<p>I've read a bunch that the school doesn't matter, only what you do there, but we all know it matters at least a little bit. So does anybody know where I can find the admission rates to medical schools, of various undergraduate universities? For example, I recently visited University of Oregon and was given a stat sheet that said 11% of their biology majors are admitted to "biomedicine" graduate school.</p>
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<p>That could mean masters or PHD programs. Technically, medical school is a professional school.</p>
<p>Wow, I thought 11% was already crazy low, but if that isn’t necessarily even medical school, that’s rather worrying… Would it not be a good idea to u of o for this reason, or does it still not matter?</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/pre-med-topics/377780-premed-forum-faqs-read-first.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/pre-med-topics/377780-premed-forum-faqs-read-first.html</a></p>
<p>I looked through thread, but did not find any info on undergraduate admit rates.</p>
<p>dont even look at the admission rates. they’re useless numbers and dont really tell u anything.</p>
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<p>My guess is that they were saying that 11% of their bio majors go on to graduate school for biomed, not that 11% of those that applied to biomed grad school got in (because otherwise it would imply that 100% of their bio majors applied to grad school for biomed)</p>
<p>The best way is to ask the schools you been admitted. A lot of the info regarding
are not open to public, artificially inflated by premed committee screenings, or hidden deep in the school’s website somewhere.</p>
<p>Okay, I’ll do that. Thanks bovary.</p>
<p>This site has some useful data.</p>
<p>[AAMC:</a> FACTS: Information on Medical School Applicants, Matriculants, and Graduates](<a href=“http://www.aamc.org/data/facts/start.htm]AAMC:”>http://www.aamc.org/data/facts/start.htm)</p>
<p>Interesting, but it doesn’t mention undergrad admit rates, and so does not help me decide. I guess I will just go to the cheapest of the three, since that is pretty much the only way to decide.</p>
<p>Don’t base your decision off something like that (by undergrad admit rates, I assume you mean med school acceptance rates from an undergrad school). These numbers don’t mean much for a strong student; a strong student will be accepted to a medical school regardless of his/her peers, who may not be as strong.</p>
<p>These numbers might also easily be inflated; some schools for example, include students who were rejected their first time around but got in on their second try, or alum applicants. Some schools have committees that will not write (or not write positive) recommendations for students who they think do not have a good chance at being admitted, effectively preventing them from applying in the first place.</p>
<p>Cost is a factor you can use to decide where you’d like to go, but the most important (assuming costs aren’t too different) is fit; where do you see yourself being happiest?</p>
<p>I really don’t know where I will be happiest. I mean, I chose three schools that I think I will like, that I think I would be happy at, and now come time to decide, I’m looking for a quantitative comparison, so its not just me guessing.</p>
<p>No three schools have the exact same atmosphere. Talk to people at those schools, ask around about them, find out about the area and what’s available nearby, social life, places to eat, etc.</p>
<p>These are probably going to end up being more important than anything you can quantify.</p>