Oregon State Pre-med Program

Colleges and Universities A-Z Oregon State University
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Oregon State is one of my top choices, but I have a few concerns.

  1. How can the engineering department have a 100% acceptance rate? Are they screening people or somehow manipulating numbers?

  2. Why is the pre-medical shadowing program only open to juniors and seniors? That seems way too late to start shadowing. Why is admission into the program “highly competitive?” (http://www.science.oregonstate.edu/node/129)

  3. How difficult is it to find shadowing opportunities outside of the school’s own program? I’m particularly interested in shadowing surgeons and radiologists and I’m worried about Corvallis’s small size.

  4. How difficult is it to get into research as a freshman? I know there will be no hand-holding, but are the professors generally open to letting freshmen help with research?

Thank you! :slight_smile: Any other comments on OSU’s pre med opportunities would also be greatly appreciated.