<p>I'm interested in going to medical school and got into the below universities for undergrad. But how many of their pre-meds get into medical school? It would help me decide my final college since a good percentage means the college is doing something right.</p>
<p>NYU
Boston U
UC Berkeley
UCLA
George Washington
St. John's</p>
<p>I googled and googled but couldn't find any websites with rankings and numbers. If anyone has any, please send them along.</p>
<p>Also any general advice would be helpful.
Thanks!!!</p>
<p>The percentage of students getting into medical school is NOT something you want to base your choice on. That percentage is extraordinarily gimmicked. For example, Swarthmore boasted 100% acceptance rate to medical school. Turns out, they were forcing all students not guaranteed to get into medical school to wait until they graduated and then apply. They were not included in the data.</p>
<p>Yea I’m in LA. I really like NYU and Cal but got horrible fin aid package from NYU and Cal doesn’t have a hospital or med school.
Although I don’t know HOW important that would be if someone wants to shed some light on that…
How to choose between Berkeley and UCLA though?
Thanks for the info on percentages!
Thanks!!!</p>
<p>I’m a med student. It is totally irrelevant if your college has a med school or hospital, nor does it matter what school you go to at all. what mmmcdowe says is correct (I don’t know about specific cases, but in general it’s true). A number of schools fudge those numbers by not supporting students’ applications if they don’t think they will get in. There is also no such thing as a good pre-med “track” or “program.” Just take the hand full of classes required by med schools, major in anything you want, enjoy your college experience, and get good grades.</p>
<p>you know, brown as a PLME med proqram. pretty much you enter as an underqrad, and 8 years later you start your residancy thinq. its an 8 year track, but you wont need to worry about not qettinq into med school. (pre med + med school)</p>
<p>GW & St. John’s would be “easiest” academically, i.e., competition is lower so A’s should come easier. </p>
<p>No difference between the UCs really. Sure, UCLA has a med school on campus, but that doesn’t necessarily mean it offers that many more opportunities to get involved than does Cal. (It just means the commute is easier.)</p>
<p>Thanks!! I’ve narrowed it down to BU and Cal and now that I know they’re pretty much the same in terms of academics and pre-med topics, I can choose based on how much I like them.</p>