<p>As a student wanting to head up the pre-med path, I was wondering if anyone knew what FSU’s acceptance rate to med school was? :)</p>
<p>PARENT2NOLES would be best to answer this question.</p>
<p>I did find some information that you might find helpful.
[Student</a> Affairs, Admissions & Outreach - Pre-Health Advising Office](<a href=“http://med.fsu.edu/StudentAffairs/advising.asp]Student”>http://med.fsu.edu/StudentAffairs/advising.asp)
<a href=“http://med.fsu.edu/prehealthadvising/pdf/PreMedHandbk02.pdf[/url]”>http://med.fsu.edu/prehealthadvising/pdf/PreMedHandbk02.pdf</a></p>
<p>Typically, any U.S. accredited allopathic med school has an admissions rate of 10% or less.</p>
<p>See: [AAMC:</a> FACTS: Information on Medical School Applicants, Matriculants, and Graduates](<a href=“http://www.aamc.org/data/facts/start.htm]AAMC:”>http://www.aamc.org/data/facts/start.htm)</p>
<p>and: [AAMC:</a> FACTS Table 1: U.S. Medical School Applications and Matriculants by School, State of Legal Residence, and Sex](<a href=“http://www.aamc.org/data/facts/2007/2007school.htm]AAMC:”>http://www.aamc.org/data/facts/2007/2007school.htm)</p>
<p>A quick calculation indicates FSU Med’s admit rate was about 8% last year.</p>
<p>I might be interpreting this the wrong way, but I understand the question as:
“What percentage of FSU pre-meds get accepted into a med school?”</p>
<p>Since “pre-med” is not a major, this can be tough to track at a state U. I personally do not know if FSU tracks this. They do have a premedical advising office. But undergrads can major in Biology, Chemistry, Biochem, Physics, Psychology, etc etc as long on one has fulfilled the premed requirements for med school. There are still a fair number of nontraditional med students who fulfilled requirements, but were not even science majors. And even the premed advising is under the pre-health advising office. Whether they track every student who applied for med school, vet school, dental school, optometry school, podiatry school, osteopathy school, chiropractic school, DPT physical therapy schools etc I do not know. You might call the prehealth advising (first link on cybermom’s post) and ask.</p>
<p>Good question.</p>
<p>Thank you all. 
But yes, Pistolen, that’s my question. Many schools that I’m consdering, like…Austin College for example, told me that their “pre-med” acceptance rate to med school is 94%. That’s kinda what I was getting at. I apologize if my question was unclear.</p>
<p>the problem with these stats is that most of them don’t take into account how many people they don’t advise to apply, and how many people are weeded out of difficult pre-med courses.</p>
<p>pallavita, at a LAC, it is common for premedical students to be followed closely as a group, and for the premed advisory committee to track these statistics. I attended a LAC that did this. All teacher recs for med school or dental school or vet school etc actually went out as a committee composite. It was an organized effort to counsel students, help students to meet prerequisits, follow them throughout their four years, and to track the success of the students. Those who had strong grades, scores, EC’s, etc were supported by the premed advising committee. In my junior and senior year, we all knew exactly who was applying, who got in etc. Austin Colleges 94% success rate is most likely 94% of those who the colleges premed advisory committee supported in their attenpts to apply. These were students who had gotten through the “weed out” courses, who had done well on the MCAT, etc etc. This was most likely NOT 94% of the freshman who stated they planned to be premed majors.</p>
<p>In a large state U, there is premed advising, but there are lots more students, and more students are self motivated, self-starters who see to it themselves that they meet requiresments, study and take the MCAT, get lthe EC’s, reseearch, and observation hours they need. There is lots of guidance, but not such a close knit school “effort” to track this info. This difference is also reflected in the difference in tuition between a LAC and a state U, esp with instate tuition.</p>
<p>AN update: I chatted last night with other physicians about the "94% acceptance rate quoted by a LAC as mentioned above. We decided that that stat was probably the percentage of students at that small LAC who had what it takes to get in: they had the grades, the scores, the EC’s, the recs: of the students that the advising committee thought had the “package” to get in, 94% were accepted.</p>
<p>^That’s a good assessment.</p>
<p>Thank you all! I appreciate it. :)</p>
<p>sunnyflorida, that was very informative. I see how they might come about that 94% acceptance rate now. Makes much more sense. I’m hoping that if I just do well with all my classes and stay an active student, I should be alright.</p>
<p>I need to look into which med schools in FL are the best… But anyways, one of the goals is to be prepared for the MCATs, right? I’ll be happy if I’m ready for them. :)</p>
<p>I would suggest that all FL med schools are good, UF and Miami are the oldest and likely the highest rated, then USF and FSU, which is newest (2000). Note also that FIU and UCF now have med schools, but are not admitting students as yet. </p>
<p>The schools would not be accredited if they were not good, likewise all U.S. allopathic med schools. There are different areas of emphasis and different cultures at the various schools, so you should research what they offer that interests you and what culture you can work with.</p>
<p>USF, UF and UMiami are all more traditional with access to pretty much one main teaching hospital that is local to the school. FSU utilizes a distribution of hospitals across the state and perhaps more technology to learn the skill sets.</p>
<p>You’ll likely need at least a 3.6 GPA and a 30 MCAT with all required core courses for the various FL schools plus all the extra curricular aspects.</p>
<p>The expense of a state school is less than a private school or an out-of-state school, which can be $50K per year for tuition.</p>
<p>Yes, the absolute best med schools are the ones you gain admittance to. OK, those are near the top. The prize goes to the one you both gain acceptance to and can afford to attend :).</p>
<p>It’s almost like no matter what you’re going to be in hock up to your eyeballs. :eek:</p>