<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>
<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>