<p>Any idea where I can get links to the pre-med rates and other info for Hopkins, Yale and Cornell?</p>
<p>I don’t know any central site that has them all listed, and many colleges keep it confidential.</p>
<p>Cornell gives out detailed info: <a href=“http://www.career.cornell.edu/downloads/Health/AaChart2008.pdf[/url]”>http://www.career.cornell.edu/downloads/Health/AaChart2008.pdf</a></p>
<p>Yale’s site wants a password, but you can ask around and it has been posted.</p>
<p>Hopkins says this: “85%+ of applicants to allopathic medical schools in the U.S. with a GPA of 3.3 or higher were accepted to medical school for the application years 2003-2007”</p>
<p>^^^ thanks for the info</p>
<p>In my mind, there’s no doubt that you should pick Yale (this is coming from a Cornell student!). Yale’s 90+% acceptance rate into med school is INCREDIBLY impressive. If you go to Yale, you’re virtually guaranteed to get into med school, and that’s not true for the other schools on your list. There are many people who I know here at Cornell that weren’t able to get into med school and consequently have to take a gap year to do a masters, or just reapply later (Cornell’s med school acceptance rate is only 68%). The grading is far easier at Yale than it is at the other schools you mentioned. There was a report in the Princeton newspaper that estimated Yale’s median GPA to be a 3.6. Yale is the obvious choice for premeds.</p>
<p>Well, I’m wondering though, wouldn’t it be better to be more academically challenged in order to be better prepared for medical school? (not just to get in)</p>
<p>Well, it’s not like Yale is a walk in the park. I’m sure you’ll be academically challenged there.</p>
<p>Don’t make your decision based on these acceptance rates! And don’t go to a college just because you want to be prepared for medical school. If you go to any of these mentioned univerisities and work hard enough to be a strong applicant then you will be accepted to a medical school.</p>
<p>Try to get a feel for these universities by visiting them, meeting current students, talking to some faculty. Remember that these universities are in very different settings so consider your unacademic preferences in choosing a school!</p>
<p>There’s nothing wrong with a gap year ;)</p>
<p>I’ve spent my year setting up a brand new laboratory, conducting research (just got another publication!), making and saving enough money to offset some costs of med school, volunteering in an ER and with a community organization that provides college admission assistance to underprivileged high school seniors. In the fall, I will enroll in a post-bacc program at Tulane SOM that essentially guarantees my admission so long as I make the class average in gross anatomy, histology and neuroscience. </p>
<p>Like other posters have mentioned, you should visit these schools (if you haven’t already) and see how to feel there. You should also stop by the pre-med advising offices and pick up some of the literature they provide. Make your decision based on where you feel the most comfortable.</p>
<p>I would like to point out that Columbia has a medical school acceptance rate that is similar to that of Yale.</p>
<p>go to yale… even though cornell has produced more drs, phds, etc… the school is 4x as large, and there is a focus on science here. you really dont think about it much in hs but the difference between a top 3 ranked school and a top 15 is big in terms of perception.</p>
<p>aside from that, fit is even more important as is financial aid.</p>
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<p>Jcas: you may have been exaggerating for effect (I don’t know), but Cornell is not even close to being 4x bigger than Yale. It is not even twice as big with its student population of 19,800. Yale’s overall student population is 13,400.</p>
<p>Yale: 5,300 undergrads
Cornell: 13,500 undergrads</p>
<p>So it depends what the statistic is measuring (but 4 is still an exaggeration either way).</p>
<p>In the past decade, about 15% of Yale graduates have earned PhD’s, while the figure for Cornell is about 10%. This may just be due to differences in the student body’s goals.</p>
<p>Well my cornell interviewer told me that if you want to go to cornell medical school, you probably don’t want to go to cornell premed because it kills your gpa. So if I were you, I’d visit all the schools and get a better feel of all the environments before making a decision. And if Yale’s giving you the best financial aid, consider that as well. You don’t want to be thousands in debt before you even start med school.</p>
<p>go to yale, they are giving you more money, and its a better school…If you go to yale, and work hard, you have a great chance at some great medical schools…</p>
<p>I heard something about cockroaches…and mice in yale dorms?</p>
<p>laff at the thought of even thinking about declining an acceptance to yale…</p>
<p>Listen to biophillic’s advice (for one thing, he/she knows something about getting into a top med school ;). All of these schools are solid. Rather than look at the percentages, look at what each school offers. You’ll find great academic environments, a lot of research opps, etc. at each of these schools. They are all awesome at getting into med school. But, their environments are not the same so you should look for one that will fit you best. A happy premed is more likely to be a successful premed.</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/pre-med-topics/482606-med-school-acceptance-rates-undergrads.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/pre-med-topics/482606-med-school-acceptance-rates-undergrads.html</a></p>
<p>This is my post on why you shouldn’t look at med school acceptance rates. Some of this stuff can make a huge difference on the percentages. LAC’s are especially guilty of gaming the percentages because they produce so few med school applicants to begin with.</p>
<p>Wow, calling all pretentious snobs.</p>
<p>Whoops, they already seem to be here.</p>