Will Hillsdale be a detriment to Grad School or Medical school in today’s environment
I can’t imagine but if you have to ask maybe it’s not right for you. Why panic over four years.
Thoughts on this @wayoutwestmom?
I can’t comment on Hillsdale’s curriculum, but there are some religious schools that do not teach evolution as a scientific fact (as just one example.) I expect that might not make for great med school prep.
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The content of Hillsdale’s biology department offerings comports with that at secular colleges. Regarding evolution specifically, a course on this topic, Evolution & Biological Diversity, appears as a requirement for biology majors. Hillsdale’s biology program in general is very strong.
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I think the only thing you may need to address is Hillsdale’s well publicized refusal to accept ANY public funding (federal or state). I’m not sure anyone can practice medicine with this philosophy- and certainly cannot obtain a residency without federal subsidies.
So just make sure you understand the issue fully. If the appeal of Hillsdale is its independence from public money, medicine may not be the right path for you. Any hospital you train in is going to be accepting Medicare/Medicaid patients.
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Ask Hillsdale for a list of med school placements. They’ll have it.
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S25 looked seriously at Hillsdale, he was very impressed with the academics and did a summer program with them that was fantastic. He decided in the end (I think, he still waffles and may throw in a last minute app) that he didn’t want to discuss politics for four years, he is in general looking for a less politically charged atmosphere - on either side. Also, Michigan is cold 
That said, I was worried about job and grad school prospects as well and did kind of a deep dive into their outcomes and they were great, for business at least. I agree with asking for med school acceptance rates/placement and also the number of students applying every year, it appears that it may not be very many.
Best of luck!
ETA - if you click through to the pdf placement reports there’s more extensive information.
The academic preparation a student will receive from Hillsdale College will be fine for med school.
I looked at their pre-med advising site. Not the best I’ve seen but not the worst I’ve seen either.
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why not?
The reason Hillsdale doesn’t accept federal money is because they don’t want the federal government determining how or what they can or cannot teach, not because they are somehow against people getting student loans or accepting patients with medicare.
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I am aware of the administration’s belief. But there are students and faculty who are there because they want the government out of people’s lives. I don’t agree- but I respect their POV. But a student who agrees with this POV AND hopes to attend med school and then residency needs to understand the inconsistencies. You cannot avoid government interference while completing a medical career. Everything from HIPAA to Medicare/Medicaid… federal government
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Just a reminder to stay on topic and not turn to debate. Also, let’s avoid politicizing this thread. Thanks!
They have very good medical school placement. I had worked around some medical trainees who did there undergrad work at Hillsdale and they seemed quite capable. I saw some of their marketing literature and their average MCAT score for their graduates is quite good. They have a big core though and you will need to take a lot of non-premed courses. Medicine placement is mostly about gpa and MCAT scores if you look at the AAMC grids and it is nice to go to a school which on average has graduates that get good exam placement scores since thats about 1/2 the challenge. I dont know if the folks I ran into are consistent with the majority of Hillsdale grads, but they seemed bright, articulate and were quite good writers which is what brought me to my attention since they were interesting in publishing medical research.
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A college has nothing to do with a student’s MCAT score. Colleges
do not prepare students to take the MCAT. All MCAT prep is done by the student on their own.
Only partially true. MCAT scores and GPA are only the first screening tool used by med schools to winnow the applicant pool. Without the right ECs, a 4.0 GPA and 99th percentile MCAT still won’t get one into med school.
I agree that a college does not cause one to have a particular MCAT. If you don’t study, you dont do well. However, schools with higher average MCAT scores are just that. You will be better off with a higher MCAT when trying to get into medical school.
I suppose one doesn’t always get in with a 4.0 and 99th percentile MCAT, but the data from AAMC says you have an 83% chance of admission which seems pretty good compared to a 28% chance with a 4.0 and the average MCAT score of 501.
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