General BC questions

Reddune
Tue, 21 Oct 2008 20:05:18 +0000

Here’s the pre-med article:

"76 percent of BC applicants were accepted into medical school programs. The national average of that year was approximately 45 percent.

Interestingly enough, the average science GPA of a BC student who is accepted into medical school is 3.50 which is lower than the national average of 3.57. “I believe that the fact that BC students get in [to med school] with lower GPAs is a reflection of the esteem with which medical schools view this institution,” Wolff said."

[Medical school applications become increasingly competitive - News](http://media.www.bcheights.com/media/storage/paper144/news/2007/11/12/News/Medical.School.Applications.Become.Increasingly.Competitive-3093513.shtml)

One thing to note. BC pre-med is open to all. You don’t have to have the GPA to get into it (like some liberal arts colleges). At some colleges, if you fall below a certain GPA, you get kicked out. This is to protect their med school yield. BC doesn’t do that. The Pre-med track is brutal by itself. Students who can’t take it naturally drop out. Hence students with lower GPAs than the national average have a higher admission rate than the national average.

Here’s an article about transfer students (but has a BC focus) from the NY Times: