<p>I'm leaning towards attending Stanford this coming fall and plan on following the pre-med path. I am interested in hearing about the experiences of others who have done this. How difficult is it to maintain a high g.p.a, get good recommendations, what are there for research/volunteer opportunities, etc. Thanks :)</p>
<p>bumping this!</p>
<p>actually you should take a look at this:
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/stanford-university/1041588-official-class-2015-ask-student-anything-thread.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/stanford-university/1041588-official-class-2015-ask-student-anything-thread.html</a></p>
<p>Helpful, but I am actually looking for a bit more detail, I am nearly sold on Stanford but the other school I am considering (Rice) has an excellent pre-med program with over a 90% med school acceptance rate. Stanford’s humbio program seems awesome but from what I’ve read it’s difficult to manage with pre med reqs so any more info on that would also be appreciated!</p>
<p>Clowiebear I saw that you were also accepted to Rice, nice! Have you made a decision yet?</p>
<p>How is premed at Stanford?</p>
<p>Used to be 100% premed to med school. now lower.
If you are going to a school for the GPA > go to your state school.
Also know that med school adcoms read this and go back 5 years</p>
<p>Pick the school that you think you will get the best education in. The rest will follow. Pick the school that “feels good” to you. If you pick one for “best grades, best chances” - it will show four years from now and good bye med school.</p>
<p>I circular file many applications for seeing comments like yours or picking them up from the med students that tour you, etc</p>
<p>^ Just trying to get clarification. Why is it looked upon negatively by adcomms to inquire about a particular school? I guess I figured it was part of the research process. But many schools view it as a negative?</p>
<p>I’m not a pre-med, but I wanted to say: I don’t know where you got that hum bio makes it hard to be pre-med. That’s the most popular pre-med major. Because you get a BA in it, it’s easier to get a high GPA than if you were majoring in biology. I read that the pre-med acceptance rate is above 90% for humbio majors, but the overall acceptance rate is lower because Stanford has more pre-meds majoring in hard science or engineering, which lower your GPA. I don’t think you’ll have any trouble getting recommendations or research opportunities (freshman year, I had a few friends who did medical internships that summer, two were humbio majors, one was a bioengineering major).</p>