When do I find out the percentage of students who gets accepted to Med School or the rate of students that pass the MCAT from each school? These are the schools I am comparing?
The College of William and Mary
The College of New Jersey
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
University of Richmond
Case Western Reserve University
Do not rely on a school’s published list of getting kids into med school as those numbers can be quite misleading. For example, a school might say that they had an 80% acceptance rate. What they don’t tell you is of 100 students who started premed, 80 changed their minds for any number of reasons, and out of the 20 remaining and who applied, 16 were accepted, voila 80% acceptance rate.
You can’t fail MCAT, but you can get do poorly ending your chances at med schools. When time comes for prep MCAT, most will either take formalized review course (eg Kaplan), or get study materials and prep on own, perhaps small group.
Instead of relying on above criteria for picking school, consider where you’d be happy at as a happy student is more likely to do well GPA wise. Consider cost as med school is very expensive and typically paid for by loans, trying to graduate with as little UG debt as possible should be a goal. Consider which school has academics that you are interested in as if you like material you’re more likely to do well GPA wise. (You can major in anything). Consider which school offers you a Plan B as to academics as most who start as premed change their minds as to career goals. Good luck.
None of the UG courses will directly prepare you the Mcat. Collectively, the med school prerequisites will prepare you the basis of Mcat indirectly. All those prerequisites are lower level courses that you can take any of the listed schools and it won’t matter which one you attend. The goal is to get all As in all the courses and it is very hard. You should choose the school that fits you the most without premed in the equation.
Pretty sure college pre-health committees have those stats but they are kept as top secret. Your question is like - ask what high school GPA+SAT/ACT to get admitted into Harvard. You can definitely ask each college pre-health office for those stats to see what they are willing to tell you.
There is no pass or fail in MCAT. 510+ is generally considered pretty good while 520+ (99%) is exceptional.
While technically not a fail I would say <500 is a fail since AAMC has established that 500 is considered the threshold for “academically qualified to complete medical school”
MCAT scores are not dependent on the school you attend but your preparation. You will take the premed required classes but you will have to study on your own for the MCAT because faculty don’t teach the classes with the MCAT in mind.
This is a link to an old article but the point being you will attend a college and take premed classes but what you learn in class won’t necessarily align with the exam. https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2013/5/16/mcat-test-prep-premed/
I would go with the most affordable and leave the leftover money for med school.
^i used to post that article all the time. It’s great
Actually you should pick a school that will prepare you the best WITHOUT premed in the equation. If you want to major in history, you pick the school with best history major in the bunch.
Majority of the premeds, however, want to major in biology related subjects, so pick one that will give you the most potential to get in to graduate school, if you happened to have medical school worthy grade, then med school is an added benefit. 70%+ of the declared premeds do not get to apply for med school for one reason or another, therefore, a Plan B should be targeted in very early part of your college career.
Often in times…Plan B is the culprit that kills the Plan A…things like BME major, triple majors…