@uafootball, you can see the huge list here: http://www.■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■/BA_MD_programs.html. But if you use the the USWNR report med school rankings, you can divide into top-tier, middle-tier, and bottom tier. Top-tier can usually further divided into Top 5, Top 10, Top 20/25, etc. It’s not an exact cutoff by any means between the tiers, it’s more ranges, if that makes sense.
Don’t go based off of reported statistics – are those matriculant statistics or those who got an acceptance but ended up going somewhere else? Even then, you meet that. You’re fine. Don’t retake Math II – it won’t give you an extra edge – 780 is perfectly fine. Medical schools do holistic review. It isn’t SOLELY based on academic stats alone at any BS/MD program.
@infinity233, I don’t know about the last couple of years specifically, but I’m talking about in general. Miami is a fun place to live and they have a great undergrad reptuation, their med school has all the specialties available especially in areas like Ophthalmology - with Bascom being #1 in terms of that particular specialty, or in Dermatology, where it’s Top 10, which can help in the residency match. Essentially, going to Miami’s HPME won’t hold back your residency application in anyway, in terms of the reputation of their medical school.
Many more people know about BS/MD programs these days, and are applying, so the competitiveness naturally goes up since your applicant pool is bigger. 10 years from now college and BS/MDs will be even more competitive. That’s irrelevant in terms of whether you should apply or not. Miami has always been a relatively good caliber med school, especially in Florida, although definitely not a top-tier medical school, it’s at #45, so definitely a very solid-middle tier.
BS/MDs are an ALTERNATIVE source of admission for medical school, it’s nowhere close to being THE pipeline for admission and in many ways, it’s an early compromise for students, depending on the particular medical school. So keep that in mind, when it comes to deciding which ones to accept. As far as application, choose the ones you’d like to go to if offered an acceptance, including the reaches. Application fees are a pittance, but if you do apply, fill out the application and write the essays well, don’t just do it, just to do it.