<p>Ok, so im looking at michigan and xavier as schools for next year. Im also planning on going pre-med. Which do you think would be better for pre-med?
Xavier has a medical school percentage of 81%, but Michigan only has a 65%. Why do you think this is, because Michigan is ranked higher academically, and everyone on here seems to think it is RIDICULOUSLY better than xavier. What does a small school do to get such an acceptance rate? And which do you think would be better for getting into medical school?</p>
<p>Before you can make a direct comparison, you need to know if you are comparing apples and oranges because there is no standard definition of “med school acceptance rate” and different schools use different measures. You can search the CC archives and find quite a few threads about this very topic.</p>
<p>Also, here’s some advice on selecting a college for premed that comes from the AdmissionsConsultants website:</p>
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<p>I know that they dont forcefully weed people out of the premed program, so I dont think thats it. I will try to calculate their true medical school percentage though. It doesnt seem like one of the fake percentages though.</p>
<p>All you can really do is compare the number of applicants to medical school from a given college with the number of applicants who are accepted by a medical college. What can’t be quantified are the number of students who entered College X as freshmen with the intent of following a “pre-med track” who subsequently change their mind, find organic chem too challenging and decide to major in pyschology or English, crap out on the MCATs and decide not to apply, etc., etc. Judging from what I have seen on these boards and in our community few of the kids who enter college thinking they will go to medical school end up applying let alone end up getting rejected. I see the same thing happening to a large percentage of would-be-engineers who change their plans once they encounter differential calculus.</p>
<p>Washington and Jefferson boasts a very hight admission to med school</p>
<p>Admission rates mean nothing.</p>
<p>It all depends on YOU. You need to do well in your classes and get a high MCAT.</p>
<p>You get more personal attention at a small school, and it makes a difference. That’s why Xavier’s success is higher.</p>
<p>percentage means nothing unless you work hard enough to BE in that percentage.</p>
<p>You get more personal attention at a small school, and it makes a difference. That’s why Xavier’s success is higher.</p>
<p>It still doesn’t matter because if you don’t take advantage of that then it’d be same as going to a large public university.</p>
<p>mom2collegekids is right when it all depends on the person. Medical Schools heavily weigh GPA, MCAT scores, extra-currics, interview, and inherently what college you go to.</p>
<p>I say what college you go to makes a heavy difference in your application because the environment of the school influences your studying time and the school may not offer as much as extra-curricular opportunity. BTW. Prestige does not take into account in the admissions.</p>
<p>Also, weeding out kids from Pre-Med track is nothing new. Emory has been known to do this, (I went to the campus 2 days ago and learned that most premed kids (60% of the class) drop out of the track after 1st year._</p>
<p>One of the things that I think is interesting at Rhodes is that about the same percentage of students who come in thinking that they want to be a doctor actually graduate and go to med school, but it’s not the same kids. Some choose something different and others pick it up.</p>
<p>Holy Cross has great pre-med program.</p>
<p>Rice University in Houston, TX… we have a 90% med school acceptance rate and we are next to the world’s largest medical center. And our prehealth office does not screen applicants; anyone at Rice is allowed to apply to med school.</p>
<p>Of course, premed is more of a self-motivation thing… if you are self-motivated and REALLY want to be a doctor, you can get into medical school wherever you go… go where you will be happiest (not where the med acceptance rate is the highest).</p>
<p>If you are a guy, Wabash College has a great pre-med program and excellent merit aid.</p>
<p>baldwin wallace in Ohio has great placement</p>
<p>Admission percentage is important because it shows that the school’s curriculum and student culture provides good preparation for med school. Of course, there are exceptions.</p>