<p>Which schools have the best combined degree medical programs? (Preferably in the Northeast)</p>
<p>scanlon, there's already another thread on programs:</p>
<p>but programs in the ne i think of off the top of my head are plme (brown), penn state/jefferson, rems (rochester), uni of pittsburgh, drexel/drexel (and lehigh/drexel, villanova/drexel, etc), tcnj/njms, bu</p>
<p>outside of the ne: rice/baylor, case western, northwestern, uni of miami, uni of maryland, usc, etc</p>
<p>Wow, the ones that you are listing are extremely competitive, more so than Ivy's</p>
<p>more NE programs....
Union/AMC, RPI/AMC, Siena/AMC</p>
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<p>True that. The sad thing is that many people do not know this. It's extremely disenchanting to see how ignorant people have become. Nowadays, people do not think for themselves and they put too much weight on other people's opinions. Society dictates that ivy leagues are the top tier, so everyone assumes that. As soon as you mention an ivy, people make a commotion and think its the most impressive thing in the world. However, if you mention a school such as BU or Penn State, they are completely unimpressed. Even after you specify that you are part of the medical program, they continue to shrug it off. Little do they know that many of these medical programs have single digit acceptance rates, while ivy leagues tend to have acceptance rates around 10-15% regular admission and early decision hovering around 25-35%, with Cornell creeping up on the 40% mark ( Early</a> admit rate rises to 32 percent this year | Interactive graph - News )</p>
<p>People do not understand that it is not the college that you are going to, but the PROGRAM that you attend. There are many ivy league schools with extremely easy majors to get into (I'm not going to name any, so I avoid offending anyone). I am in no way trying to tarnish the accomplishments of people who attend ivy leagues, it is indeed a impressive feat. However, it is just not fair that people who have accomplished equally impressive things go completely unrecognized.</p>
<p>Who cares what people think. Why do you care? And how could you expect them to know about admissions to or anything about medical programs. Why would they? There are many types of programs that are also competitive to get into (music, film, etc) that most do not know anything about. So what. Also, the Ivys are old, med programs are rather new.</p>
<p>"Who cares what people think?" </p>
<p>Oh how I wish this statement had some validity in this world. Yeah, I agree with you and I personally do not care what others think about me. However, we are unfortunate enough to live in a world where what others think about you can mean a lot. There are countless instances where the lives of honest people have been completely ruined by bad publicity and misconceptions.</p>
<p>Well, what I meant was that there are other bs/md programs that are still competitive, but not as highly as the ones that have been listed. If one plans to apply, it is wise to apply to wide range as results are entirely unpredictable and sometime applicants with less impressive stats might get in for whatever reasons (connections?). There are bs/md programs at state schools that are less known and for that reason somewhat less competitive in comparison to others. Competition is still fierce, do not get me wrong.</p>
<p>i agree with MiamiDAP- there are some less competitive programs that would be better to apply to- if you really want to get into a program, try applying to a wide range of programs, from the hard, to the well not as hard
the ones i listed before would probably fit into the not as hard category</p>
<p>Eraser- you just make your life harder if you care too much what other people think about your choices.</p>
<p>EraserXIV, you're being a little (that's an understatement) melodramatic.</p>