Pre-Med at Emory

bernie12
Wed, 13 Apr 2011 00:58:44 +0000

I always thought that the 48-50% was absolutely atrocious, but now that I put it in context of the approaching 400 applicants coming from a school of this size, it actually isn’t that bad at all (350+ is supersaturation and but so many should be expected to be admitted). This many people shouldn’t be applying, period. There are many other fields to go into other than medicine, some of which do actually involve health care and wellness. Oops, surely they know that already. Wonder why they do it (sarcasm)?

Also, I’m confused, was the very last cycle 2009 and the current one is 2010? I don’t get how this works.

Anyway: This is a mess, and it seems that more people apply each year. Emory needs to admit a more academically diverse(as in more diverse interests) student body. That 375 number certainly explains some of the academic climate/environment here. However, not having something like engineering or more specialized/branch off fields of the major natural sciences kind of hurts (as in stuff like marine bio, biochem, stuff that you will see at lots of state schools and some peers). Or maybe Emory could begin to re-orient many it sciences courses so that it’s about more than just pre-med/medicine and more about science(and how to actually do and think about science moreso than memorization. Many profs. already do, but it should be implemented at a greater level even against the pre-profs. wishes) so as to get students interested in it, not to mention it’ll technically make science courses more intellectually rigorous which can over-prep. for the MCAT/any standardized exam in the sciences while also weeding out those who really don’t want to do it. That way, we could get a more scholarly community and perhaps raise that rate by simply just having less apply, and only have those that are well-qualified applying without ever considering a “formal selection” process.