<p>Returning to the original question poised in this thread.</p>
<p>There are going to be students who will be very against these combined programs, prefering to go the 4+4 route to. By the same token there will be many students that will prefer to come to these programs. For the latter group, it will be very helpful to have both strengths and weaknesses of each of these BS/MD program described by students attending these programs…</p>
<p>Climate, location, diversity of student population, support of the faculty for teaching, mentoring, availability of research,volunteering, job opportunities, cost of med school, USMLE scores, competiveness among the med students, intensity /rigor of undergard courses/ med school experience . How do the combined students compare with med students coming the traditional route… etc etc.</p>