College decision help [for pre-med student)

WayOutWestMom
Fri, 29 Mar 2024 18:17:37 +0000

HopeFor_Best:

Dedicated Pre Med or Pre Health advising team

Offering a Committee Letter

MCAT Preparation

Opportunities for service, research, etc. ECs

No grade deflation so to maintain a good GPA

RE: University of Rochester

This college ticks off items #1, 2 and 4.

Rochester doesn’t offer MCAT prep. This is something students are expected to handle on their own.

Rochester has a huge incoming pre-med cohort every year. The year my daughter was a freshman there, a full 25-30% of the freshman class identified as “pre-med”. The weed out process is vigorous with caps on the percentages of A grades awarded in some science classes. Most UR students (outside of those in the REMS) took one or more gap years before applying to med school.

D didn’t find the pre-med advising office especially helpful since the advisors lack familiarity with med schools outside of the NE. (She lived in the Rocky Mountain West and want to return to the western US for med school.)