Seattle Pacific University Pre-Med?

<p>I've heard absolutely fantastic things about Seattle Pacific's pre-med program. 100% admission into some of the top med schools in the country (consistently U of Washington, Stanford, Harvard, Columbia, etc.), great advising, research and internship opportunities . . . sounds great. </p>

<p>I was wondering if anyone had any other helpful information about the school (very small and conservative - worth it for a supposedly wonderful program?). I'm a Washington resident, thinking seriously about pre-med. Any input is greatly appreciated. Thanks!</p>

<p>Seems like they don't have many students applying. Get more data.</p>

<p>I find those stats hard to believe with the entering class only having SAT scores 100 pts. above the national average.</p>

<p>Do they have an Honors program for high performing students? Is is possible that premeds are drawn from an elite group of students at the university? Just a thought in response to norcalguys valid point. I agree, you should look at how many people apply per year, % accepted, and GPAs of admitted students. Just because a school has someone going to a Stanford or Harvard once a decade does not mean they routinely send students there.</p>

<p>Four years ago when we were looking, they were just building their science building. It is a very nice school with nice people and this may just sound wrong, but it also seemed to be a very religous school to the point where science might get in the way of other things.</p>

<p>Again, I know alot of people who are spu grads and they are wonderful people. However, a turn off for us was the required prayer club stuff. It was the deal breaker for us. We are big believers in religous freedom, which doesn't include a requirement to pray or belong to anything. To choose to is one thing, to be required, cheapens it for us. It's come to Jesus, not forced to Jesus.</p>