<p>Hi, what are some good colleges for pre-med? (high acceptance rates to med school, good internship programs, etc?)
So far, my college list is "unsafe." In no particular order: (i still have to visit most of them)
1. Yale
2. Upenn
3.Columbia
4.SUNY stony brook med program
5. Penn state med program
6. BU med program
7. Boston college
8. NYU
Any other suggestions? Are there any good safety colleges for strong pre med? (for reference, my weighted GPA is a 4.29/4 only counting fresh/soph year). I scored 790 on Bio M and 4 on AP Bio exam</p>
<p>This is a decent list. It’s probably going to change based on what you get on your SAT, of course. Do you know what sort of cost constraints you might have? That sort of thing is important to making a list like this. Also, do you have any geographical preferences? </p>
<p>@Guest15 No cost restraints, I’m just hoping that I receive a little bit of financial aid (but considering my financial situation of having a brother going to college the same exact time as me and only one parent working, I’m sure we will get some form of aid). I prefer northeast/midatlantic </p>
<p>Well among the LACs, Bucknell, Knox, and St. Olaf all have very strong Pre-med programs and aren’t extremely selective. </p>
<p>For pre-med, you do want to consider costs carefully – the less debt you acquire and the more money you save for undergraduate, the less debt you will finish medical school with. Consider that medical school may cost $300,000 or more; if you have to borrow all of that, you may be under a heavy debt burden as you start your professional career (which starts after several years of moderately paid residency following completion of medical school).</p>
<p>The heavy debt burden may limit your choice of medical specialties, since you may not be able to afford to go into the lower paid specialties like primary care under that debt burden. See pay levels at <a href=“Latest Medical News, Clinical Trials, Guidelines - Today on Medscape”>Latest Medical News, Clinical Trials, Guidelines - Today on Medscape; but remember that income and payroll taxes and malpractice insurance will reduce the amount you take home that can be used to pay down the debt.</p>
<p>Here are some low cost safeties if you qualify with your (usually unweighted) GPA and SAT or ACT scores:
<a href=“Automatic Full Tuition / Full Ride Scholarships - #300 by BobWallace - Financial Aid and Scholarships - College Confidential Forums”>Automatic Full Tuition / Full Ride Scholarships - #300 by BobWallace - Financial Aid and Scholarships - College Confidential Forums;