<p>So I've always heard the rumor that it's difficult to get into UW medicine if you go to UW. But I can't necessarily find data to support or refute that other than this site.</p>
<p>University</a> of Washington School of Medicine: Admissions, Tuition, Rankings and Average MCAT Scores</p>
<p>Instate: 227
OOS: 40</p>
<p>Does in-state cater to WWAMI? or Just Washington, because the numbers seem to go against this rumor, I just want to know if anyone else has something to say, because UW med is ranked extremely high, and I feel like there are much more qualified out of state kids that should be accepted, which would follow the rumor? But these stats say otherwise?</p>
<p>I heard that rumor too and it is somewhat true. I heard recently from an UW professor that he is really surprised that one of his students got accepted into UW medical school. But I also know a girl who went to UW undergradute and later went to UW medical school after taking a ‘gap’ year being in the military( not just enlisted, but trained with group of guys).</p>
<p>Don’t know if it is true or not, but at our tour of Western, they claimed that a higher percentage of Western pre-med students are accepted at UW medical school than UW pre-med students.</p>
<p>cellopop, is that percentage of the UWMS class of 20XX? Or percent of Western compared to percent of UW? There are probably a LOT more UW pre-med students, so a low percentage of UW students going to UWMS compared to Western would make sense.</p>
<p>I’ve also heard that for most state schools, they prefer non-undergraduates while private schools prefer to retain their undergraduates for medical school.</p>
<p>I heard that too but I think it’s untrue. It’s just hard to get into, period.</p>
<p>It was just a passing comment, so no idea how it was calculated. I would assume they meant that of the pre-med students at Western that apply to med school at UW, compared the the pre-med students at UW that apply to med school at UW, a higher percentage of the Western students are accepted.</p>
<p>But you can prove just about any point with how you take your measurement, so who knows.</p>