Pre-Med Acceptance Rate

Pre-Med & Medical School Pre-Med Topics
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<p>I will be starting as a freshman at University of Florida in the fall. I applied to 5 BS/MD programs (which are combined degree programs which are also known as guaranteed medical school programs, etc.) Anyway, I got rejected from every single one of those programs, with a 4.2 GPA, a 1510 (old SAT), and decent ECs. Here is a list of the programs I applied to:</p>

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<li>Rutgers BS/MD</li>
<li>Penn State BS/MD</li>
<li>UCF/USF transfer program (you do 3 years at U of Central Florida, and transfer to U of South Florida)</li>
<li>Ohio NEUCOM (sends a common app. to 3 diff. NOrtheastern Ohio schools for their combined degree programs)</li>
<li>Northwestern HPME (this is realllly hard to get into)</li>
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<p>Here’s a list of other combined degree programs you can look into

  • Brown PLME (extremely hard, like HPME)
  • U of Miami 6 year program (hard to get into, and once you get in, it is hell on earth)
  • U of Albany I think…some school in Albany, NY has it
  • George Washington University has one, i think</p>

<p>And University of Florida has this thing called the junior honors program, which you apply to in your sophomore year (of college), and only 12 ppl get in, but they are guaranteed a seat in the UF med-school (which is a pretty decent school).</p>

<p>This is my advice to you. Go to a University, major in something that really interests you. I was looking at acceptance data for med-schools…The percentages of ppl from each major is the same as the percentage of ppl accepted from each major. So really, you can choose almost any major you want and go to med-school. Your focus right now should be on developing kick-ass study habits that will help you in your 4 years of University, because it is those 4 years along with your MCAT that determines if you get into Med-School, and what med-school you get into. and I’m pretty sure the MCAT matters a lot more when applying to med-schools, than the SAT does when applying to colleges.</p>

<p>Right now, just focus on getting into somewhere nice, and networking with people to get you research later on, or something</p>