<p>How are pre-med and the sciences at Penn? I keep hearing great things about Wharton, but how about the pre-med experience at Penn? I’m currently deciding between UPenn, Vandy, and Wash U. in STL. I really want to go to Penn, but im not sure how good it is for pre-med. Can anyone help me out?</p>
<p>Penn is very good for pre-med. First of all, you should know there is no "pre-med" major. You major in whatever you want, as long as you fulfill the requirements that med schools ask for. Check here for more information:</p>
<p>Also, Penn's School of Medicine was just ranked 3rd in the nation by US News.</p>
<p>Penn's Pre-Med program is excellent. Besides academics, they have a wonderful staff at Career Services that provides many services to Pre-Med students : guest lectures, seminars, counseling, etc.</p>
<p>what if someone wanted to do something other than premed. such as hispanic studies but still try to fill the requirements for med school..is this more or less tough than the traditional premed track?</p>
<p>How competitive is their pre-med program? Basically.. how hard is it to maintain a 3.7 or so? :P I'm right now considering a combined BA/MD program instead of going the premed route at UPenn... does anybody have any opinions on this?</p>
<p>mesohuangry: I'm in the same position. My parents have been pushing me to do BA/MD because of the less stress, time, and $. I almost agreed with them, except now I'm leaning towards a traditional 4-yr premed route because I want to go to a better med school than those to which I've been accepted. Premed at Penn will undoubtedly be hard...it all depends on how hard you want to work.</p>
<p>same here. does anybody know how many students from PENN got accepted into medical school a year?</p>
<p>80% PLACEMENT. IF ARE 3.7-3.9, U GO TO TOP 20 MED SCHOOLS, 3.55-3.7 YOU GO NEXT 50 SCHOOLS, 3.4-3.6 YOU GOTO NEXT 50 MED SCHOOLS. iF BELOW 3.3 TRY OSTEOPATHY SCHOOLS, U ALWAYS HAVE AN OPTION TO GO TO SOUTH OF FLORIDA.</p>
<p>According to the website I posted above, the admissions rate for Penn students applying to medical schools is about 83% for graduating seniors, which is very high compared to other schools. Other than the rate, I don't know the number of students that get into medical schools.</p>
<p>haithman, you can definitely do that. That would be in fact 'pre-med'. As I said, there is no pre-med major or anything. You can major in anything in all of the four undergraduate schools and Penn and fulfill pre-med requirements. That's essentially what being pre-med at penn means.</p>
<p>ba/md</p>
<p>only program which makes sense is northwestern, next is cwru, since they both offer top class med schools. 7 yr programs will make u work through summers ans u need to keep gpa 3.3-3.5. so it is hard work no matter what you do.but if you maintain 3.5 type gpa at penn type schools you can get md from any rank30-80 med schools. if you want to become doctor then proceed 7year. but if you are smart and want good education then take a shot at top med schools then premed is the way. here is a matrix for
Choice: to be MD in life</p>
<p>Harvard vs NWU/CWRU take Harvard any second tier med schools would love to get harvard pre med with 3.5.
Pton/Penn/Columbia/Stanford?JHU vs NWU/CWRU toss up
Pton/Penn/Columbia/JHU vs UMDNJ/Albany/LehighDrexel Take IVY
UCB/BC/Gtown vs 7 year take 7 yr</p>
<p>also
har/yale vs brown plme toss up
pton/penn/jhu/columbia vs brown plme take brown plme</p>
<p>A guy who was brilliant at my school went to peen for premed 2 years ago. H e opted to skip out of bio and chem with AP credit. However, he even considers the place hard. He has around a 3.6. However, he has taken so many upper division classes that he will graduate college with a masters. He is a little unsure of applying to med school because of the oh so not perfect GPA. </p>
<p>hope this helps.</p>
<p>Are all students allow to apply for medical school, or is Penn like Princeton, which only allows certain students who meet certain criteria to apply? (correct me if i'm wrong regarding Princeton)</p>
<p>I think the only "criteria" you'd have to meet is that you complete all the courses required by med schools, which isn't much of a criteria since med schools won't accept you anyway if you don't complete them. A 3.6 is a very good science/pre-med GPA, since Penn is so highly regarded - I have friends with 3.4 who get into great med schools, and I think the only people from Penn who don't get accepted have really low GPAs (like 3.2) or an MCAT score below 30. I agree with krtrumpet - Penn has a very supportive Career Services with great pre-med advisors, and all pre-meds are able to take advantage of Penn's highly ranked medical school in many ways. If you're considering a career in medicine, you really can't go wrong with Penn.</p>
<p>one of the main reasons i applied to penn was because it is the perfect place to study premed... four hospitals on campus, undergraduates can take classes at any of the graduate schools, and we can even conduct graduate level research! the list goes on and on... hope you will be joining me studying premed at one of the best places to do so in the world!!
-meg '10</p>
<p>4 hospitals? i only knew about 3: chop, hup, and presbyterian (pennsylvania hospital is in center city, not close to campus)...</p>
<p>but nonetheless, penn is a great place to be premed; hup has a special premed clinical volunteering program; there's so much research opportunity available to anyone.</p>
<p>bump</p>
<p>I want to get an MD/MBA in graduate school (which would require me to get accepted into both med school and business school.) My question is: If I focus on premed courses (sciences, etc.) then what should I do to get into business school? Should I minor in econ? Are there any other related courses in CAS that I could take?</p>
<p>which would be better? CAS or SEAS for pre med?</p>
<p>y in the world would SEAS be better for pre med.</p>
<p>“I want to get an MD/MBA in graduate school (which would require me to get accepted into both med school and business school.) My question is: If I focus on premed courses (sciences, etc.) then what should I do to get into business school? Should I minor in econ? Are there any other related courses in CAS that I could take?”</p>
<p>I’m actually wondering why would you really want to get an MBA/MD? I mean if you are going to work in a hospital, what is really the point of MBA? Also know that it will take 5 years to complete, not 4. So you are paying more tuition and your MBA won’t be used much. Unless you are going to start your own personal practice, then it might be useful. However, most major MD’s work in hospitals, only primary care physicians work out of hospital. If you aren’t really interested in becoming a surgeon or any kind of doctor that works in a hospital then, I understand.</p>