<p>I was just wondering, how could I complete pre med requirements at Princeton so I could apply for a Medical School. I was curious as I think Princeton is a superb college that I want to apply too, but it does not offer a Biology Degree. </p>
<p>I know this may sound a bit ignorant, but I could not find this information anywhere else. Thank You.</p>
<p>OP, do you want to have a biology degree? You can major in anything you want and go to medschool as long as you fulfill the requirements. My D majored in Classics and is in medschool now. Check out the premed forum here on CC and read all the stickies at the top. You will learn everything you need there. GL</p>
<p>Princeton actually has two biology majors: molecular bio and ecological and evolutionary bio.</p>
<p>^ This.</p>
<p>10char</p>
<p>I’ve also heard of engineering students applying to med school with the right bio courses.</p>
<p>Pre-medicine isn’t related to any one major. Sure, a generic biology major has much overlap, but there are pre-meds in many other majors. The Health Professions Advising Office at Princeton identifies which core courses you need for applying to med school; as long as you take those courses, you should be fine, whether you are an anthro major, engineer, or bio major.</p>
<p>Also, as someone said earlier, Princeton actually does have a bio major - they just split bio into two different departments. One is EEB (ecology and evolutionary biology) and the other is MOL (molecular biology).</p>
<p>Lastly, I’m going to have to agree that sammy’s post was rather ignorant. I can’t seem to find it right now, but I heard Princeton has around a 93% acceptance rate to med schools approx. This is one of the best acceptance rates among both ivies and other top tier schools. Just because Yale decided to accept more applicants from Yale UGrad one year doesn’t mean too much. For example, Stanford undergrads have a significantly boosted chance of getting into Stanford med school. I’m not saying that this is what happens at Yale, but it seems like that statistic is not only not comprehensive, but is also easily biased.</p>
<p>^T2, do you really think the free download would work? :)</p>
<p>Others have already answered the question about studying biology at Princeton. As for medical school admissions, Princeton is one of the most successful in the country. In recent years about 93% of Princeton applicants have been admitted to medical school.</p>
<p>“Year of Matriculation—Number of Applicants Accepted—% of Applicants Accepted</p>
<p>2006-----------------------107-----------------------------------------94.7%
2007-----------------------108-----------------------------------------93.1%
2008-----------------------114-----------------------------------------91.2%
2009-----------------------107-----------------------------------------93.0%
2010-----------------------123-----------------------------------------92.5%</p>
<p>(Average % Acceptance Rate Over Last Five Years = 93%)</p>
<p>In 2008 and 2009, Princeton students who applied to a Top 10 medical school were offered admission at a rate more than three times the overall admit rates at those schools.”</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.princeton.edu/odoc/faculty/grading/faq/[/url]”>http://www.princeton.edu/odoc/faculty/grading/faq/</a></p>
<p>Nationally, about 30% of students taking the MCAT score in a range that makes them competitive for medical school admission. At Princeton it’s 80% and this, again, is among the highest in the nation. </p>
<p>It is important to note that only a handful of other schools in the country have Princeton’s record of success in medical school applications. </p>
<p>Yale applicants to medical school enjoy a success rate in the low 90% range, very similar to Princeton’s. </p>
<p>“Jones said: in the last decade, acceptance rates for Yale students and alumni applying to medical school have risen by about 10 percent, from 80 percent to about 90 percent. “</p>
<p>[Premed</a> advising gets a check-up | Yale Daily News](<a href=“http://www.yaledailynews.com/news/2010/apr/23/premed-advising-gets-a-check-up/]Premed”>http://www.yaledailynews.com/news/2010/apr/23/premed-advising-gets-a-check-up/)</p>
<p>Harvard’s statistics aren’t reported publicly but are similar to Princeton’s and Yale’s. I suspect Stanford’s are similar as well but I can’t find any current reported numbers.</p>
<p>Here’s an analysis of how Princeton has compared to its peers in medical school admissions.</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/9601150-post9.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/9601150-post9.html</a></p>
<p>This is a question that keeps getting asked, and the school where you feel the most comfortable and fit in the best at is the one where you have the best chance at getting into med school, whether it’s Harvarvard, Yale, Princeton, Brown, Pomona, Bucknell, Wisconsin or Swarthmore. That’s where you’ll learn the most, perform the best, and develop the most.</p>
<p>Med school admissions will look at the whole you - your grades, MCAT’s, extracurriculars, endurance, empathy and character (the last three may be the most important for being a doctor - it’s tough to get up and go clip an aneurysm in someone’s brain at 3AM without those three traits). These can be developed at numerous schools. </p>
<p>The required premed courses are available at almost any school - it’s not a major. There are usually about 8 bio/chem/physics courses required, plus four to six courses (math, English, humanities) that almost every student in the university will take even if they’re not premed. </p>
<p>A high portion of intended premeds don’t apply to med schools, both because some wash out and because they change their minds once they get to school, so selecting a school based on their reported med school acceptances is not the way to choose one, any more than because one school reputedly has a better Economics or English deapartment.</p>
<p>Pick the school that fits you (and in the case of the Ivies, the one that lets you in - trying to decide whether Princeton or Harvard will give you the best chance at med school is s decision made in April, not September).</p>
<p>Why does HYPS have such high medical school admission rates?</p>
<p>Are medical schools more likely to admit those who attended prestigious undergraduate schools?</p>
<p>No. It is due more to the quality of students at HYPS. A lot of them are self-selecting and there tends to be a large number of motivated and high achieving students at HYPMS. Undergrad institution does not factor into med school admissions.</p>
<p>sunshine02,</p>
<p>So, you don’t think that having such names on your resume opens up more doors in terms of medical school admissions?</p>
<p>I have no doubt that Princeton has an incredibly high med school admit rate, and I looked at the link to the P forum and saw that med school admissions compensated for Princeton’s tougher grading standards (good for them). </p>
<p>Nevertheless re the cited numbers, which seem incredibly high even for P, are those numbers for all Princeton grads (or only graduating seniors) and do those stats include all med applications or just those approved by a committee?</p>
<p>There is no “approval process” by committee.
You can apply if you want to apply.</p>