How is Wes in pre-med?

johnwesley
Mon, 17 Aug 2009 07:52:02 +0000

Wesleyan is no different than any other LAC (or, research uni, for that matter) when it comes to getting into med school. Increasingly, med schools look less and less at where you went to school and focus pretty much on your gpa and how well you score on your MCATs (I also, think this is somewhat different from law schools, which are still prestige whores to some extent.) There is something called, The Medical and Health Services Panel which controls the recommendations process, so obviously, it helps to get a superlative letter of recommendation. If everything aligns perfectly, (an A- avg, a 200 on the boards) you could stand a 90% chance of getting into the med school of your choice, if not, your chances diminish accordingly. According to Wes’ Wikipedia site they’ve had everything from a 60% to a 100% admissons rate for alumni who have applied to medical school within five years of graduation; that includes science majors and non-science majors, people who’ve had changes in career plans, etc…