Be prepared to take the tests when and if they are offered, otherwise stop worrying about things not in your control.
@srk2017 thanks Iām not worrying Iām just curious and want to plan accordingly!
just got accepted to ou mhsp! how is the program overall? Better than siena/amc?
Congratulations!! May be they only sent to accepted candidates
Anyone else heard fro OU MHSP ? We did not
@Konohakatu I only started research at the beginning of 12th, and I donāt have any publications. I got into Brown PLME and BU SMED. Hope this helps!
@swordfischer that really helps me thanks! And Congrats!
@aniiiiiii Here is a biased response.
If OU and Siena/AMC are the only 2 options, would strongly recommend OU.
OU provides lot of flexibility in UG and if you are NMF will get price break. OU staff and admin and every one are nice and will get good support. OU COM is the primary place for all complicated cases in the state of OK and OU has all specialties.
Like any college, you need to seek opportunity, whether it is research, volunteer and developing new friends, learning new things etc., Definitely it will help if you know driving and have a car to go to OKC to volunteer. You donāt need from day 1, but down the road after a year or a semester once you settle down in new place.
Curious, why did you want to torture all folks who respond to your questions with a complicated handle name!!! (it is 7 i and there is another 6 i with the the same prefix)
Another few points you may want to factor in. If weather is a concern, buy him a Canada Goose :-). He deserves it for all that hard work and accomplishments.
Regarding the popularity of BU, the acceptance rate this year seems to be ~18%.
They have top notch Bio med eng program and the life sciences there is ranked 75 worldwide in latest times higher ratings.
Good luck to your son wherever he opts to go.
It could help your chances for UPitt/UPMC GAP, NU HPME, RPI/AMC Phy scientist program etc.
Congratulation to you son for getting into some very good colleges - Berkley is as difficult to get in as any I know, but grade deflation may be an issue for engineering.
UMich is well know as a pre-med friendly school with lots of research opportunities at both the UG and medical campus. Case, I think would be a nice smaller sized private university with research opportunities. UW is a nice campus but not exceptional for premed.
I would rank them as UMich, Case, UW, Ohio, Pitt.
For CA - UCLA, Berkley, SD, Davis
I read some where that UCLA sends more students to medical schools than any other University (closely followed by UMich). Too bad UIUC is not in your list 
very good pre-med.
Data from 2019
Undergraduate Institution āTotal Applicants from the
Institutionā
University of California-Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 1,014
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 860
University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 816
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, MI 796
University of California-Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 697
University of California-San Diego, La Jolla, CA 564
The Ohio State University Main Campus, Columbus, OH 562
Texas A & M University, College Station, TX 514
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 510
University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 509
University of California-Davis, Davis, CA 474
University of Washington, Seattle, WA 446
Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 442
Rutgers University - New Brunswick, New Brunswick, NJ 441
University of Georgia, Athens, GA 440
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 433
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 428
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 424
University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 407
Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 383
Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 370
University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 362
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 362
University of Maryland-College Park, College Park, MD 358
The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX 352
Emory University, Atlanta, GA 349
Duke University, Durham, NC 346
Louisiana St University and Agricultural and Mechanical Col, Baton Rouge, LA 345
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL 345
Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 342
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 339
University of California-Irvine, Irvine, CA 338
University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL 337
Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 336
Baylor University, Waco, TX 335
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 329
University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL 320
New York University, New York, NY 307
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 299
Brown University, Providence, RI 289
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 283
Florida International University, Miami, FL 282
Boston University, Boston, MA 272
Penn State University Park, University Park, PA 270
University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 270
University of South Carolina Columbia, Columbia, SC 264
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 262
Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 260
University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 259
Indiana University-Bloomington, Bloomington, IN 253
Clemson University, Clemson, SC 248
University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 245
University of Houston, Houston, TX 243
Northwestern University-Evanston, Evanston, IL 240
University of Toronto, Toronto, ON 240
University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 234
University of Oklahoma Norman Campus, Norman, OK 231
Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, IL 230
Stanford University, Stanford, CA 223
University of California-Riverside, Riverside, CA 216
University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO 213
The University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 211
Texas Tech University-Lubbock, Lubbock, TX 206
University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras Campus, Rio Piedras, PR 206
University of Tennessee-Knoxville, Knoxville, TN 206
Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 202
Yale University, New Haven, CT 202
Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 199
The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL 198
Rice University, Houston, TX 196
Columbia University in the City of New York, New York, NY 194
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 194
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 189
University of Kansas Main Campus, Lawrence, KS 187
University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO 187
University of Western Ontario, London, ON 187
Northeastern University, Boston, MA 184
University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 184
University of California-Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 182
State University of New York at Binghamton, Binghamton, NY 181
Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 180
Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO 179
University of Mississippi, University, MS 176
Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA 175
Florida Atlantic University-Boca Raton, Boca Raton, FL 170
University of Arkansas Main Campus, Fayetteville, AR 168
Auburn University, Auburn, AL 160
Tufts University, Medford, MA 160
Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC 159
Creighton University, Omaha, NE 157
Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH 155
The University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX 153
University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 153
Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 150
University of New Mexico-Main Campus, Albuquerque, NM 150
College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA 149
Georgetown University, Washington, DC 147
George Washington University, Washington, DC 146
Miami University, Oxford, OH 146
Anyone know when NJMS decisions are coming out?
Congratulations!
I would also recommend taking a look at the BS MD Results thread for getting a good idea of what worked and didnāt for a variety of HS seniors (start with 2020 and also look at 2019 & 2018)
Good Luck!
I think NJMS results come out sometime around the first week of April. When I looked at the BSMD thread from last year, people got a call about NJMS decisions on April 1st, from what I remember.
Congrats @aniiiiiii
Also, congratulations to everyone who got acceptances into BS/MD programs, and good luck to those who are still waiting for any decisions!!! It has definitely been a challenging process, but I am so glad that thereās such a huge support group on this thread, who are willing to give helpful advice! Iāve been seeing the posts on this thread throughout the duration of this year, and the insight you all have given to me and each other has been very helpful and encouraging! Youāre all very driven and motivated people, and I know we will all succeed in the different paths weāll take, whether it be the BS/MD route, traditional med route, or neither! Good luck everyone!
And more importantly, be safe and take care!!!
This reminds me what I had read a few years ago (4-5), of the students going to one of the more popular Caribbean med schools from US, by universities they studied at, 4 of the top 5 were UCs. I think the 5th was NYU, not in that order. Donāt remember exactly, but almost sure UCLA students/alumni were the most. Then I think SD and Davis were there too, donāt remember the 4th one.
This also reminds me that 95% MDs are coming from traditional route. 