Don’t know what part of the country you’re interested in, but Millsaps is one of the Colleges that Change Lives. Per this press release it’s located directly across from the University of Mississippi Medical Center. This page has some info on its pre-health programs, where it mentions mentorship programs and that its medical school acceptance is twice the national average. I remember seeing something somewhere (helpful, right 
) that it had a med school acceptance rate in the high 90s, but can’t find it at present. Of course, it may be that they only advise students to apply for medical school if they think they’ll be successful. Millsaps is also very generous with merit aid.
No one should accept a college say so about med school admission rates. There is no uniform way of reporting this information and often what colleges post is highly misleading.
First, Millsaps has a BS’/DO program in conjunction with William Carey University COM. BS/DO students have a guaranteed admission to med school and that distorts the stats big time.
Second, undergrad schools manipulate these stats in about million different ways to make their admission rates seem for favorable. Some examples: Does that percentage accepted reflect just graduating seniors? Or seniors plus alumni who may have done additional coursework post graduation elsewhere? Does medical school mean MD only? MD and DO only? Does it include Caribbean or other foreign medical schools? Does it include any healthcare profession that requires further training or education such as DPsy, DNP/APN, OT, PT, optometry, podiatry, etc?
Thirds, does Millsaps use a the health committee letter process to screen out any student who the committee feels has a less than optimum chance at gaining an admission?
I’m not picking on Millsaps in particular–just warning students that there is no truth in advertising when it comes to med school acceptance rates that colleges post.
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My kids dentist went to Juniata and cannot say enough about that school!
I think he might be on the board, too. My son’s best friend goes for museum studies I think and really likes it.
Never heard anyone get in med school from W&J but you might want to look into Allegheny College.
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@Creekland what is the little school near Pittsburgh that has decent pre-med?
Washington & Jefferson
@caz0743 im sure @creekland will elaborate, but if you are talking about Washington and Jefferson near Pittsburgh….I think you might not have the full picture on their medical school acceptance and prep record.
I’m sure one can google, but they have agreements with Temple and maybe Case Western (not as sure with that one). I know at least one made it into Rochester’s med school during the time my guy was there too. For a small school that isn’t top ranked, they seem to me to do well.
Yes that one, I live here. That’s great to hear, I “personally” don’t know anyone from there who went on to med school.
This brief article describes Centre’s approach: https://www.centre.edu/centre-college-ranked-among-top-25-best-colleges-in-nation-for-pre-meds/#iLightbox[gallery192489]/0. It seems that 15 of its recent graduates entered MD or DO programs in a single year.
Choose something affordable that keeps you out of debt. Generally, the best place is your in-state school. You can’t go wrong doing that. Only a small fraction of freshman “premeds” end up actually going to medical school. College is a maturation process and you find hidden passions as you explore. Just go in with an open mind.
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This is an excellent clarification. The competition at state universities can be absolutely ferocious, whereas a really serious student can shine at some of the privates with high admissions rates.