<p>Does any one know how good pre med is in Rensselaer? How many pre med students actually make it into med school? What med schools does Rensselaer feed into (apart from Albany med school).</p>
<p>The advanced program is through Albany Med. With that advanced program you are accepted to both RPI and Albany Med right from the start - no testing necessary. That being said it is a very exclusive and advanced program and only a handful of students get into that every year. Other than that we have a science/technology based education so you can feed into any med school if you take a pre-med track of courses. From what I have heard undergrad really doesn't make that much of an impact on what med school you go to.</p>
<p>This info is very helpful - Thank you. Do you know what percentage of students who are in the pre-med track (not the advanced) are admitted to med school every year? Also do the students in the pre-med track attend the same classes as the advance med program students. Do they have to take the same classes as the advanced med students??</p>
<p>I have no idea on the classes they take. I would assume since they are basically the same thing you take pretty much the same classes, maybe just in a different order. Your best bet would be just to call the school and ask to speak to someone in the biology department - they would have all of the facts and figures as well as course layout.</p>
<p>With the exception of two/three research courses closed to those outside the Physician-Scientist program, pre-med and phys.-sci. students can attend the same classes. It all depends on what your actual major requirements are and how you go about fulfilling your pre-med requirements. I'm currently in the program, and the courses we have to take are located at <a href="http://biology.rpi.edu/update.do?artcenterkey=39%5B/url%5D">http://biology.rpi.edu/update.do?artcenterkey=39</a>.</p>
<p>Some options for majors that would support a pre-med track are located at:
Biomedical Engineering: <a href="http://www.bme.rpi.edu/ug_curriculum.cfm#med%5B/url%5D">http://www.bme.rpi.edu/ug_curriculum.cfm#med</a>
Chemistry: <a href="http://www.rpi.edu/dept/chem/academic/undergraduate/premed.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.rpi.edu/dept/chem/academic/undergraduate/premed.html</a>
(and of course)Biology: <a href="http://biology.rpi.edu/update.do?artcenterkey=37%5B/url%5D">http://biology.rpi.edu/update.do?artcenterkey=37</a></p>
<p>Information about RPI's pre-med track is located at <a href="http://biology.rpi.edu/update.do?artcenterkey=86%5B/url%5D">http://biology.rpi.edu/update.do?artcenterkey=86</a>.</p>
<p>I'm not sure what the statistics are for pre-med students actually getting into medical school. I have to admit that I was skeptical about RPI's academics, having chosen the Phys.-Sci. program over several Ivy schools, but I've found that RPI provides a strong foundation to medical schools. That said, it's ultimately up to you to put yourself out there, take challenging courses that complement your track, do the community service, and take advantage of what colleges have to offer. Unfortunately, even going to Harvard doesn't automatically guarantee you admission to med. school.</p>
<p>Senvy - I see what you mean about the courses by going to the pages indicated.Very glad to hear from someone in the program about the foundation provided for medical school. Thanks!</p>
<p>ok so my grades since 9th grade are pretty good. I'd say my GPA is around 3.5..not great but that's mainly due to my 2 AP classes this year. I'm only in 3 clubs at school.. but i volunteer for atleast a couple hundred hours over the summer at a hospital and i've been president of 2 Indian youth organizations and have done a lot of community service through those. What do i need to score on the SAT's to get into the RPI accelerated med program with Albany Med? and do i stand a chance of getting in?</p>
<p>My guess would be that it probably depends on the year. Some years that might be good enough, other years it might not I really don't know. The only thing to watch out for is if you apply to the accelerated program it's a one and done deal. If you don't get accepted you can't then apply to RPI as something else - it is either accelerated or nothing, so that fact could also affect your decision. But who knows, you can never really tell.</p>
<p>They gave a pretty waffly answer to that question today at admitted students day. Basically they said if you had a good GPA and MCATs (can't remember the numbers) they have 90% placement. But if your grades drop to something (I think 3.4?) the admit rate drops to 50%. Med school admissions is very numbers driven.</p>
<p>We were there at RPI yesterday and got to attend the information session for the Physician Scientist (accelerated BA/MD program). The advisor to both the pre med and accelerated programs is the same (I think) and he split the information session and addressed both groups. It is true that the med school admissions are very numbers driven. The impression we came away with is that at RPI the students get individual attention and every attempt is made to guide and advise the student to meet his/final goal for admission into med school (that is around 3.5 GPA and 30 MCAT - at or around there). The students are monitored and if grades are failing to meet this cut off, help is provide by the advisor to look at alternative ways to do this. This is what impressed us - the individualized attention. The rest is upto the student and I guess some amount of luck.</p>