Phildelphia U merger with Thomas Jefferson U--premed?

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These are really two topics, but maybe they can be addressed together.

  • Inside Higher Ed is reporting that these two schools will be merging (Philadelphia U and Thomas Jefferson U). Does anyone have any insight into this?
  • Does any one have any insight into what it might be like to do premed at philadelphia U? They offered it before the recently announced merger.
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Premed is an advisory track. As long as Philadelphia can issue you an accredited diploma, you can be “premed”.

Premed is a cocktail of med school pre-req classes, your taking the MCAT and getting rec letters. 99% of accredited 4 year colleges can fulfill this need.

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Thank you @T26E4. I am hoping to hear about how well Philadelphia U prepares students. That it’s merging with a med school (I’m pretty sure) maybe means that the quality of education is fairly good . … .? It’s hard to know from where I’m typing.

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The changes of a university’s medical school have very little impact with the normal undergraduate’s pre-med preparation – taking Chem, Org Chem, Calc, MCAT prep, etc.

The presence of a nearby med school can allow for meaningful voluntarism or research – but have little impact with preparing students to apply successfully to medical schools, one day.

I’m sure that the contents of the Organic Chemistry taught at Philadelphia is 98% similar to what’s taught at Stanford or Johns Hopkins or Yale.

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Thank you @T26E4