<p>Currently i'm debating with myself over which school is better for pre-med</p>
<p>I really love chicago, and the people at UIC, but hwo many of the pre-med students who apply to med schools actually go through with it?
and same with SLU? if it's over 60% i feel safe...</p>
<p>Both numbers are likely to be very low. The national average among MCAT-takers is around 50%.</p>
<p>That’s not including any of the kids who drop out in their first three years of college.</p>
<p>So many people change majors and plans, so it is hard to say. I don’t even know if they keep that statistic. If you’re an Illinois resident, going to UIC undergrad might eventually give you a better chance of being accepted at UIC Med because you can do research there as an undergrad.</p>
<p>So if i’m in the top half of my school rite now… is there a chance that i can be in the top half of the pre-med student group and get accepted to any med school from UIC?</p>
<p>i mentioned my current hs school rank only to show you where i stand intelligence wise.</p>
<p>1.) Unless you go to a special high school, “the top half” in your high school is not going to translate – necessarily – into the top half of your university.</p>
<p>2.) Among students who make it so far as to take the MCAT, only one-quarter of them will eventually attend medical school. Unless UIC students are much better than the national pool, the top half there isn’t going to cut it..</p>
<p>i can always apply to the caribbean tho rite? aye aye?</p>
<p>And pay $240,000 for a one-third chance at ever getting to be a doctor?</p>
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<p>What? sorry, i meant after im done with my undergrad/pre-med</p>
<p>for example, some of my relatives have done undergrad here in the states, went to the caribean for sometimes less than 3 years, come back and are in their residencies… If i go to uic or slu, would i be able to follow this track? If you do not know about these caribbean schools then please say so.</p>
<p>That is exactly the track I’m discussing.</p>
<p>–One third of foreign medical students will fail the first board exam, leaving them ineligible to practice medicine
–Some will pass on a retake, but…
–Some will also fail the second board exam, leaving them ineligible to practice medicine
–This estimate includes excellent schools in Pakistan, England, etc., and so the Caribbean failure rates are likely to be quite a bit higher</p>
<p>–Of those that survive the board exams, one-half of them will not match into US residencies. They will thus not be permitted to practice medicine.</p>
<p>–Overall, at a rough estimate, it seems that two-thirds of students who attend medical school in the Caribbean will never be permitted to practice medicine in the United States</p>
<p>It’s a bad option.</p>