Best pre-med programs?

[neal540]

<p>with a 90+% positive residency match…</p>

[fftd]

<p>Spikedsoymilk,
Johns Hopkins has >90% acceptance rate for the past years. In 2004, it produced 263 applicants (among 1000 students) with an acceptance rate of 97%. You can find the total # of applicants at each undergraduate school at
<a href=“http://www.aamc.org/data/facts/2004/masian.htm[/url]”>http://www.aamc.org/data/facts/2004/masian.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>and acceptance rate at each school, e.g.,</p>

<p><a href=“http://web.mit.edu/career/www/infostats/preprof.htm[/url]”>http://web.mit.edu/career/www/infostats/preprof.htm&lt;/a&gt;
<a href=“http://web.princeton.edu/sites/hpa/2004.pdf[/url]”>http://web.princeton.edu/sites/hpa/2004.pdf&lt;/a&gt;
<a href=“University Life – University of Pennsylvania”>University Life – University of Pennsylvania;
<a href=“Career Services | Student & Campus Life | Cornell University”>Career Services | Student & Campus Life | Cornell University;

[fftd]

<p>Sorry for the borken link. Try these again,
<a href=“http://web.mit.edu/career/www/infostats/preprof.html[/url]”>http://web.mit.edu/career/www/infostats/preprof.html&lt;/a&gt;
<a href=“http://web.princeton.edu/sites/hpa/2004.pdf[/url]”>http://web.princeton.edu/sites/hpa/2004.pdf&lt;/a&gt;
<a href=“http://www.vpul.upenn.edu/careerservices/gradprof/healthprof/premed/Premedical_Opportunities.htm[/url]”>http://www.vpul.upenn.edu/careerservices/gradprof/healthprof/premed/Premedical_Opportunities.htm&lt;/a&gt;
<a href=“Career Services | Student & Campus Life | Cornell University”>Career Services | Student & Campus Life | Cornell University;

[sakky]

<p>I would like to see a link that verifies the JHU 97% admit rate.</p>

[fftd]

<p>Sakky,
The link
<a href=“http://www.jhu.edu/admis/pdf/2003viewbook.pdf[/url]”>http://www.jhu.edu/admis/pdf/2003viewbook.pdf&lt;/a&gt;
(on page 47) shows the acceptance rate >90% for medical schools. The 2004 viewbook has not published yet. The 97% rate in 2004 was from a student who called and told by a JHU officer. You might want to call them (JHU) for verification. However, I am satisied with a >90% rate.</p>

[settersweetie]

<p>well i know that Tufts has a 90% acceptance rate for medical school…i talked to the head of the biology department who is also the head of the premed committee there</p>

[sakky]

<p>I believe that the Tufts 90% acceptance rate has to pre-health programs to do with the Tufts post-bac program. What the rate is for regular Tufts premeds, I have not been able to ascertain. Furthermore, the rate for the Tufts post-bad program has to do with pre-health programs, which comprises all of the health professional programs (i.e. dental school, nursing school, pharmacy school, etc. in addition to med-school).</p>

<p>"…Over 90% of Tufts Post-Bac students who apply are accepted into health professions schools each year. The majority of our students enter medical school. "</p>

<p><a href=“Homepage | AS&E Students”>Homepage | AS&E Students;

[sempitern555]

<p>what about duke?</p>

[Spikedsoymilk]

<p>i forgot to thank you fftd for those helpful links!</p>

[bluedaisy1234]

<p>I’m starting Rice next year. I know it doesn’t have a med school and I didn’t try out for the Rice/Baylor program but I want to follow its pre-med track. Doe sRice have a good track record for getting its pre-med kids into good medical schools?</p>

[thebeast1616]

<p>does anyone know about how good the loyola u. at chicago’s premed program and if its any good?</p>

[Sam_Lee]

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=70340&page=2&pp=20&highlight=premed[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=70340&page=2&pp=20&highlight=premed&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>

Take into account that Johns Hopkins does not certify every pre-med. In other words, without certification from the dean, applying to medical school is virtually pointless. Pre-meds who have performed poorly are in danger of being denied certification.</p>

<p>This practice contributes to Johns Hopkins very high placement rate into med school.</p>

<p>I wish you had asked me earlier–like a 1-2 months ago. I would have obtained an excerpt from JHU boards and chats–I was admitted to JHU. The admissions officials do not deny the fact that they will will not certify a poor pre-med, though they do attempt to downplay the fact.

</p>

<p>If that’s true, I think what JHU does is pretty disturbing and self-serving. Contrast this against Amherst’s practice:</p>

<p>

…but some “less-qualified” applicants were also successful. (Some reasons why: underrepresented minority status; being from a state with a medical school and a small population; having family connections at a medical school, plain good luck.)</p>

<p>By the way, the Amherst Health Professions Committee supports almost all applicants without reservations even if they are “less-qualified” by our definition. We take no account of MCAT scores in making recommendations, and we support even those whose grades give them little chance of acceptance, as long as we believe (1) they can do the work of medical school, which means getting grades at least in the “C” range in Amherst science courses; and (2) they have the integrity and maturity needed to be a physician.

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[aswat12389]

<p>Does anyone know Creighton’s pre-med acceptance rate?</p>

[fakldjfksdjf]

<p>What about Georgetown U. with a biology major?
Or would a chemistry major be better?</p>

[bigndude]

<p>Either one is fine, but do what you want to do. If you don’t like science and wouldn’t ever consider a job in a bio or chem research company then you should probably not do it. If you like science and are willing to put your bio or chem knowledge to work if you don’t get into med school, then do science.</p>

[interested123]

<p>Just for the record, ivy league schools have grade inflation in the liberal arts. Not in the sciences. In the sciences grading is based off your classmates’ performance (as it is in most places). So pre-med at any top school is going to be intense – that being said, chances are your going to meet more interesting people and have a better experience at a top school (alumni are what these schools are famous for). So really consider all the factors, not just the toughness and success of a premed program before you decide to go to a particular institution.</p>

[sakky]

<p>I agree that premed at any top school is going to be intense. However, I think we can all agree that it will be more intense at some top schools than at others. For example, I think even Harvard premeds would concede that their premed courses are probably not as intense as the premed courses at, say, MIT.</p>

[sakky]

<p>

Sakky,
The link
<a href=“http://www.jhu.edu/admis/pdf/2003viewbook.pdf[/url]”>http://www.jhu.edu/admis/pdf/2003viewbook.pdf&lt;/a&gt;
(on page 47) shows the acceptance rate >90% for medical schools. The 2004 viewbook has not published yet. The 97% rate in 2004 was from a student who called and told by a JHU officer. You might want to call them (JHU) for verification. However, I am satisied with a >90% rate.

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<p>It has recently been brought to my attention that JHU may be allowing to apply to med-school only those premeds who it thinks have a good chance of getting in. In other words, precertification. As of yet, I have not been able to confirm this one way or the other, but if it is true, then that basically invalidates the >90% admit rate as meaningless.</p>

[Rubens]

<p>someone said before – poor grades means not being certified as JHU pre-med…
poor meaning failing courses? or less than 3.9GPA? :/</p>

[sakky]

<p>Well, I would take it that it wouldn’t just be about grades. It would mean a combination of grades, MCAT, EC’s, etc. etc. Basically, a precert process would examine all of these factors and if the school decided that you were unlikely to get in anywhere, then they wouldn’t allow you to apply. This obviously then increases the percentage of successful applicants among those who do apply, because the school has effectively cut off the bottom end.</p>