<p>I'm a freshman at Davidson, and I am potentially interested in trying for an early assurance acceptance to a medical school (although I do understand that this would be a couple years down the road and I need to have certain GPA requirements, etc).</p>
<p>I was wondering if we could compile a list of med schools with this program, and maybe the basic requirements for them (although I believe the requirements are very similar). I did some quick searches for such a list but didn't find one - if there is such a list just point me to it.</p>
<p>Early Assurance programs are medical school programs to which you can apply in (usually) your junior year of college, often without taking the MCAT. They're binding, but you know that you're accepted over a year early.</p>
<p>Yeah, I knew Wake had one because some students who had recently graduated from Davidson and are now at Wake's MS came for a Q&A and one of them had been accepted through early assurance. (this is what sparked my interest)</p>
<p>But yeah, you usually need around a 3.5 and you apply after sophomore year/ during junior year... so basically you don't have to take the MCAT and have the relief of knowing you're going to med school a year+ early. I'll post schools that I find with this type of program as I keep looking around.</p>
<p>How many of these open, or in Mt. Sinai's case semi-open, Early Assurance Programs are there? I know there are many "closed" programs , IOW programs only open to undergraduates at selected schools . My D's school has a brand new one this year with GWU. But open to everybody? I didn't know there were more than one or two.</p>
<p>Usually yes they are a bit more difficult because A) They're only basing you on college grades and SAT/ACT scores B) They are allowing you to skip one of the most important tests for any premedical student as well as allow you to easy up for the last 1.5 years of college. </p>
<p>Also not that many students apply, and out of those that did apply the standards are like so much higher than usual rounds. Like if you have a 3.4 for example you probably won't get in, but with the regular round you definitely have a shot at w/e med school</p>
<p>They need to be absolutely sure you are the candidate they want and are willing to give this opportunity to....especially this early in the process</p>
<p>Again, you have to remember the purpose of these programs. They're bait. They're trying to draw you to a school you wouldn't otherwise be interested in. So they're looking for students who are "overqualified" for their medical school.</p>
<p>So yes, admissions is harder. It has to be. That's the whole point.</p>
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How competitive are these programs? I'll assume they are slightly harder to get into than normal admissions, right?
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<p>I actually suspect it might be slightly easier to get into Sinai through the HuMed program than through regular admissions, but I don't have any statistics to back me up.</p>
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Again, you have to remember the purpose of these programs. They're bait. They're trying to draw you to a school you wouldn't otherwise be interested in. So they're looking for students who are "overqualified" for their medical school.
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<p>Sinai is trying to draw humanities majors to the school, not more "overqualified" science majors. Your statement has a point, but I don't thnk they apply to Sinai's program, specifically.</p>
<p>Which is why I don't understand the point of Feinberg or WashU or Mt. Sinai having these advanced acceptance programs. They are already highly selective (3.8, 35 medians) so there's no reason to bait overqualified students. Mt. Sinai as shades noted, seems to have a different mission from the rest since it's actively recruiting humanities majors.</p>
<p>First of all, it should be noted that WashU and Northwestern already have selective undergrads, just a notch below Harvard or Princeton.</p>
<p>Secondly, I would argue (and this is where you and I disagree) that most of these 4.0 HS GPA, 2300 SAT score kids won't become Feinberg/WashU med school quality med school applicants. So, why compromise a high percentage of your medical school spots (in the case of Feinberg, we're talking 40 seats out of 170) only to enhance your undergrad by a small percentage?</p>
<p>Hey guys can we come with up a list of all the Early assurance programs out there? I am interested, but it is so confusing know what schools offer what.</p>
<p>To start off, there are the ones I know of: </p>
<p>Mt Sinai Humanities Program
Georgetown EAP (only Georgetown Undergraduates)
UChicago (Only Uchicago Undergraduates)
Tufts Medical School (Offered to many undergraduate schools in the Boston area including Brandeis, BC, Northeastern, Tufts…maybe more)</p>
<p>Wash U’s program for high schoolers is called the University Scholars program. It is slightly different from other programs because there are stringent requirements to stay in the program. You must have a 3.8 GPA and a 36 MCAT, which is not a chore. I think the attrition rate is pretty high, most people who go in do not achieve those stats.</p>