<p>Is it true that you need ivy league stats to get into ALL combined med programs.. im gonna be a junior next year.. so two years of my high school career are already over..so i dont know so far if ive got good enough stats.. but basically my question is.. are all of the programs equally competitive and equally difficult to get into?</p>
<p>nope, med programs stress sat scores and gpa a lot more than ivy leagues. ivy leagues are more into ecs.</p>
<p>like regular colleges, there are different tiers of med programs. </p>
<p>For students that can get into middle to top tier med programs, the same kids will most likely get into ivies.</p>
<p>so no, not all med programs are equally competitive, not even close.</p>
<p>from my experience.. ivy league stats get you an interview and past the first cut for med programs... but after that it becomes as subjective as ivy league admissions</p>
<p>Quick question...</p>
<p>Lets say you want to go to a combined med program and you work your stats really hard like raise your gpa, do alot more ec's and so on....and you dont get into med school. But since your stats are still really good b/c you worked to get into a combined med program, would you be able to get into really good undergrad programs?</p>
<p>...get into a really good undergrad even though most of the extra stuff you have is like a ton of volunteer hrs or like a lot of reseach to do with medicine and so on...</p>
<p>of course.. in fact, people who get into med programs often turn down undergrad programs like the ivies. And people who don't get into the programs get into ivies too. Having research/volunteer experience will help you ANYWHERE you apply.</p>
<p>which programs do you guys consider "top-tier medical programs" and which ones would fall under lower tiers?</p>
<p>it's all a crapshoot. i've seen "incompetents" get into all.</p>
<p>Top tiers: Northwestern, Brown, Rice, Case, Boston, Rochester (no specific order)</p>