Best Premed colleges

Creekland
Fri, 15 Jul 2016 10:41:34 +0000

Adding to my previous post, Juniata is a small LAC semi near us that many students choose if they are interested in health professions - yet I don’t think they have super national recognition.

Google tells me their average SAT scores are 520 - 620 for math and 520 - 630 for reading. 10% get scores higher than 700. Hardly elite, but a really decent little school IMO. A decent option for merit aid and I think they do ok with need based aid too.

Here’s an acceptance list for their pre-health students:

https://www.juniata.edu/academics/departments/health-professions/faqs.php

For those not wanting to click on the link, one can find such “no name” med schools as Albert Einstein, Baylor, Case Western, Dartmouth, Duke, Harvard, Johns Hopkins, Mayo… (many more)

If curious about School X, google (or ask) School X.

Med schools want to train doctors for our population and they choose the top from many schools to get their classes.

Choose the school to fit the student. My med school destined guy loves his higher level undergrad and has done well. No regrets. But being successful at that level is not the right choice for everyone, nor does it have to be.

I never recommend a student thinking pre-med go to a school where they aren’t in the Top 25% of students stats-wise. (My guy was in that Top 25% too.) One can argue “The ACT/SAT is just a test.” Well yeah, so is the MCAT. And there are other tests along the way to becoming doctors. Future doctors had better bone up on their testing skills.