<p>cathymee, many folks have counseled me that “parents are out of the equation for med school”. But the reality is that we are not. At least not at all schools. Now it seems that it is the most generous of med schools where this is a “problem”. If you don’t want any of HMS’ largesse, then choose Option 1 and voila- no parents’ info needed. </p>
<p>cangel. I think my D has her sights set on Baylor and UTSouthwestern, both Top 20 and instate. But at the present time she has a list of other schools (some with big names) where she plans on applying . As D is interested in a research/academic medical career she wants a top school. (She has fairly aggressive goals. :eek:) And in her words “Dad. I don’t know if I can turn down my Number One school again.” She has a point.</p>
<p>My S med school didn’t require a credit report, maybe GT just got burned a time or two…</p>
<p>While your D has her sights set on a certain med school or two… remind her this mantra that every doctor my S spoke to said about the best medical school… What’s the best medical school? The one that takes you…</p>
<p>Pretty much she going to find absolutely no rhyme or reason to rejections she’ll receive from some med schools. Just keep trying and keep the faith…</p>
<p>Curmudge - she needs to talk to as many academics/researchers as she can - again, it does not matter as much as you might think. Schools having MD/PhD programs, whether they are private or public, are most likely to produce researchers - even then, the true research clinicians are getting rarer, it is hard to do both things well.
I’m saying this not to push Curmudge’s D one way or the other, I’m actually reaching toward other young people reading this who equate med school admits with undergrad or with law school, it is a slightly different animal. One does not always have to sacrifice quality for cheap, or give up certain ambitions for cheap - there are several successful academicians from my state school med school class. A lot of it is what you are willing to do, how hard you want to waork and what you are willing to sacrifice.</p>
<p>Again, as someone pointed out, some people, depending on what state they are resident in, don’t have a “cheap” choice - that is a totally different circumstance.</p>
<p>A fairly common scenario at the college that Curm’s D attends is to stay on a year or 2 after college and establish state residency in that state, because there is a good in town med school with some research opportunities that grow out of the college experience.</p>