<p>I have been accepted to Northeastern University and I'm planning on going to medical school, and I know that it is really up to me to get into med school, but I was wondering what the acceptance rate for med school was for Northeastern.</p>
<p>How many of the students who applied to med school from Northeastern get accepted?</p>
<p>Also, should this matter while I'm making my decision? Is this a good way to see if a college has the right resources available for its students to become good candidates for med school?</p>
<p>I would contact their pre health advising office, if there is one. They usually have this info. In the end, the main thing is to shoot for around a 3.5 GPA and a decent MCAT score (30 or higher). I mention 3.5 GPA (specifically science GPA) and 30 MCAT because the acceptance rates for many schools goes up quite a bit when these scores are achieved.</p>
<p>While the number could theoretically be useful, the problem is that it’s easily altered by including or excluding things that really shouldn’t be included or excluded, and many schools calculate it in slightly different ways. Therefore, it turns out that in practice the number isn’t very useful.</p>
<p>If I were you, I’d obtain whatever data I could and maybe revisit it. One of my favorite statistics is the average GPA of students from that school who get into medical school. High is bad.</p>
<p>Of course, everything is relative right? So it also depends on your other choices.</p>
<p>The best way to look at the resources is really only to talk to current students and recent alumni (does northeastern have a section on CC the way each ivy does?). While in theory this number would be helpful, more concrete things you can find out from current students that are helpful are things like:</p>
<p>How easy is it to schedule time with the pre-med advisor?
Does the pre-med office offer sessions and lectures or is it only a resource for applicants?
How involved is the pre-med office in your application (i.e. do they walk you through everything, just point you to the website, etc?)?
How easy is it to find research positions at the school?
How easy is it to find clinical volunteering positions in the area around the school?</p>
<p>Those are really the only “resources” the school can vary on. All schools teach the pre-med classes so you have to focus on how much the school will help you/what exists there (especially if opportunities are limited at home/you want to be able to do pre-med stuff other than just during the summers).</p>
<p>My daughter got accepted by both Grinnell and Emory Oxford college. She is interesting in pre-med. She did not like both schools location. If it is for location, she likes George washington University in DC or Brandeis in Boston or Bard college in NY, however, it seems Grinnell and Oxford Emory are better schools than the others. Can anyone help her to make decision on picking one school?</p>
<p>“I know that it is really up to me to get into med school, but I was wondering what the acceptance rate for med school was for Northeastern.”
Resources are important and somebody has pointed out that not every place has them. I am not familiar with this situation. As far as I know about my D’s UG as well as her HS friends who are currently in Med. Schools, most of them went to low ranked state publics and did not have a problem with resources at any of the place.
You got to research specifically at the Northeastern University. Unless somebdoy on CC has an experience with pre-med at the Northeastern University, I cannot see how anybody can answer this question.</p>
<p>In regard to UGs being “better”, it is important if it is better for you or somebody else. You do not care if it is better for another person, you do care a lot if it is a better place for you personally. You will be there for 4 years. However others feel about the place is irrelevant.</p>
<p>To OP- the school’s acceptance rate is a figure that can be manipulated. A well known college has a pre health advising committee that will not write a letter of support for students with less than a 3.5 GPA (cumulative and science GPA)- students who are supported have an acceptance rate in the 80s, but what about those who apply on their own? This same school reported an overall acceptance rate of 65%, still much higher than national average, but the high 80% number is the one often quoted. As they say, the devil is in the details. There are many schools (and you just have to find out how each school is individually) that will support any applicant, regardless of the GPA. So don’t be impressed by the acceptance rate unless you understand the methodology of how they calculated the number.</p>
<p>^Very true.
You got to be prepared to work hard and achieve very high GPA no matter where you are. However, happy person has a better chance at achieving this goal. If you feel out of place, if you are miserable, your grades will not be good. So, make sure that the place fits you personally, not your friend, not posters on CC, YOU need to feel that you belong there.</p>
<p>Yes, it does matter, more than you may think.</p>
<p>Schools have pre-med committees (usually) and some may internally rank their applicants year to year, some may really want their people to do well and help you put your best foot forward.</p>
<p>Some colleges have excellent advising, and some have none at all. Some schools will compile all your letters for you and write a composite letter, some make you do everything. </p>
<p>Things you can control are your GPA, your MCAT score, and your EC/leadership involvement. </p>
<p>Schools with excellent track records will allow you a better chance to succeed in the application process, especially if you decide to take time off and apply after graduation.</p>
<p>Re #13: College can matter, yes, especially for borderline candidates. The problem is that the information you’ve described is not always well-captured by the acceptance rate.</p>
<p>Hi, I’m a sophomore going to a state school (generic one East coast) and my pre-medical committee has about a 60 something percent acceptance rate over the last 5 years I think. The advising has been kind of terrible (takes 2 months to get an appointment to talk to someone on the phone!) and I’ve only met with my counselor once. I’ve been thinking of transferring to a better, private school because I really want to go to a medical school and I have a pretty high GPA (3.8) and about half my requirements done now. Would it be worth it? I have no idea how I will do on my MCAT but I’m a good test taker i guess (2200+ SAT). </p>
<p>To the person above me, is this my last chance to transfer or would I still have time? I would consider taking 1 year off but I’d rather not take too much time.</p>
<p>Generally I would not advise a transfer if the only reason is obtaining better advising – it’d be such a major uprooting from a place where you’re doing well, and would be something you’d have to discuss with adcoms down the line, and transferring… well, it’s a pain.</p>
<p>If you’d like, you could take the extra tuition money you’re saving by going to public school and hire a private counselor. It’d be a TON cheaper. </p>
<p>Also, bear in mind that advising offices often put priority on meeting with juniors and seniors rather than sophomores and freshmen.</p>
<p>^this. In addition a lot of the “better” schools don’t even have better advising, they just have better students so they have more success because of who they are, not the attention they are receiving. I would 100% recommend investing in an admissions consultant over transferring if this is the only issue you have with your current school.</p>