This is a thread to post SMP results, first hand info only. SMP programs take in below-md school GPA students and transform them into md school acceptable candidates. In general SMP programs go through close to first year MD school curriculum.
Let me start, my D’s roommate just finished a SMP program on the East Coast. He had a college GPA around 3.25 old MCAT around 30, bio major. He graduated from the one year SMP program(costs around $80K) in top 30%, the top 10% from the program got into the MD school where the SMP was given, he got into Florida International SOM, a MD school costs $100K/year, the most expensive MD school in the USA.
Let me start, my D's roommate just finished a SMP program on the East Coast. He had a college GPA around 3.25 old MCAT around 30, bio major. He graduated from the one year SMP program(costs around $80K) in top 30%, the top 10% from the program got into the MD school where the SMP was given, he got into Florida International SOM, a MD school costs $100K/year, the most expensive MD school in the USA.
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Wow about FIU SOM cost. That must be the OOS cost.
My sons have a friend (an old high school friend that I also keep in touch with thru FB) who went to a small LAC known for having a strong acceptance rate to med school. However, he graduated with a 3.3 GPA and a 29 MCAT. He was attending on a soccer scholarship.
He did the masters program at UAB: “The Master of Science in Biomedical and Health Sciences Program enhances your value for admission into medical, dental, optometry, physician assistant, physical therapy, occupational therapy or other health science professional school. In less than one year – you can set yourself apart from everyone else. The only 11-month master’s program of its kind in the Southeast will help improve your PCAT, MCAT, DAT and OAT scores. Learn from the best. Be the best.”
He’s now a med student at UAB. He’s instate so his med school COA is about $45k per year. His SMP had a much lower COA…about $25k-30k for the 11 month program.
FIU isn’t the most expensive med school in the country. The honor goes to Univ of South Carolina OOS where the tuition & mandatory fees alone are over $91K.
Also, if you look carefully at FIU COA page, they’re padding their cost estimate by including things like loan fees & interest and allowing over $4K/year for undefined “personal expenses” (that aren’t books, transportation, medical insurance or room & board).
If you look at the Annual AAMC Tuition & fees Report, there are a half dozen med schools where the OOS tuition & fees are higher than OOS at FIU. (Illinois, South Dakota, South Carolina, NE Ohio…)