Schools With High Acceptance into Med School?

Pre-Med & Medical School Pre-Med Topics
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<p>First of all, I am thinking about dental school, but am going off med school data because it's more available online.</p>

<p>I discovered today that Rice has a pre-dental program alongside a major of your choice; as well their acceptance into med school is incredibly high (around 80-90%). I was set on only in state public schools ( California), but now feel I am limiting myself out of state.</p>

<p>So my question is, What are some well- regarded schools (private/public) with high acceptance rates into med schools.</p>

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<p>Here is a recent thread asking the same question:
<a href=“High percentage of students going to medical school, from which schools? - Pre-Med Topics - College Confidential Forums”>High percentage of students going to medical school, from which schools? - Pre-Med Topics - College Confidential Forums;

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<p>yea I saw it but there are no specific school names, just the disillusion behind those acceptance rates</p>

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<p>You’re asking a question that doesn’t apply to a high school senior. </p>

<p>Rice (nor any school) has that high of a med acceptance for incoming premed frosh. </p>

<p>Those stats are meaningless. Schools don’t “get” students into med school. </p>

<p>Your question almost assumes that all students are the same, but some schools do a better job teaching for the MCAT and getting kids into med school…and that’s not true.</p>

<p>If you want us to help you identify schools where a hard-working- @PersianPwr‌ would have the best chance of getting a med-school-worthy GPA, tell us more about yourself.</p>

<p>Are you a US citizen?</p>

<p>What is your GPA?</p>

<p>What are your test scores? </p>

<p>What is your home state?</p>

<p>How much will your parents pay for college?</p>

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<li>Get into the best undergrad school I can (applying in next couple of months) and major in something business related like business management or economics( an interest of mine). </li>
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<p>During those four years I will complete dental school pre-reqs at a local community college to ensure a high GPA for those science courses. </p>

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<p>Absolutely NOT! Do NOT take your prereqs at a CC while you are attending a 4 year univ. Professional schools do NOT like those games…AT ALL. They expect you to take them at your univ and NOT during the summer, either. </p>

<p>Professional schools want to KNOW whether you can handle hard university classes during the school year, while taking other classes. By taking them at a CC (or during the summer) tells them that you can’t handle univ level courses. </p>

<p>Why would they want to select you when you haven’t proven yourself???</p>

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<p>added info: a question you may have is what undergrad schools I’m looking at? looking at top UC’s like UCB, UCLA, UCSD, and UCI.</p>

<p>reason I don’t major in sciences? UC’s base science grades off curves and because of their competition, my GPA will suffer</p>

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<p>Are you instate for a UC? If not, don’t go to a UC as a premed, predental, etc.</p>

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<li>Go to a liberal arts school where I would most likely be the top of my class( so not necessarily a top liberal arts school) and because of it’s small size, become close with my professors and get get good letters of rec. Also I will most likely do a science major at this school and get a high GPA as well. ( this is probably favorable but lacks the “college experience”)</li>
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<p>Btw i have no list of these liberal arts schools in my head, just an idea.</p>

<p>To give you some background: I have a 3.97 uw/ 4.25 w with a 34 act ( top 10 %)</p>

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<p>That is a better idea.</p>

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<p>despite ur username, I guess ur in the same boat as me</p>

<p>But im pretty freaked out cause the things you said are floating around in my head as well: do some pre reqs at a cc, or go to a liberal arts school where I would be the top of my school (recommended to me by my counsellor)</p>

<p>To answer ur question: I am in state for UC’s</p>

<p>But @mom2collegekids this is where this gets creepy, besides ur concerns being the same as mine (harsh curves at uc’s) ur uw/w gpa and act and class rank is the exact same as mine WOOOOHHHH!!!</p>

<p>To explain things: Rice considers themselves a liberal arts school ( talked to Assitant Director from Rice)</p>

<p>but being in the same position as you @mom2collegekids pm me ur email, I believe we can help each other immensely</p>

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<p>OP, mom2collegekids was just quoting you to respond to each part of your post</p>

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<p>@jazzcatastrophe‌ umm as far I can see, mom2collegekids wasnt</p>

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<p>Those arrows (>>>>>>> <<<<<<<) are her way of quoting. She is, in fact, a mom and not a fellow applicant with identical stats to your own.</p>

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<p>Rates are sometimes high because they limit who can apply to med school. Or who can be part of their pre-med program, or get a recommendation etc. I have two family members who were accepted into (and completed) med school. Neither went to a highly selective college. However they both worked very hard at the schools they were in, and had excellent grades. Majors were psychology for one, bio/English double major for the other.</p>

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<p>so shes quoting other people, cause I never posted my stats</p>

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<p>A quick-and-dirty way to identify more of these schools is to scan the top N national university and national LAC lists on the US News site. National universities that are approximately as selective as Rice include:</p>

<p>Cornell
Emory
Georgetown
Johns Hopkins
Notre Dame
Northwestern
Tufts
USC
Vanderbilt</p>

<p>National LACs that are approximately as selective as Rice include:</p>

<p>Bowdoin
Carleton
Claremont McKenna
Haverford
Middlebury
Wesleyan</p>

<p>These private schools are more or less as selective as Rice. I would expect almost all of them to have med school admission rates commensurate with their own freshmen admission rates. Whether any of them is a good academic, financial, or personal fit for you is another question. </p>

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<p>Mom2ck is quoting you, from another thread you have active.</p>

<p>And she is right. Looking at what percentage of qualified seniors are accepted in to med school is meaningless. The stat you want to know is the % of kids who initially declare an intention of going to medical school who are accepted. No school is going to tell you this.</p>

<p>Freshman year LOTS of kids start out intending to go to med school. And a significant % of those kids don’t make it through the freshman weeder classes. Every year more students leave the pre-med path. Then, senior year, the college may or may not support everyone’s applications to medical school. That’s where the notion of “qualified” students comes in. Just because you want to apply to medical school doesn’t mean the department will support you and will write you letters of recommendation. If they don’t think you’ll get in, they’ll declare you “not qualified”. So of course most schools have a high acceptance rates of “qualified” students!</p>

<p>Mom2ck is also dead on about not taking your pre-med classes at a CC. Medical schools will NOT look favorably on your most critical courses being taken at a CC. (all this applies to dental school as well)</p>

<p>You need to think about what you want in a college. Why do you think a liberal arts school would “lack the college experience”? What do you think the college experience is? And very importantly, how will you pay for undergrad and graduate school?</p>

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<p>I am going to reiterate everything else stated…M2CK is spot on, and yes she got your quotes from other threads you have posted on. Her son is a med student and my daughter is as well, and i agree 100% with what she has said.</p>

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<p>Given the rigor and cost of med school - not to mention the undergrad preparation involved and the application process - I think colleges should make sure students are realistic about their chances of getting accepted. Too many kids invest 4 years supposedly preparing for med school only to find themselves without a good Plan B. Most of the colleges with high med school admissions have two things going for them - they are starting with top students to begin with and they are providing them with comprehensive advising as an undergrad. As the parent of a future pre-med student, I would hope the advisors make sure she is prepared, but know to redirect if medical school is unlikely. </p>

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<p>@PersianPwr‌ </p>

<p>You posted your stats here:</p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/pre-dentistry-dental-school/1680824-high-school-senior-wanting-to-become-a-dentist.html#latest”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/pre-dentistry-dental-school/1680824-high-school-senior-wanting-to-become-a-dentist.html#latest&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>With a 34 ACT, etc, etc, you ought to be competitive with pretty much any student out there IF you put in the work to get the grades. That “if” is true regardless of which school you attend. </p>

<p>Kids with high test scores who attend lesser schools solely for the money or to be at the top of their class have often come back to me saying they are bored and don’t get what college is all about - and can lament the opportunities they don’t have (pending college).</p>

<p>By “lesser” school I’m NOT talking about any school in the Top 100 or so. I’m talking about those that don’t really make the rankings.</p>

<p>I suggest rather than being concerned about making it “easy” that you commit yourself to “doing what it takes” if this is the future you want. Find a school you LIKE as that will make it a bit more fun along the way.</p>

<p>And make sure that school is affordable. With your stats, merit aid can come into the picture at some places. If you like a larger school, consider Pitt.</p>

<p>Ditto what everyone else has said about cc classes - esp in the summer.</p>

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<p>You would get a lot of merit at Hope (Conservative Christian) or Juniata (rural Pennsylvania), both excellent at getting B+ students into med schools. For more selective LACs with strong science&premed advising, check out St Olaf, Whitman, Rhodes.</p>

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<p>Might look at Holy Cross-great pre-med program with very high med school acceptance rate and top med alumni network. HC meets 100% demonstrated financial need.</p>

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<p>@mom2collegekids‌ Yea, it seemed to good to be true that you would have the concerns and stats as I.</p>

<p>Anyways what I have heard from my counsellor is different from what you have said about CC classes. She says that whereever I get into , I can take the more difficult pre reqs at a CC for lower division classes but take all the upper division pre reqs at the 4 year.</p>

<p>Many of you probably disagree with this, but ucla and ucsf do have a maximum CC credit hours for a reason( I believe it’s 70 hours) Also I’ve heard that as long as my DAT score matches a high GPA it will be ok.</p>

<p>Thoughts on that too?</p>