<p>Harvard has the most name recognition, but probably has the most competition (smartest, most cut-throat/competitive students). Dartmouth is a little less prestigious but might be easier to get good recs. Stanford is a great school, but has a med school acceptance rate of only around 75 percent, quite low. Of these three, which is the best for pre-med would you say (and why)?</p>
<p>Honestly, all three of them would be good nonetheless.</p>
<p>Harvard- Hard Work, Gives interview love to their graduates
Stanford- Known for being laid back and not cut throat, awesome research positions
Dartmouth - Unsure about their Pre-Med program really</p>
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But the average GPA and MCAT scores of their admitted premeds is low (low is good, even though it might sound bad). This is really the more important number.</p>
<p>Part of the 75% may be due to the fact that Stanford has disproportionate representation from CA premeds or students who want to attend the UC’s for medical school.</p>
<p>One warning: Stanford advising, from my close friends there, is awful. (I believe celestial, on these boards, disagrees with that assessment.) Harvard’s is nothing special either, which compared to Stanford’s is a compliment.</p>
<p>It’s a moot point until you get an admission from these schools. We’ll talk then.</p>
<p>BDM, do you have any information for the advising (good or bad) at the University of Rochester, University of Wisconsin-Madison or University of Washington?</p>
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You’re right; I do disagree. I have found the advisers as well as the information provided by the advising program at Stanford to be very helpful. Some examples:</p>
<p>-Multiple premed advisers ready to talk to you, no matter what stage you’re at: by appointment or during drop-in hours
-Helpful handouts, such as med school admissions statistics (how many Stanford undergrads matriculated at each medical school and what their GPAs and MCAT ranges were), volunteer opportunities, and required classes
-Multiple shadowing programs to apply for (I shadowed a thoracic surgeon through one program and had so much fun in the OR)
-student-run premedical organization <a href=“http://premed.stanford.edu%5B/url%5D”>http://premed.stanford.edu</a> ; this club sends out bimonthly newsletters with interesting course offerings and advice; they also plan events such as panels with doctors, med students, and undergrads, mock MCAT exams, and mock interviews with med students</p>
<p>Of course, I have not utilized premed advising programs at any other university, so I cannot compare. However, I will say that I am definitely satisfied with the advisers as well as the general opportunities provided by the advising office.</p>
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I agree. There are outstanding faculty here, and there are wonderful research opportunities, whether you want a large lab or a small one.</p>
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<p>No, except to warn you that public schools rarely have good advising, if they have any at all.</p>
<p>I believe, UR is private, but the others I think are all public. UR seems to have a lot of pre-meds, UR also has a med school near by - so hopefully their advising is good.</p>
<p>UR has their own med school. Its private, the other two are both public. I believe UW Med hardly takes any non-Washos, but I may be wrong about that. In any case, they have one of the top (<em>rated</em>) med schools in the country. I don’t know how far that filters down, tho</p>
<p>I think dartmouth is a fantastic pre-med school. I’m applying to med school in 6 months and the advisors are sooo helpful. Because of the D-plan many people are off and on terms and the advisors are happy to talk to you on the phone, email, look over personal statements, whatever you need to get into the school you want to. We have a pretty high acceptance rate, around 87%. Intro science classes are pretty large, but professors are always happy to meet their students. I took bio 63 and 61 for my bio reqs and each of them had 8 people in it, which was great. D plan lets you go off for interviews or study for mcats or go to africa to work in a clinic.</p>
<p>Any new thoughts on this?</p>
<p>This can’t possibly be an actual dilemma, since you posted it in Jan. and would only have heard from one school ED. So if it’s a hypothetical, it’s best to leave it alone until the actual decisions come in. We’ll talk about it then.</p>
<p>Anyone can shed some light on how good Boston University is for PreMed</p>
<p>and also how UMDNJ ranks in med schools.</p>
<p>My S has got accepted in direct med NJMS 7 yr program with UMDNJ and also got accepted in CAS Honors (neuroscience) program at BU with scholorship.</p>
<p>BU is not direct med but I think probably more recognized name than UMDNJ.</p>
<p>What are your thoughts?</p>
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Well, USN can settle this quite quickly, if that’s the rank you’re wondering about.</p>
<p>Could someone tell me where the statistics are for getting into med school at Dartmouth? I.E., what percent of Dartmouth undergrads accepted into med school and which med schools, etc. I’m trying to convince a friend to come :)</p>
<p>^it doesn’t matter. Don’t look at statistics because a percentage number means NOTHING. Going to Dartmouth is not going to hurt you (in terms of prestige).</p>
<p>no, that’s not what I’m asking. Bc one of my friends is choosing between a program at a … well, basically a community college with guaranteed medical school admission, and I want to convince her that if she goes to Dartmouth with me, she still is very, very likely to get into med school.</p>
<p>If you really want your friend to come, just make up a number. 95% sounds pretty impressive and not so unbelievable that she’d know you’re lying.</p>
<p>Hi TDC,</p>
<p>I can’t speak to Dartmouth, but I could probably insult the medical school in question if you wanted me to. Every school has something wrong with it.</p>
<p>On a more serious note, <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=298878[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=298878</a></p>
<p>Excellent! Thx!</p>