<p>I am going to major in microbiology and I will be pre-med. How successful are the students at LSU in terms of getting into medical school and doing well on the MCATs?</p>
<p>Though I could be wrong, I want to say the last figure I heard was around 50% of students who apply from LSU get in to medical school. I don't remember the total number that apply.</p>
<p>No school really prepares you for the MCAT. During your undergraduate education you'll learn way more than you need to know for the MCAT, and some stuff on the MCAT you may not learn during general biology (endocrinology and human physiology come to mind). Most people I know use some form of prep books, the expensive MCAT classes, or study the textbooks. </p>
<p>In reality, it depends on you. Keep your grades up, prepare adequately for MCAT, get some form of clinical experience, and do research if that interests you.</p>
<p>I have heard, maybe from a post on CC, that UAB offers classes for MCAT as part of their curriculum. If you're not a LA resident, and wouldn't mind going to UAB, I would check them out. My godchild got a BS from LSU, but did her masters in microbiology at UAB. They have a great medical complex there as well, so maybe a chance to get some practical experience in while you're there.</p>
<p>Tulane has a pretty sweet medical program. When I visited there, they said that as long as you kept a 3.8 GPA in your undergrad, you wouldn't have to take the MCAT. Also, Tulane does their medical program in seven years. If you were interested in medicine, I'd would go to Tulane. Not that anything's wrong with LSU; it's just that Tulane has some pretty awesome benefits. I'm not sure if LSU offers anything like Tulane does.</p>
<p>How many LSU pre-med major student usually get into Ivy league Medical school?</p>
<p>You are not going to find an exact number. FWIW, if you score high on the MCAT, have a great GPA, do research (possibly get published or at least do a thesis), and have great ECs, you can go anywhere. </p>
<p>While it's not an IVY, WashU is more selective in the numbers game than the IVY schools, and I personally know 3 kids from here that have gotten in (and there could be more for all I know). I currently have a roommate who's in the midst of appyling/interviewing for MD/Phd programs at Penn, Harvard and quite a few others. So it's possible to get into a Ivy school from LSU, but no matter where you go, you'll have to put forth a lot of effort.</p>
<p>It's about 50%. You must remember, though, that this also includes some people who have a 3.3 GPA and are obviously not gonna make it. But doing premed at LSU is generally a good idea: saves money, courses not ridiculously hard, etc.</p>
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When I visited there[Tulane], they said that as long as you kept a 3.8 GPA in your undergrad, you wouldn't have to take the MCAT.
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You also have to take specific courses too though. For example, you must take Organic Chemistry in your freshman year (eek!).</p>
<p>Oh yeah, that number includes all premedical fields (pharmacy, nursing, vet, predental, etc.)</p>
<p>Is there much of an issue getting the courses you need/want, especially for pre med? Are people locked out rather quickly from classes, due to them filling fast?</p>
<p>I've never known anyone that hasn't been able to get in their required pre-med course they need. Now, there's a difference in getting into a course and "getting in to one that you want". There's usually always enough room, albeit sometimes it might be with an undesirable professor or at an undesirable time. </p>
<p>However, some of the popular upper division biology classes fill up somewhat quickly (i.e. Immunology, Neurobiology, Parasitology etc.), but they aren't required to graduate so there's other courses you can take, just less popular ones.</p>
<p>I have seen people have trouble with languages filling up and sometime the lab fills up.</p>
<p>If you're in the honors college, you won't have to worry about not getting into the class you want.</p>
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How successful are the students at LSU in terms of getting into medical school and doing well on the MCATs?
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<p>About half of the entering class in the LSU medical schools in Shreveport and New Orleans are composed of biology/biochemistry/(and a little micro) majors from LSU. </p>
<p>There are some other people who go to other med schools though. Someone got into Harvard, someone got into John Hopkins, someone got into Mayo...etc.</p>