Does anyone know much about Drexel Direct MD reputation? Son got interview invite.
@âDirect MD Hopefulâ
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Drexel medical school itself has a decent reputation and great location (donât go by US News Rankings).
However the program says it is not guaranteed that the students in the program automatically will matriculate into the med school. The reason being they have set the MCAT bar rather high, something corresponding to 87% ile (repeating myself here). Also they have minimums to be achieved in each subsection. Heard of students who could clear the 87% ile overall but not in each of the sections and had to retry. They give max 3 attempts to clear the requirement. Of course no need of another interview after the undergrad portion (like in the case of some of these fake direct med programs).
Despite that drawback, and the program being 8 years now instead of 7 as earlier, they give some break in the tuition at the undergrad usually.
So I urge you to attend the interview and then decide later whether or not to go for it.
UCF-Burnett:
I believe you need to be admitted to their Honors program to be considered.
They take 500 students for their Honors program (for all types of program) out of about 1500-2000 who apply.
For the medical program, it is my understanding about 10-15 students enter the program. They may give offers to a few more.
They have a progressively increasing GPA requirements for undergrad and an MCAT of 514 to retain your seat in the medical program. You CANNOT complete your undergrad in less than 4 years. They allow you to complete in 5 years without losing your medical school seat.
You generally get undergrad scholarships (since you are admitted to the Honors program).
Feb 15 is the deadline for Burnett Medical Scholars Application.
The Medical School interview is in the 3rd year of the undergrad.
Hope this helps.
On top of what @NoviceDad provided, isnât the program for instate students only, and if so I assume you are so.
UCF med school itself is decent, I heard of a student who went there after finishing his undergrad at Cornell and doing a Derm residency now somewhere else.
But you need to find out if it is a true direct med or not. The red flag is the interview at the end of 3rd year. Is it a mere formality for those who satisfy their undergrad requirements or chances that some one can be eliminated during the interview despite meeting the requirements? How difficult it is to maintain the undergrad reqs? (My guess, shouldnât be big deal since UCF undergrad is not known to be a tough school). 514 is rather high a bar for MCAT, for some one who needs to score that high, what is the need to go through this program per se?
These are some of the ideas you need to explore, investigate and think and evaluate further to help make your decision.
@rk2017 @bujji_rocks
There is NO instate requirement for UCF - Burnett medical scholars program.
It is my understanding if you meet the GPA and MCAT requirements, interviews are more like a formality.
Here is link that would be helpful for UCF and FAU on CC in 2018
Does anyone know how many people does Drexel call for interview and how many of them are offered acceptances(and enroll)
Thanks @collegeboundxyzâŠgood info on FAU MedPipelines Program on your threadâŠwe will be interviewing there 3rd week of Feb.
@bsmdalien I called them a couple weeks ago and they said like 2 years ago the stats were: 635 forwarded to med school, 125 invited for interview, 64 accepted
Thanks @zsxBSMD2019
Drexel:
Last year Drexel received over 3k applications and about 800 were forwarded to the medical school.
I believe about 100 were called for interviews over 4-5 days.
Drexel has NO waitlist.
@collegeboundxyz
Good thread info.
Best of luck @sajju786. Looking forward to your posting after the interview.
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