<p>"grammar", with an a.</p>
<p>lol....rofl</p>
<p>Actually...</p>
<p>we do not have a mild disadvantage here at Harvard College for HMS. In fact, Harvard College is the best represented undergraduate institution at all of Harvard's graduate schools.</p>
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norcalguy:[This] does not necessarily mean that the med school gives preference to its own undergrads (in fact, most don't). It just means that a larger proportion of the applicant pool is made up of its own undergrads.</p>
<p>bluedevilmike:It's higher because many more kids apply and many more of the admitted kids matriculate, generally, to their home institutions.
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<p>At least my grammar was better then crueltrit's.</p>
<p>According to the statistics at our Office of Career Services, Harvard College undergraduates that applied to HMS were accepted at a 13% acceptance rate this past year - in comparison to its overall acceptance rate, it is definitely safe to say that HMS favors Harvard College grads.</p>
<p>Not to be anal about this, but I don't think you can draw that conclusion necessarily without examining the characteristics/stats (GPA, MCAT, etc.) of the average Harvard applicant to HMS vs. the average other applicant to HMS. Harvard med school applicants are clearly more qualified in general than the average med school applicant (hence, the 90+% acceptance rate to med school vs. 45% nationally) so it is not surprising that HMS acceptance rates of Harvard undergrads is so high. Stanford, Duke, etc. applicants probably have the same above average acceptance rates to Harvard Med.</p>
<p>That would be my exact point, too. Also, perhaps compare how Harvard kids do at other schools - i.e. JHU Med, WUSTL Med, Duke Med, etc. Frankly, I'm sure Harvard kids do much better than 13% at several other prestigious schools. That's a compliment to the high quality students you produce.</p>
<p>hey xjayz, do u go to harvard? what do you think of the med program?</p>
<p>(p.s. Fusionice662 i hope my grammar is up to your standards.)</p>
<p>This is a sticky topic! O! I used cc-lingo!</p>
<p>neways. lets see good pre-med schools.... honestly, I have no idea. I have friends at Harvard, Stanford, Princeton, Duke, and MIT that I know are going to go to good medical schools. No, not because they're at Harvard, Stanford, Princeton, Duke, and MIT - but because they are amazing students. They have stellar standardized test scores (their SATs were above all 2350, haven't taken MCATs yet), research experience (acknowledgement in Intel Competitions as early as sophmore year of high school), and the drive to do well. I also have friends going to U of Mich, U of Colorado-Boulder, and Univerisity of Georgia (don't get me wrong, there're good schools); I know they will suceed in life no matter what because they also have the above traits. Do you have what it takes?</p>
<p>i hear a lot about duke in the lists of good medical colleges but what about cornell? plus, does it matter what major ur in for premed? i’ve heard that even english majors can become pre-med. is that true?</p>
<p>Help! I have an option to attend St. John’s University or Stony Brook College, both in New York, as a pre med student. Which would be the better option if I want to eventually go to Med School? Which one has a better rating / ranking? Need answer as soon as possible.</p>