<p>How competitive are pre-meds on campus? Also, does anyone know what percent of pre-meds get into med school their first year after graduation?</p>
<p>haha yes, I'd also like to hear answers to this post</p>
<p>I got this from WCAS facts:</p>
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Of those planning further study, 90% were admitted to one or more schools (63% to their first choice); 41% sought a medical degree, 22% a law degree, 14% a Ph.D., and 23% a master's degree.
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<p>It doesn't directly answer your question because the 90% admit rate include law/graduate schools. But you can find the minimum number by assuming 100% placement rate for law and graduate studies: 59% * 100% + 41% * x = 90%. Solve for x and you get x = 76%. That means med-school placement rate is no lower than 76%. My guess is it's probably around 80%. ;) It's on par with its private peers. Publics, even Berkeley (~60%), usually do worse.</p>
<p>When I was visiting NU this year admissions said the med school acceptance rate is like 80%</p>
<p>Am I a genius or what? :D</p>
<p>Yes you are Sam - math or econ major??</p>
<p>Admissions said during the on campus visit NU is the highest or close to the highest med school acceptance rate nationally. That's pretty impressive. If I was doing premed I'd go to NU, 4sure.</p>
<p>I was a chemE major but now I want to become an actuary and get into insurance/risk management. </p>
<p>I wish I were really a genius as the actuarial exam looks very tough. :(</p>
<p>Sam, I'm planning to major in chemE as well. =)</p>
<p>Just curious, do the med school acceptance rates apply to engineering undergrads as well?</p>
<p>No but not many engineers do premeds anyway because engineers are in huge disadvantage to get good grades. It's also much harder to squeeze premed courses in your already packed engineering curriculum. So I don't think the rate is gonna change much even if you include engineering students. The rate may even look better if you include comm/edcuation/music as these schools have pretty good grade inflation. Anyway, the engineering classes are usually time-consuming and challenging. It's just much harder to do well in orgo while you have couple other classes that are just as tough, if not tougher.</p>
<p>Any other opinions?</p>
<p>While there certainly are some "gunners" (as you will find anywhere), overall, I would say that the premeds (while maybe being a bit more intense than liberal arts majors) have a healthy balance of academics, social life and other interests.</p>
<p>A good no. of my fraternity brothers (and other Greeks) went into medicine, not to mention guys I would bump into in the gym and a no. of athletes (including FB players).</p>