Medical Schools "recruit" students from which colleges?

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1

Which colleges

  1. prepare students to earn high MCAT scores;
  2. have a “reference committee” to recommend good students to Medical Schools and help them practice interviews;
  3. assist with job shadowing, lab experience, volunteer opportunities;
  4. have living-learning communities in hard science (pre-med);
  5. where professors teach the classes (and have office hours);
  6. offer supplemental instruction or tutoring (my oldest child used both and earned 4.0 the first year, Dean’s List each year);
  7. are not ultra-political (I would like the focus to be academic.)
2

Medical schools do not “recruit” students. They look for applicants with high GPA, high MCAT. Many medical school applicants have done research work, worked in hospitals etc. These are opportunities that are not handed out but rather the person would have to seek them out wherever they are go to college.

I’d recommend that you get your hands on some good college guide books (ex. Fiske, Princeton Review) and look for colleges that appear to be good fits both academically and personally. You also must determine what schools are affordable given that med school is in the future.

3

And if the college has a “reference committee” and your student isn’t up to snuff in their opinion he will have virtually no chance at any MD medical school.

4

Agree with @TomSrOfBoston – “reference committees” can be a negative as many will only will refer students who they feel have an outstanding chance to get into med school. The rest are left by the wayside.

I suggest you do more research into the med school process.