star_s

The pre-professional department's website hasn't been updated in several years, unless I just can't find the new statistics.

2005 Statistics • Department of Preprofessional Studies • College of Science •*University of Notre Dame

Do those acceptances look pretty similar to the current ones? e.g. None to Harvard, Stanford, etc.

vienna man

Georgetown West. Nothing the matter with that. Pretty impressive.

irish68178

When you compare ND's pre-med track record with any other school it ranks right up there, especially with getting students into med school, and isn't that the most important thing?

star_s

Oh, sorry...I know that ND does a fantastic job preparing premed students and getting them into excellent schools!

I was just curious because most of the other top schools are represented.

irish68178

Don't be sorry, some assume the pre-med program isn't strong just because ND doesn't have a medical school. Part of it could be that the majority of ND students are from the midwest so they try to go around home. Hard to know though.

toast eater

Corollary to VM comment above-If you are going to end up at Georgetown anyway, why would you put up with the Midwest weather for four years and just go to Georgetown to begin with? I suppose that a lot of prospective docs just enjoy watching football.

red06

Oh I know tons of pre med students that were accepted at top med schools. One of my good friends was accepted to Duke, Harvard, Stanford, etc...

PrincessND

It is very important to note here that it is difficult to get into 1 med school; most people get into 1 or 2, and many get into none. Certain undergrad schools build relationships with certain med schools. Schools that are known like ND students are: IU, Michigan, Northwestern, Loyola, Rush, UI, Vanderbilt and Chicago. I'd bet that Loyola and IU are on pretty much every ND applicant's application. ND students do well nationwide though. I got into a med school in pretty much every region of the country, mostly because I had no idea where I wanted to go so I applied everywhere. I know people who graduated with me who are know in med school at Stanford and Yale so the sky's the limit. I personally love Chicago, so don't take us off the list either!

toast eater

While there might be a wide variety of acceptances it is pretty clear from the data that Georgetown and the other three Jesuit Medical Schools are the places that put the large plurality of the class behind their scalpels. The four Jesuit schools and Indiana (out of the 94 schools on the list) comprise almost 30% of the acceptances.