Best Undergrad For Pre Med

norcalguy
Sun, 29 Jul 2007 17:57:40 +0000

“I heard Swathmore’s undergrads have an 88% acceptance rate to med school”

True. But the breakdown looks like this:

In 2005, Swarthmore had 7 graduating seniors applying to medical school (all 7 accepted) and 36 alumni (86% accepted) for an overall rate of 88%.

The 7:36 ratio is extremely abnormal and puzzling. Why are so many Swarthmore applicants taking time off after college?