Looking for a good premed school!

Applying to College
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<p>Hi,</p>

<p>I am going to be a high school senior next year, and know for sure that I want to go to medical school and become a doctor. My stats are as follows:</p>

<p>I am a B+/A- student at one of the top prep schools in the country
I recieved a 2260 on my first round of the SAT (I did not study)
I take all AP and honors courses
Recieved a 5 on BC Calculus exam, and on AP Biology exam
Write for the school paper
Have worked every summer since 8th grade, at a school, doing comunity service (working with rescue dogs), at a local water park
I am currently involved in two internships at prestigious organizations.
I also have some interesting hobbies, including starting my own business, writing, and woodworking.
I play football and am probably good enough to play at a D3 college.
I have also been put on probation before, which I have been told might lower my chances of getting into a good college</p>

<p>I know that, given my grades, I am probably not ivy league material. However, my goal is to get into the undergraduate school with a good premed program that will provide me the best opportunity to get into the best medical schools. I am also very interested in the dual med (combined bachelor MD programs) but could not find a list of colleges with these programs online. I also do not know if I would be able to get into a dual med program, because I have heard that they are highly competitive. I really have no idea about what schools would be best for me, so any advice you guys could offer would be great.</p>

<p>Thanks.</p>

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<p>John Hopkins!...without a doubt....Harvard comes from But I don't vouch for that school..</p>

<p><a href="http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/usnews/edu/grad/rankings/med/brief/mdrrank_brief.php%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/usnews/edu/grad/rankings/med/brief/mdrrank_brief.php&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>If you're looking at accelerated BA/MD (a program Hopkins doesn't have) look at Northwestern, Brown, Tufts, Rochester.</p>

<p>Here's the list you were looking for:</p>

<p><a href="http://services.aamc.org/currdir/section3/degree2.cfm?data=yes&program=bsmd%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://services.aamc.org/currdir/section3/degree2.cfm?data=yes&program=bsmd&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>Can you apply premed as well as regular major to a college at the same time? Just in the case that you don't get accepted into premed program.</p>

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<p>At most if not all schools, there is no premed major. You can major in anything and take the required premedical courses.</p>

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<p>cool...,
What about the colleges that do offer premed?</p>

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<p>This as been discussed ad nauseum. Do a search. Also, what sort of school offers "premed" as a major?</p>

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<p>Most (if not all) of the top 25 USNWR schools are excellent for pre-med</p>

<p>No, you cannot major in premed, and as others have said, do a search</p>

<p>No, different majors will generally not give you an advantage in med school admissions. Your major hardly matters unless it's something you hate and then get a low GPA (for premeds... low basically means anything below 3.3)</p>

<p>EDIT: You can do a search for BA/MD programs... there are quite a few of them. Can't find them? Edit your search terms on Google.</p>

<p>Seriously though, you should have no problem finding them. It took me 5-10 minutes to find a relatively comprehensive list when I was looking for them for college admissions purposes.</p>