Pre med acceptance to med school?? Please read

N_s_Mom
Tue, 14 Jul 2015 19:20:11 +0000

What you are really asking, OP, is whether there are some schools that will prepare you better for medical school than others - and do a better job of pre-med advising. The easy answer is that most reputable schools will do a good job of teaching you the pre-reqs - it’s only basic sciences, English, and calc - not Phd prep work in an esoteric field. And most do a good enough job of pre-med advising because it’s pretty generic, but even if they don’t, there is a great deal of information out there to advise pre-meds on the process. Amherst has some good resources on line: https://www.amherst.edu/campuslife/careers/act/gradstudy/health/guide/part1 and https://www.amherst.edu/campuslife/careers/act/gradstudy/health/guide/part2

Also, most schools have a pre-med association in which the collective wisdom gets passed down from year to year on what to expect. Talk to them about how supportive a particular school’s admin is in advising and generating that important committee letter.

The good news here is that you don’t have to go somewhere expensive or prestigious, you don’t have to incur a lot of debt, and any medical school you get into is a good one. Go to the school that brings out the best in you as a student and a person and doesn’t hurt your wallet (too much).