<p>I just got back from Duke's admitted student program, and they gave us some statistics on where their class of 2013 pre-meds are going for medical school.</p>
<p>Duke (28)
UNC (21)
University of Miami (8)
Wake Forest (8)
Harvard (7)
Case Western (5)
University of Michigan, Vanderbilt (5)
Washington University; Penn; BU; Georgetown; NYU; Maryland (4)
Northwestern; Stanford; Mount Sinai (3)</p>
<p>In my eyes, this list is absolutely stellar, but I was wondering if anyone had similar information for other institutions. </p>
<p>Duke does not place anybody anywhere. Applicants who achieved very high GPA and decent MCAT scores, who had sufficient medical ECs and posses reasonably social personality and interview skills get accepted at various Med. Schools. Keep in mind that at many places, the applicants who did not manage to achieve the above will not have support of their pre-med committee. Goog luck applying without this support!<br>
In addition, I personally know somebody who had hardest time getting accepted after graduating from Duke with GPA 3.7, (fine. GPA) I do not know specifics of what was wrong with her application, but apparently the name of her UG did not play any positive role. She finally was accepted at non-ranked state public. But it does not matter where you accepted to Medical School. Again, it is the most important what you do there, at Medical School to get accepted to your choice of Residency program (this application process is much much more stressful and complicated than any UG / Medical School application).
Another factor to consider is that Duke is extremely expensive UG with very few Merit awards available. This is NOT desirable if planning to attend a Medical School.
Research before you make decision. Name of any UG will not paly a major role in Medical School acceptances. Researching this type of statistics is a waste of time. My advice as a parent of the medical student who is almost done wiht her 3rd year at one of the schools that are listed in OP, attend any UG that you feel fits your personality and wide range of current and potential interests, work very hard there, achieve GPA=3.6+, decent MCAT score, participate in ECs, grow personaly, develop great communication skills and you will be all set to apply anywhere. My D. had no problem being accepted at top 20s after graduating from state public where she was on full tuition Merit award. In appreciation for her wise decision choosing her UG, we are currently footing her Medical School bills. Choose wisely, lots in your future will depend on it. Having $300k in student loans is a heavy burden for the young adult, who is also set to earn very little during many years of residency.</p>
Although it may have something to do with the large number of applicants from these two colleges, I can not but think the regional bias may be a factor here as well.</p>
<p>Assuming that the yield is 40%-50% for these 49 students, there are 20-25 matriculants from these two colleges. It is about 20-25% of the incoming class. (I think Duke reduced the size of its incoming class not many years ago. Now, Vanderbuilt tries to do the same, I think.)</p>
<p>duke didnt place anyone, so using that term is misleading.</p>
<p>a school like duke has top notch students who had high gpas and act/sat scores to begin with. no one should be surprised to see that the students that survived the weeding process had stats high enough for the best med schools. </p>
<p>the fact that many went to UNC, a top med, but also a public that mostly only takes instate students also suggests that many/most of those students got the instate nudge. </p>
<p>I wonder if that is a complete list. i would have thought that duke would have more going to med school. and i doubt that only three publics will be having duke students matriculate.</p>