Medical School Admissions

Pre-Med & Medical School Pre-Med Topics
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<p>I am in high school right now and I want to know if the hs gpa matters in medical school admissions. Also, are there any specific majors med school look for? Are there some colleges better than others to go to before med school?</p>

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<p>1) No
2) Med schools require top GPA, MCAT scores, rec letters and a battery of pre-req science courses. No specific major as long as you get all that done
3) it’s not the college you attend as much as what will allow you to maximize attaining the items in #2</p>

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<p>I realize Im tagging onto a somewhat unrelated thread, but the title works for me.</p>

<p>I tried to find out the admission statistics from my S’s college for acceptances into Med School… like the number who applied, their average GPA, major, MCATs and of course, where they got in. When I couldn’t find anything on the subject, I finally wrote the office that handles that kind of stuff and she sent me a PDF copy of a brochure of sorts that included some class of 2009 stats. But it said… </p>

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<p>There were no GPA’s listed or scores of any kind. Just broken down by Male/female and alumni (which I assume are people a year or two out of school). In any event, can someone tell me what the above statement means exactly because the numbers said that 48 had applied and 41 had been accepted. That’s an acceptance rate of 85.4% and I didn’t really think that was all that low given what it takes. OR is that just the number of applications they supported and they don’t track any others?</p>

<p>We’re talking about a small CLA of about 2400 students total.</p>

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<p>Undergraduate schools have the option of providing “committee recommendations” for their students. Some schools choose not to provide this service to specific students (e.g. those with very low MCAT scores), which effectively prohibits them from applying to medical school at all.</p>

<p>Middlebury is saying, essentially: “We don’t prohibit very many of our students from applying. This makes our numbers look worse.”</p>

<p>The problem with this reasoning is that actually very few schools refuse to provide letters to specific students. Since Middlebury is apparently one of them, its numbers are actually artificially high in comparison.</p>

<p>With that said, 85% actually is pretty good. So if it’s a little inflated, that’s probably still okay.</p>

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<p>What colleges would you recommend someone who would apply to medical school to attend.</p>

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<p>Post #5:</p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/pre-med-topics/202936-good-pre-med-schools.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/pre-med-topics/202936-good-pre-med-schools.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;