How is Lafayette for pre-med?
The bottom line is do well in your classes, and you will be well prepared for med school. From the Lafayette website:
For the 2013-2016 matriculation years, the overall medical school acceptance rate for Lafayette applicants regardless of GPA is 80%.
For students with a grade point average of 3.6 or above, the medical school acceptance rate for Lafayette applicants is 84%.
Just to name a few medical schools that our students (from 2013-2017) got accepted to are:
Boston University School of Medicine, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, George Washington University School of Medicine & Health Sciences, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of PA, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University.
My daughter is finishing her second year on the pre-med track. She will be able to go abroad next year, research opportunities are abundant, the environment is not cutthroat. She chose Lafayette over UCLA for these reasons. Great profs for the most part. Still, she studies all the time, allowing herself to take one night a week off. It’s no walk in the park, but if you are committed, they will support you.