Help!!! Drexel bs-md or cornell che

sp2k11
Thu, 26 Apr 2012 23:56:17 +0000

I originally followed this thread trying to educate myself about premed for my daughter who was admitted to Cornell. We now have a similar problem. She was recently accepted into the Union/Albany Medical College Leadership in Medicine program. Union requires that students maintain a 3.5 GPA but does not require them to take MCAT.

Norcalguy - You seem to be one of the most prolific and objective posters on the Cornell and pre-med forums. You have said in thread#12 “By the way, the reason I post so extensively on this topic is that I have a special interest in medical education and the medical school admissions process. That’s why I’m on the curriculum committee and the admissions committee at my school.”

I would appreciate your feedback (or from other posters) on the following:

1) Would you recommend the Union program without the MCAT requirement as a shortcut to MD without the premed grind? Do you have any comments about AMC?

2) Ancedotally, I have seen so many posts that refer to people with high scores not getting into med school. Actually, from the Cornell 2010 accepted stats, I see that about 8 students with 3.4+GPA and 35+MCAT did not get into medical school. Sometimes, these outliers scare people the most. What is your best guess about why they did not get into medical school - bad essays, lack of research, applying too high, etc.? How could they have improved their chances?

Thanks for your help!