<p>Thanks for the help, hubbellgardner. After hearing from all of your opinions, I'm leaning toward not going to Loyola, and attending an LAC or a top national university.</p>
<p>I was wondering, does anyone know if NYU discontinued its combined BA/MD Program?</p>
<p>Bump back to the top.</p>
<p>Davidson, by the way has the best pre-med program I've seen - not that there aren't others that are very good, but of the 15 odd schools DD looked at closely, it was the best.</p>
<p>Remember, one of the most important aspects of this process is determining that medicine really is for you, it is no disgrace to change your mind, there are way too many unhappy MDs out there already. the shadowing Hubbell's dad is talking about, should be more for your career planning than even getting into med school.</p>
<p>For the past 5-6 years, I've set my mind on medicine. Although sometimes I've felt I could become a businessman or lawyer, I always seem to return to medicine. I've had the opportunity to shadow with my family's doctor, and this summer I'll be taking part in an internship at either Stanford Hospital or West Valley Medical, one of the largest medical centers in Northern California.</p>
<p>Although some people choose the medical field due to parental pressure or because of the thought of a high salary, the reason I like medicine is due to a number of severe illnesses I had as a child (that took nearly 3-4 months to cure). In addition, I've had severe asthma for a long period of time, and I'm interested in becoming an allergist due to personal experience. So, my motivations are clear for me as to why I would like to become a doctor. After hearing from all of you, I'm leaning toward majoring at a higher institution, such as Dartmouth or The University of Chicago, in Philosophy - instead of pursuing the path with Loyola.</p>
<p>It's a great help to get input from actual doctors here at CC. Thanks again for the help.</p>
<p>To mattistotle, you say that all med-schools care about is that you come from a school with a big name. So if that's true, then why is it than over 1/4 of all MIT premeds who applied to med-school in the year 2004 got rejected by every single med-school they applied to? That's right -every single one. Why is that? I would say that MIT is a pretty darn big name, arguably the most famous technical school in the world, so then if it's really true that med-schools just care about the big-name, then none of these MIT premeds should be rejected, right? </p>
<p>Now you might say that maybe that's because those rejected MIT premeds weren't really that good (but that begs the question of if they weren't that good, then how did they get into MIT in the first place?), or maybe they were missing this-or-that on their application. But then that only goes to show that the big-name isn't all that med-schools care about.</p>
<p>I still don't understand why you seem to have ruled out all of the BA/MD programs.</p>
<p>They really are a great opportunity, and are generally not binding. </p>
<p>I think NYU has discontinued their program.</p>
<p>It's not that I've ruled them out; I've just come to the conclusion that I don't really stand a chance, so it's not worth trying.</p>
<p>I think it's always worth trying, but that's a decision that you have to make. I think if you are good enough to have a shot at dartmouth then you certainly have a shot at the lower programs, and maybe the highest ones as well. Just my opinion though, i guess that's a decision that you have to make for yourself.</p>
<p>Which ones would you consider the 'lowest ones'?</p>
<p>I have been accepted at Purdue University as Pre-med major in their college of arts & sciences, anyone know how good purdue is with pre-med?</p>
<p>Purdue should serve you very well. Congrats!</p>
<p>Doc: As you know, my son is a pre-med at Tulane and his following the "creative medicine" path (early app. and decision to Tulane med. after soph year). He is getting A's in his Che., Bio and Physics, and will take OChem next year. Here is my question: he has been accepted as a member of TEMS (Tulane Emergency Med.) Services, and also will be in charge next year of grant writing for TEMS, how will this "EC" be recived by med. schools? Which matters more, the actual EMS delivery or the grant writing?</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>I don't know, but that's a wicked good combination....thinking & doing!
Make sure he takes my 4th year Rheumatology outpatient elective.....a free textbook, free lunches every day and an A for making the effort to learn.</p>
<p>I will tell him. Thanks.</p>
<p>Thanks PSedrish, anyone else know anything about Purdue Pre-med major?</p>