<p>I'm applying this fall and have aspirations of going to med school in the future. I'm thinking of majoring in biology but staying on a pre-med track. My question is, which schools in the New England / Mid Atlantic region of the US have good reps for their pre-med programs and have excellent med school acceptance rates? </p>
<p>*will consider any school in the NE/Mid Atlantic region (large univ or small LAC), not looking for an ivy (exception UPenn), preferably close to an urban center.</p>
<p>Please read over all other posts talking about the fact that there is no such thing as a pre-med major. It is just a couple of classes that pretty much any school can do. It is what you put into your major and interest in medicine at whichever school that will get you by.</p>
<p>i think you misunderstood what i said. i realize there is no such thing as a "pre-med" major. i explicity said that i'm thinking of being a biology major in a "pre-med" track. if that isn't clear, i don't know what is. i know certain schools are known for being good "pre-med" schools. i wanted to know which ones that's all.</p>
<p>If you're absolutely sure you want to be a doctor, then far and away the best "premed" programs are those combined BA/BS+MD programs that guarantee you a spot in med-school. Since you asked for programs in the Northeast, UMDNJ offers several such programs at several undergraduate programs. There are also UConn, Tufts, Stony Brook, and several others. Guaranteed admission to med-school is priceless.</p>
<p>thanks sakky for the advice and i've thorougly researched the several BS/MD programs in the area (there are indeed many), but i think i want to go the traditional route. however, you are def right that guaranteed admission to med school is priceless. it's just that many of the BS/MD programs may be too tough for me to get into and i want to retain some flexibilty during my undergrad education.</p>
<p>Well, let's keep in mind that you can always join a BS/MD program and then just drop out of the program if you don't like it, and become a regular student at that school. So let's say you get into the Tufts BS/MD program and you find out you don't want to be a doctor. So you just drop out of the program and become a regular Tufts student. Sure, Tufts isn't Harvard, but it's not bad. The point is, I don't know that you necessarily lose flexibility by choosing one of these programs.</p>
<p>I do agree that these programs are tough to get into. But hey, what's the harm in applying? The worst thing that will happen is you lose the application fee, and you don't get in. So what? When we're talking about guaranteed admission to med-school, I think risking the app fee is worth it. That is, unless you are sure that you have absolutely zero chance of getting in, and your app will get laughingly tossed into the trash. But if you have a reasonable chance, I say go for it.</p>
<p>yeah good point. there's no harm in applying and my stats are not trash-worthy. we'll see. </p>
<p>tufts has an early assurance program that i'm aware of, but i don't think they have a joint BS/MD. check me on that</p>
<p>I'm pretty sure with Tufts, you apply in your sophomore year of college for guaranteed admission to their medical school.</p>