<p>What other ones are there?</p>
<p>I know of…</p>
<p>Washington U St.L
PLME
Northwestern…</p>
<p>What else?</p>
<p>Where can I find more info about this?</p>
<p>There’s Boston U, Michigan, a bunch of the SUNY schools, NEOUCOM, Temple, and Drexel, and a zillion others…</p>
<p>but why anyone would go to any of those places over PENN STATE, boggles my mind. ;)</p>
<p>Michigan no longer has a bs/md program. They used to have a 6-year program that they called “Interflex” but they discontinued it a few years ago.</p>
<p>waternoodles-- Since you said, “why anyone would go to any of those places over PENN STATE, boggles my mind.” I would like to answer you with whatever little I know. I think that people go to these places over Penn State and in some cases, an ivy league, because they know how hard it is to get into a medical school. I personally have a sibiling who is a premed and he is working his buttocks off. Seriously, have you seen how difficult the MCAT reading passages are?</p>
<p>Also another reason for people going to these combined program besides the low stress level is that all American medical schools will prepare you equally well for a medical careeer. It doesn’t matter if your doctor has a degree from SUNY, does it?</p>
<p>Hope this answers your question.</p>
<p>PS: waternoodles-- is Happy Valley the one in Hong Kong or in California? 
I have friends from each places… hm.</p>
<p>The book called MSAR (Medical School Admission Requirements) can be purchased from AAMC, this book is pretty much a must have as it details not only BA/MD programs but every allopathic mecial school. The medical programs affiliated with the top 25 medical schools are Rice/Baylor (No MCAT), Northwestern (No MCAT), Case Western Reserve (No MCAT), UC San Diego (CA residents only, No MCAT), Washington University (36 MCAT), UC Riverside/UCLA (not sure), University of Pittsburgh (not sure), University of Alabama (AL residents only No MCAT), University of Wisconsin (WI residents only No MCAT).</p>
<p>Lmell, apparently it’s hard to convey humor over the internet (I guess my wink wasn’t big enough), so you completely missed the mark. I didn’t exactly ask a question, but if I did, it was entirely rhetorical.</p>
<p>“I think that people go to these places over Penn State and in some cases, an ivy league, because they know how hard it is to get into a medical school.”
Color me confused, but I think I’m one of those people. Penn state has a combined med program. I’m in it. I did choose Penn State over an Ivy League. And given the fact that I am taking the MCAT, yes, I have seen how difficult the reading passages can be.</p>
<p>“Also another reason for people going to these combined program besides the low stress level is that all American medical schools will prepare you equally well for a medical careeer. It doesn’t matter if your doctor has a degree from SUNY, does it?”
I think you’re unknowingly trying to explain to me why I am one of those people going to said ‘combined programs.’ If you had read my other posts, you would find that I am an avid supporter of going to a medical school regardless of its purported ‘rank.’</p>
<p>Close, but no cigar.</p>
<p>PS: People dearly refer to State College and University Park, PA as Happy Valley – also known as Penn State.</p>
<p>excellent point waternoodles. I 100% agree with your sentiments</p>
<p>How can you say all medical schools give you equal training? The rankings are based in statistics after all. It’s like saying every 4 year college will give you the same quality undergraduate education. This can’t be true since schools have differences, and some are simply better than others.</p>
<p>I think Lmell was confused because he didn’t know Penn State had a 6/7 year accelerated combined degree program and thought that waternoodles was just referring ot the regular undergrad at “Happy Valley”, thus he made the statement: </p>
<p>“I think that people go to these places over Penn State and in some cases, an ivy league, because they know how hard it is to get into a medical school.”</p>
<p>I dunno if anyone above me mentioned this clarification clearly, I was too lazy to read :P</p>
<p>“How can you say all medical schools give you equal training? The rankings are based in statistics after all. It’s like saying every 4 year college will give you the same quality undergraduate education. This can’t be true since schools have differences, and some are simply better than others.”</p>
<p>(Friendly) Correction: It is as you said… some are simply DIFFERENT than others. Period. All medical schools are fully capable of producing excellent, competent physicians.</p>
<p>Don’t believe it? Next time you are in the ER… kindly ask your doctor where he/she went to school. 
If they are not an Ivy or Top 25 grad
I would ask for a different one if I were you
… </p>
<p> .Totally kidding.</p>
<p>lol. i’d rather not know</p>
<p>ha ha ha ^^</p>
<p>Lmell, here’s the AAMC site that has most (if not all?) of the BA/MD schools in the US:</p>
<p><a href=“http://services.aamc.org/currdir/section3/degree2.cfm?data=yes&program=bsmd[/url]”>http://services.aamc.org/currdir/section3/degree2.cfm?data=yes&program=bsmd</a> </p>
<p>:)</p>
<p>that site is only good for learning about the med schools–it’s no good for letting you know which schools to apply to that are affiliated with those med schools (unless, of course, u call every single med school and ask them)… it’s in another thread, but i recommend u buy a book!</p>
<p>Oh yeah, definitely! I think the site’s just a way to get going with ur research about the schools - books are definitely better! I especially find MSAR, High School Doctor and other med school essay books to be useful. </p>
<p>Anita</p>