<p>There are at least two girls in my sorority in this program and I have friends that have considered it, but ultimately agree with almost everything that Fallenchemist and kreativekat have said. The program is not even close to as easy to get into as it looks. Just the fact that you don’t apply until after (late in?) your sophomore year deters many people form applying. About half of the kids I knew that were premed going into Tulane have changed their minds for a variety of reasons. Is addition, I’ve never heard of anyone that wants to be a science major switching to a liberal art for the program. It is a program for people that want to major in classics or dance or theatre who have also shown that they are amazing at science courses. In my opinion, it is a way of identifying these people and allowing them the freedom to pursue their interests (such as acting in every musical or studying abroad for a year) without it counting against them that they didn’t do typical things like research or take enough science courses or whatever in the med school admissions process. </p>
<p>Anyone who is competitive for creative scholars will be competitive for medical school if they continue to do the same kinds of things. Also, as many of my premed friends have learned, when disaster (or a D in orgo) strikes, there are many paths to med school. Retaking courses, applying a year later and strengthening your GPA, applying a year or two later after meaningful (preferably field related) volunteer work experience, and pursuing a graduate degree first are all options as well as 50 other paths that most premed students don’t even think of. Start asking around to some adults in your life how they landed their current jobs, it’s rarely as straightforward a trajectory as the college world makes it seem.</p>