He has Northeastern undergrad for Bio /pre med track
^^ for the same price, Iâd vote for NEU.
MCAT/GPA for medical school; probably more stuff than you need, but since medical school is the ultimate goal(at least for now), and it doesnât appear Drexelâs program is guaranteed(although required averages appear to be lower than regular applicants), itâs worth a look:
http://www.mcattestscores.com/usmedicalschoolsmcatscoresGPA.html
https://www.aamc.org/download/321508/data/factstablea23.pdf
https://www.aamc.org/data/facts/applicantmatriculant/
Passing BS/MD for NEU BS for a kid who has decided to go to med school? That is some misguided advice. If Drexel BS/MD program cannot guarantee anything they would be committing a fraud or doing some serious false advertising. But from the people who graduated from the program in the last four years I gathered that the rate of matriculating at its medical school was around 90%. That is as a good guarantee as it gets when comes to med school admission.
Maybe I misunderstood your post: âIf Drexel BS/MD program cannot guarantee anything they would be committing a fraud or doing some serious false advertisingâ because Drexel doesnât guarantee anything:
âAcceptance into the College of Medicine is not guaranteed.â
List of requirements, and above quote:
https://drexel.edu/undergrad/apply/freshmen-instructions/accelerated/
So it appears to be a good opportunity for a mature, very motivated student who is sure about being a physician, but it isnât a sure thing. In this case, it appears the prospective student has some reservations about attending, which should play a very large role in the decision making process. Generally, a student does best when studying what he/she is motivated to study in an environment in which s/he feels comfortable.
the acceptance rates for med schools are 3-4%; harvard and MIT for undergrads are 5-6% . If he really wants to be a clinical MD take the bird in hand. Otherwise be prepared to jump through hoops for 4+ years
^ But according to some posters BS/MD is not a âbird in handâ. If 90% in a 4% world is not a guarantee I donât know what it is. Sure, its not 100% and thatâs why there is this disclaimer âAcceptance into the College of Medicine is not guaranteed.â, but that is just semantics.
Its as bird in the hand as you get.
For any college, you have to keep up the GPA and get a good MCAT.
Drexel BS/MD would then highly highly make you get into medical school
where as at other colleges with the same GPA/MCAT you would have a lower chance.
Why did the OP apply to Drexel?
Too many numbers get tossed around as if they were facts: so a question-what is the basis for the following statement
âacceptance rates for med schools are 3-4%; harvard and MIT for undergrads are 5-6%â?
And where does the 90% number come from? It wasnât on Drexelâs website-in fact, they state that they can change standards basically without notice.
It appears that both sets of numbers are based on âsomebody I know saidâŠâ Is there any empirical evidence to support either?
And in this case, what everyone seems to be ignoring is the fact that OP has stated that her son doesnât think that Drexel is âa good fitâ. This alone ought to give OP pause, because it seems, simply put, that her son doesnât want to go to Drexel.
From the Harvard pre-medical booklet, which I skimmed quickly; couldnât find the 3-4% acceptance rate:
" Do not believe all that you hear (or that you read online).
Misconceptions and misinformation can provoke unnecessary anxiety. This booklet is designed to help "
https://ocs.fas.harvard.edu/files/ocs/files/premed-academic-publication.pdf
The 90% should be the statistic for the old direct admission. In that case, if the requirements were satisfied, the admission would be granted. I guess that 10% could not make it.
I am not sure what the new practice will lead to. One example is quinnipiac direct PA program changes to two parts this year: direct PA and pre-PA. There is no guarantee for the pre-PA group to get into the PA program. For the direct PA program, all you need to do is to satisfy the requirements. Of course, some students in the direct PA program can not make it each year, but it for different reasons other than the school does not accept the students.
I remembered clearly when we visited Drexel a while ago, they indicated clearly that the old program was too difficult for some students so they were about to change the program to early assurance program. I guess the new program is too young to tell.
The easiest way to find out is to ask Drexel what percentage of the students in its current program gets in.
Drexel BS/MD program 100% not even close if you are 100% set on being a MD