<p>Thanx for all the info.!!!!!!!!
Well, I mainly is thinking about if a college provides A LOT OF research and internship opportunities b/c I know those are very useful. i've read somewhere that Williams students have many research opportunities and even stay for internship or stuff like that over the break. Just hope there's opportunities for everyone as long as one is willing to dedicate the time to it. Really, i do think that every college can provide a decent education, but not sure if every college provides those kind of extracurricular opportunities.</p>
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Intersteddad; where did you find the median age of 24?
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<p>Swarthmore's extensive handbook for med school admissions. They have access to the official national stats from the med school placement service, including average MCAT's etc. It's easy to spot the delayed med school applicants from Swarthmore's list of post-grad plans. Research assistants at NIH. AIDS volunteers in Africa. And, so forth.</p>
<p>Just look at the numbers from Swarthmore. 7 graduating seniors versus 36 alums applying. And, this is a major med school feeder. 38 Swatties accepted to med school last year. That's 11% of an entire average graduating class.</p>
<p>The handbook has some fantastic no-BS guidance, virtually all of which would apply to Williams or Amherst students as well.</p>
<p>I believe the site posted earlier in this thread is a self-reporting site, with data posted by students. It makes more sense that such a site would tilt towards college students applying directly to med school, much in the way that a self-reporting site (like this one and others) isn't a terribly representative sample of college admissions.</p>
<p>Thanks for the info. Your data sounds more accurate.</p>