Washington University vs University of Rochester Pre Med? Comparison.
You can take the required courses for medical students at either of these universities.
Costs? Because you don’t want a lot of undergrad loans. Medical school will likely be funded with loans, loans and more loans.
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Have you visited either or both?
Currently there are 3 tuition free med schools in the US: WashU, NYU and Cleveland. But those are not likely acceptances.
Edit: There are a lot of doctors in my family. The easiest transition from undergrad to med school among us was going to a big public university, getting summer science research work, then getting letters of rec from university faculty to go to that school’s med school. One of us successfully applied to ONE med school early decision this way. Others failed to get into med school the first time around - having come from Ivy League schools and they carried heavy, heavy loans despite going into sub specialty careers. I f you think you’ll be doing primary care or non-procedure related internal medicine specialties, save money on undergrad. The name of your undergrad school has little influence on where you get into med school. It’s all about grades, MCAT and recommendations.
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Those med schools are a long shot for even the strongest candidates, and should not be assumed to be a given for acceptance. I believe Kaiser in CA also is offering no tuition…again…acceptances UNDER 5%.
But really…this student could apply to those freebie med schools having a bachelors from either Wash U or U of Rochester.
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Yes, as I said…
This student could apply to any medical school in the country with an undergrad degree from either Wash U or U of Rochester. Both have good undergrad programs. But of course, medical school admissions are not a guarantee regardless of where a student goes to undergrad.
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Assuming you mean WUSTL, both are quite good. UR has its hospital right across the street from the main campus making doing research or volunteering there super easy. WUSTL’s is about a mile away if I recall correctly what they told us when visiting.
I think both accept a reasonable amount of their own students (more than from other individual schools), but you need to be at the top of your class to be one of them.
Any med school is going to respect the undergrad name of both.
Getting to either from the airport is quick.
Pick which one you like taking into account what others have said about cost if it varies for you.
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You need to call the Rochester premed advisors and find out if their committee letter is evaluative or if they support everyone. If evaluative how many students do they support each year out of those that talk to them?
You’re probably not aware of this but many private colleges (but few publics) supply a “committee letter” to med schools summarizing your work. A school can use this to get amazing placement stats; just tell students below a cutoff their letter will say the committee has reservations or flat-out does not recommend them. At which point it is useless for them to apply and the school gets a 90% “admit” rate. AMCAS publishes handy charts with admit percentages based on MCAT and GPA to make the screening easy.
Rochester says that among things that go into their letter
Your interview with a Career Advisor will also draw connections between your experiences and your ability to articulate your story and readiness to attend medical, dental, and vet school. Your academic record (including GPA and awards) will be reviewed as part of this process.
Health Committee Letter : Applying : Applying to Health Professions Programs : University of Rochester
Kinda sounds evaluative to me.
By contrast WUSTL says (bold is from original)
We do not rank applicants; we support everyone. Your advisor will use the MyPreHealth materials to understand your narrative and to give you constructive feedback.
Application Support & Letter Service (MyPreHealth) | PreHealth
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Both of these schools can get you on a successful path to med school ! I currently know people who went to each for undergrad. I agree with others–compare costs and don’t spend more than you can afford. In thinking off the top of my head the dozen doctors my spouse and I know best from med school(half from his public med school, half from my private one): they went to UVA(2), Howard, WashU, Harvard, Berkeley, UNC, Wake, Georgetown, UCSD, Stanford, William&Mary for undergraduate education. So, many many schools provide a great path to med school.
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