<p>I was wondering if there are any relatively easy colleges to gain admission into, that have affiliations or guaranteed transfer options to top universities. I understand that there are some 3-2 LAC engineering affiliations, but I am looking for something “pre-med”.
My stats</p>
<p>1480/1600
2080/2400
3.75/4.0
4.8/6</p>
<p>Varsity soccer 4 years
International Science Fair
Scienctific research
NHS, Clubs ect…
If no affilations, where should I apply?</p>
<p>“I was wondering if there are any relatively easy colleges to gain admission into, that have affiliations or guaranteed transfer options to top universities. I understand that there are some 3-2 LAC engineering affiliations, but I am looking for something “pre-med”.”</p>
<p>Since nobody else has, I’ll ask the obvious…why do you ask? Your GPA, SAT, and ecs are nothing to sneeze at. The most selective (i.e. CHYMPS) are probably big reaches, but you have a good shot at a number of great schools (e.g. Emory, Hopkins, Northwestern, Tufts, Brandeis, Wake Forest, Rochester, etc.). You have many great options without having to transfer.</p>
<p>@OP
No, there are no backdoors. @CHYMPS; stop blabbering, make sure you take care of your own business before you criticizing others. His CR/Math score is great along with acceptable GPA and EC.</p>
<p>By no means a “back door” into medical school, Knox College’s Early Admission Program to Medical School as described on their website: “One of the strongest endorsements of our pre-medical program are the two cooperative agreements Knox has with The George Washington University in Washington, D.C. and Rush Medical College in Chicago. Through early selection and admission programs, selected sophomores are guaranteed admission to The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences and selected first-year students are guaranteed admission to enroll at Rush. Knox is the only college in the country to offer both programs.”</p>
<p>From the CollegeNews.org website: “Knox joins eight other colleges whose undergraduates are eligible to apply for Early Selection at GWU School of Medicine. The others are George Washington University, Hampden-Sydney College, Claremont McKenna College, Scripps College, Colgate University, Franklin and Marshall College, George Mason University, and the University of Maryland at College Park.”</p>
<p>There are in fact many “backdoors.” For instance, my school has a program that anyone with a 3.0+ can get into. You go to Simon’s Rock college for 1 year, and Columbia’s engineering program for 2 years. You get your bachelors in only 3 years, spend 2/3 of it at any ivy league and the only requirement is to maintain a 3.0.</p>
<p>Check out Oxford College of Emory University. You do your first two years at Oxford’s small liberal arts campus, then your last two at Emory. It says Emory on your degree, and I have heard (although haven’t confirmed this with a reliable source) that the Oxford kids tend to earn higher grades and do better with med school placements. You can, by the way, apply to both Oxford and Emory at the same time. </p>
<p>There are also lots of schools which have accelerated BS/MD programs. You do your first three years at the undergrad level then go directly to med school - guaranteed admission if you have maintained your grades. There are quite a few of these programs, but they are highly competitive. Some to look at are: Drexel, Rutgers and The College of New Jersey, Lehigh/Drexel Med, Wash U, Case Western, Brown, but there are a few others out there as well. Google “accelerated medical programs”</p>
<p>To be clear, though, with a 1480/3.75, you don’t need a college with relatively easy admissions standards (for one thing, note that many schools are still not fully considering the Writing section of the SAT). You should be a competitive applicant to many good schools, and a candidate for merit aid at a fair number of places (Knox included, in all likelihood). </p>
<p>Another option might be a school like Marymount College in Palos Verdes, CA ([Marymount</a> College, Palos Verdes California: The Premier 2-Year Private College in Southern California](<a href=“http://www.marymountpv.edu%5DMarymount”>http://www.marymountpv.edu)). It’s a private two-year where you would fairly certainly receive merit aid. They have no formal affiliations that I know of, but the focus is on transferring to the 4-year college of your choice and they regularly send grads to the top schools. The few students I’ve known there have actually had very strong academic experiences. The admissions office of a well-respected 4-year university informed my sister that they prioritize/prefer transfer students coming from 2-year schools, although that’s only anecdotal advice.</p>
<p>Still other colleges will have easy admissions, but comparably strong academics and grad school placement (for those who desire it). Calvin College in Grand Rapids, MI comes to mind, although it’s religiously-affiliated.</p>
<p>Are you looking for schools with relatively easy admissions standards b/c you’re hoping for merit aid, you’re not sure you can get in to more competitive schools, or you’re looking for an academically light couple of years (which won’t necessarily correspond to admissions standards)? Just curious.</p>
<p>Fast track to med school is not always optimum. Ditto for law school. Sometimes doing the full four year stint at your undergraduate school is a benefit to you in terms of growth and maturity. Generally, if you go to a pretty decent undergraduate school, and apply yourself, you will do just fine and be very competitive for the MCAT’s and Med School. There are hundreds of medical schools in the United States and most of them are very good. Don’t worry about being the next Dougie Howser, MD. Concentrate on being the best student and best person you can be while in college and everything will work out for you. Sometimes people who put too much pressure on themselves at too young of an age, burn out and flame out. I see it all the time.</p>
<p>“The most selective (i.e. CHYMPS) are probably big reaches, but you have a good shot at a number of great schools (e.g. Emory, Hopkins, Northwestern, Tufts, Brandeis, Wake Forest, Rochester, etc.). You have many great options without having to transfer”</p>
<p>I find it personally insulting that this poster lumps Northwestern with schools that are much less selective than it. That person obviously is just trying to degrade it. you cannot argue that Duke is far more selective than NU. And NU is far more selective than Emory, Rochester, Brandeis, Wake Forest…</p>
<p>I am not saying that you should. However, in the (e.g.) you listed, you picked Hopkins and Northwestern and then lumped them with schools in a completely different admissions/prestige category. </p>
<p>It would be saying like you can get into good schools (e.g., Duke, UNC, Emory, and WakeForest)</p>