<p>what’s a good undergrad school for medicine? also, what’s a good major for people interested in medicine? any good non-science majors?</p>
<p>An often asked question…truly any school, any major…the key is to do well…particularly in the science core.</p>
<p>University of Penn. Excellent school and had the first med school in the COUNTRY not Hopkins. The faculty is outstanding and know their stuff. PLUS, it is in philly. Any major will do just as long as you like it</p>
<p>Well, I’d say WUSTL, JHU, Brown (especially PLME), and actually like oldman said, pretty much any school any major because you can premed w/ any major and I’ve heard some med schools like those who major in humanities. However, I 'm planning on majoring cell bio(if i get into college)</p>
<p>try looking on the premed board.</p>
<p>JHU Rules, but you’ll probably work hard, nonetheless JHU is the #1 Hospital in the country~!</p>
<p>I agree with Oldman. I’m not so sure I’d be as broad as to say “any” school, but he’s right. Go to a school that challenges you AND where you feel comfortable. That will in all likelihood result in better grades. I’m not sure that it’s a benefit to attend an undergraduate school that has a top-notch med school: I fail to see the connection. </p>
<p>You might also check out how a school handles pre-med students. Some schools have a very structured Pre-med committee, secondary advisors, etc., whereas some schools pretty much turn you loose and it’s your responsibility to round up references, make sure you take the required courses, etc. I’m not saying that either one is better, but you may feel more comfortable with one or the other.</p>
<p>There is a slight advantage in attending a university that has a med school…the institutions tend to favor their own…at least a bit…</p>
<p>thanks so much! I’ve heard about PLME but is Brown medical school great? I also LOVE JHU. Anybody know anything about harvard Med?</p>
<p>Harvard med is quite good, but JHU still rules lol</p>
<p>I don’t know what geographic area you’re looking at, but Rutgers in NJ has a very good medical school (UMDNJ) and has one of those condensed honors programs for top students where you start med school in what would normally be your senior year of college.</p>
<p>A state med school is the way to go…much cheaper and you’ll be just as good a doc.</p>
<p>I’m from MA. Do I get an advantage at MA med schools or something?</p>
<p>we just met an alum from my daughters college(Reed) over the holiday who is a professor of medicine at the state flagship U.
He said after Reed, med school was easy!</p>
<p>yes. Liberal Arts schools have very high med-school acceptance because med-schools actually favor students who can do well-rounded study. However, any institution is fine. Med school is more number-driven, and most of the time, you can make up the quality of your undergraduate college with exceptional GPA & MCAT score.</p>
<p>“He said after Reed, med school was easy!” This is a little dangerous. Med school and law school are easy for lots of people coming out of hard programs (difficult liberal arts colleges like Reed or Carlton, difficult majors like engineering); the problem is that these hard programs tend not to pump up your GPA the way easier majors do. Perhaps even more importantly, you will not have the luxury of a “do nothing” semester in which you spend almost no time on your courses and all your time studying for the MCAT. </p>
<p>“Liberal Arts schools have very high med-school acceptance because med-schools actually favor students who can do well-rounded study.” If that were true, any student who was well rounded (i.e. a double classics/physics major) would do well in admissions. My belief is that liberal arts schools have high acceptance rates because med schools require so many (usually 6) recommendations, which gives an overwhelming advantage to people who got to know their proffs - something that’s easier to do at a liberal arts school. </p>
<p>I wouldn’t recommend JHU for premed; their med acceptance rate is awesome, but that’s only because the premed comittee there won’t let you apply to medical school (they won’t write the required premed comittee letter) unless they think you’ll get in. Whenever you see a school reporting a med acceptance rate that seems suspicious, you should assume they’re doing that. I wouldn’t recommend a public school (too much competition for grades and recommendation letters) either. </p>
<p>What does “good grades” mean? For the elite medical schools, 3.75+ with no Cs, and a 35 or higher on the MCAT is generally good enough to make it past round one of AMCAS; for most schools, a 3.5 and a 30 or higher will get you to round two. At this point it’s all about those rec letters and your extracurriculars.</p>