Pre-Med at Columbia

eulogia228
Fri, 16 Sep 2005 20:10:10 +0000

Well, the committee that writes recommendation letters for premeds at private universities generally skew with the statistics to make their med school admissions rate look much higher than it actually is. The way they do this is by only offering recommednations to those students with stellar GPAs, MCATs, activities, etc. They only include these select students in their “medical school admissions rate” statistics and this information is then included in promotional materials for the college. I’m not sure if Columbia has a premed committee that writes a committee letter, but most private schools and some select public universities have these committees. I assumed that the medical school admissions rate for Columbia would be relatively high simply because the student body at Columbia is so impressive.