What med schools do WashU grads attend??

Colleges and Universities A-Z Washington University in St. Louis
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<p>DO they attend the Harvards, and Hopkins, and WashUs?</p>

<p>Also, let us take Harvard for example. </p>

<p>FOr HMS, i know there is the GPA and MCAt, but how do you really stand out? What would you do???</p>

<p>And dont forget my 1st question :p</p>

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<p>rgfbfdshafsgafg shameful bump</p>

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<p>Wash U grads get accepted to all med schools I am sure. However, to really nail that down, I would think the administration has that info available. An e-mail to the placement office or whatever they call it should get you some answers. But given the quality of the Wash U program and students, I would think that they can compete for those slots quite well.</p>

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<p>Both my son and I inquired with Wash U on separate occasions and were told “the overwhelming majority of Wash U medical students were Wash U under graduates.” Then I looked up the statistical profile (MCAT and GPA) of Wash U medical students. Those stats were the highest in the country or darn close. Then I saw that Wash U’s medical school, for research, was tied for like 2nd or 3rd in the nation per US News and World Report. Thus, I am concluding Wash U grads most likely go to medical school of their choice.</p>

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<p>You were mis-informed.</p>

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<p>Paul …
Don’t worry about InterestingGuy’s discourteous reply. Do a little research and you’ll see he’s on a Captain Ahab type crusade to bring down the mighty Wash U (Duke too), no matter his naivete and ignorance about the issues being discussed.</p>

<p>Unfortunately, in this one instance, I do have to agree that you are misinformed. With all due respect, I have to believe you’ve misheard or misinterpreted something, or some Wash U rep has misheard or misinterpreted you, because there is no chance that a Wash U rep in the know would have said that an “overwhelming majority of Wash U medical students were Wash U undergraduates.” No chance; not even close. I’ve had a large group of family and friends pass through Wash U as pre-meds since the 1970’s, including many in the past ten years. Some have proceeded to med school at Wash U as well. My understanding is that over the past 10-15 years, something like 6-15 Wash U undergrads a year will move on to Wash U Med. That’s something like 5-15% of their class of 125 or so. The percentage might have been a little higher in the 1970’s through the early 1990’s, but probably never any higher than 20-25% (certainly nowhere near an “overwhelming majority”). By all accounts, Wash U has been considered a “Top Ten” med school for roughly the last twenty-five years – as such, they are very conscious of a nationally and internationally diverse student body.</p>

<p>As for the OP …
Wash U has been considered a strong “pre-med” school since at least the 1960’s. No matter some of the foolish posturing about overrated and underrated and USNWR rankings, few in the know would dispute that high-quality pre-med have been drawn to Wash U for at least 50 years and that Wash U has in turn produced high-quality med students for the nation’s top medical schools. I have relatives and friends with med school admissions board experience at UChicago, NU, Rush, Columbia, and Harvard. I’ve been informed numerous times that quality pre-meds coming out of Wash U are considered on a par with similarly quality pre-meds coming out of any school in the country. If you’re so inclined, you can try to keep up with the “flyspecking” and the prestige-mongering gyrations advanced by InterestingGuy and his like, but it’s really not worth your while. Do really well at Wash U and on the MCATs and you’ll have a real shot at the so-called top med schools in the country.</p>

<p>One word of caution – I’d also avoid the temptation to act as if your “Big Three” of Harvard, Hopkins, and Wash U Med are somehow unequivocally “the best.” I’ve known plenty of Wash U pre-meds who have attended or been accepted to Harvard, Hopkins, and Wash U Med. And for one reason or another, plenty of these preferred other top med school like UCSF, Stanford, Yale, UCLA, Michigan, UChicago, Vanderbilt, Emory, Duke, UWashington, Cornell, Columbia and 5-10 others which better “fit” their personal circumstances. Do well at any of perhaps 20-25 consensus top med schools, do well on the boards, and any residency option in the country will actively consider you.</p>

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<p>dude dilegence, very informative post. thanks</p>

<p>(yea, I know how interesting guy epic fails)</p>