybe english or bio? or a CS class idk…). I think a hard part will be getting all of my pre-med classes done before senior year so I can be ready for the MCAT.</p>
<p>No, 4 classes. It was Physics OR EECS 203 if you’re done with Physics. And Orgo, Engr101, and Math. 18 credits (including labs). </p>
<p>English Composition doesn’t count for humanities (at least not in Engineering, it might in LSA), just by the way. I don’t know what English premed requires, but I imagine it’s composition.</p>
<p>If you took EVERY elective credit and applied it to premed you might be able to get away with it without too much extra. I imagine most CS majors like to fill those up with CS/Math or GPA boosting classes though.</p>
<p>Ahh that stinks, I was counting on English to be a humanities…anyways, I think I’ll take general chem before orgo? And I might get 5 credits of Physics from my ap exam, but engineering requires 10 credits so I’ll have to take some physics no matter what…sigh.</p>
<p>Does premed actually require you take that first semester of Gen Chem, or just that you take 2nd semester of Organic and 2nd semester of Inorganic?</p>
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<p>Here are the requirements for U of M’s med school…is this even gonna be possible? I guess for the “non science” courses, I’ll have lots of math and humanities/SS. And for those humanities/SS classes, I’ll try to take their recommended classes. Will it be possible to do this with 18 credits or less per semester? I’m allowed to overlap these credits like I’m suggesting, right?</p>