Easier college for future MD?

mom2collegekids
Thu, 03 Nov 2016 23:59:06 +0000

What docs did 10+ years ago has little/no meaning now.

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wouldn't a easier school be wiser for a student with MD dreams? <<<

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Being premed isn’t easy at any good school. Premed prereqs are not unique classes. Every good school can teach the material relevant to the MCAT.

A harder school doesn’t prepare students for the MCAT.

It can be very unwise to go to a school where you aren’t most likely well-within the top quartile, if you’re premed.

Every school weeds. Every school has 2-4 times as many Frosh premeds than what it wants to end up applying to med school. Even top schools with extreme grade inflation will weed in the premed prereqs.

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Those 90%, 92% matriculation rates may omit that 100 students showed up on day 1 with dreams of being a MD. For any number of reasons most will change their minds (eg poor grades/MCAT, change in interests, realization that they will say bye bye to their 20s, maybe half of their 30s as well if fellowship training pursued, and are facing a minimum uphill 11 year slog (including college and residency). So of those who actually get to point of applying, 15 of them are still standing, apply, and 13 get accepted. The school proudly announces on their website that 90% of their premeds get into med school, conveniently omitted that 85 others started and are pursuing other pathways..Be very wary of published matriculation rates. <<<

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Yup!!! ^^

I remember a young man telling me that he was going to go to a certain LAC because it had a 90% med school acceptance rate. HE thought that meant that 90% of Frosh premeds would end up in med school…so wrong.