<p>As some might have realized from the title, they are the two curricula offered at Harvard Medical School. The admission committees are different for each program… HST is geared more towards medical research… over 40% of them are taking md/phd pathway.
Do the HST admissions committees specifically look at the applicants’ research experiences just as in md/phd?
How much of an impact would a publication in prestigious journals as Science or Nature help? is it an almost a shoo in?</p>
<p>Yes, they are a more research intense tract. Yes a publication in a good journal helps at all the top research schools. No, it isn’t a shoo in.</p>