<p>Is there an accelerated medical program at wustl?</p>
<p>no, there is not</p>
<p>I don't know, but does the "University Scholars Program" accept pre-med students? If so, I think that would be comparable to an accelerated medical program... It'd be tough to get into though, and you'd be guaranteed a hard four years (and/or more).</p>
<p>Ok yeah I checked - at least for the class of 2013 you can do that program pre-med. Which basically means you're doing undergraduate and graduate degrees simultaneously. Not my idea of a good time. Is that what you meant by "accelerated" though?</p>
<p>It's not accelerated. It's still 8 years. If you get in, then you have to maintain a pretty ridiculous GPA and get a very high score on the MCAT, and then you get to go to Wash U med. But the undergraduate experience is the same as for everyone else. No acceleration.</p>
<p>but if you're accepeted into the university scholars program, you're guaranteed into med school if you meet w/ mcat n gpa standards? How does the university scholars program work, just how difficult is it?</p>
<p>Ok, yeah scwymer is right - The USP website states:</p>
<p>"-Is the University Scholars Program an accelerated program?
We want all our undergraduate students to have an exciting and fulfilling undergraduate experience. Thus, the University Scholars Program is not intended to be an accelerated program."</p>
<p>I don't know a whole lot about it, you can find good information at University</a> Scholars Program though... If you get in, though, you're guaranteed a spot in the med school if you maintain a 3.8 GPA, score a 36 on the MCAT, and get through an interview. I'm in physics and comp sci, though, so I wouldn't be able to tell you how difficult that is exactly. </p>
<p>(And for anyone reading the thread, the "guaranteed acceptance line" for non-medical students in the University Scholars Program is different, and not necessarily so demanding, depending on your area - these include business, law, medicine, and social work)</p>
<p>I'm actually in the program right now. PM me if you have any questions.</p>
<p>hey!!!</p>
<p>Since you're in the program right now, and I'm interested in
premed, i was wondering how competitive it was to get in.
Could you maybe post your stats??</p>
<p>and also is it true that only five people get in??!!</p>
<p>pleasee hopefully someone</p>
<p>Only five? I heard the program is completely useless, since there's a mCAT and GPA requirement for the medical school, and if you have that, you can go to way better medical schools anyways. Only one or two people per class usually continue all the way through the program.</p>
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Only five? I heard the program is completely useless, since there's a mCAT and GPA requirement for the medical school
This is true. There's not really any benefit to the program other than peace of mind in knowing that you've got a spot at the med school. With the GPA and the MCAT score required to remain in the program, you can get in pretty much anywhere. Well, you don't have to do extracurriculars or community service, but you should be doing the extracurriculars anyway if you're paying $50k/year and if you're just applying to this program to get out of community service, you should think about a profession outside the medical field.</p>
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you can go to way better medical schools anyways.
There aren't many better medical schools than WUSTL. According to US News & World Reports, WUSTL</a> has the 3rd best medical school in the country, after Harvard (1) and Hopkins (2). According to Wiki (not a great source, but whatever), WUSTL</a> is ranked by USNWR as the number one most selective medical school in the country. And if you're interested in areas such as pediatrics, no other medical school in the country even comes close to providing the kind of opportunities that are available at St. Louis Children's Hospital.</p>
<p>HTH</p>
<p>Hm, so is it very hard to fulfill the GPA and MCAT requirements--i heard somewhere that it wasn't actually impossible lol. </p>
<p>so is everyone saying that its not worth it??</p>
<p>Way better medical schools? Who would that be exactly? According to most publications, WUSTL is ranked amongst the top med schools in the country. Per US News which is usually what most people go off of, it is ranked #3 this year. I think it was #2 recently. </p>
<p>It has the highest average MCAT score of all med schools, usually vies for the #1 spot for lowest acceptance rate, is in the top 5 for National Institutes of Health research grants (something like $500 million per year), and both the Barnes hospital and STL Children's hospital which are in the med school complex are usually rated in the top 10 of many publications for best medschools.</p>
<p>--Also, regarding the University Scholars Program, it is NOT accelerated, and the guaranteed acceptance is non-binding, so you don't have to go to WU med school if you don't want to at the end of undergrad. Most people who are in the program are probably chosen because they won't have any problem eventually getting the 3.8+ gpa or 36+ MCAT. Is there a significant benefit of the program? Not really, but it gives peace of mind to the very few people who are in the program. Honestly, though, as long as you work your butt off in undergrad and succeed here... if you graduate from Wash U pre-med and did everything you were supposed to do, you'll most likely get into a great med school (possibly even Wash U's own later on). </p>
<p>Accelerated med programs are silly anyway. Who wants to be a doctor at like age 23, and miss all the fun things about simply being in college and having fun? It sounds prestigious, but those accelerated programs probably have way more downsides than upsides.</p>