Pre-med Colleges

Creekland
Mon, 10 Dec 2018 11:10:58 +0000

That’s a bad way to gauge schools as those with the highest acceptance rates often sift applicants in house - they only let those apply who they feel certain will get accepted. Others don’t get a recommendation from them, so end up not applying. It’s a way of cooking the numbers. Acceptance rates are really meaningless.

IMO, a better thing to look at is where your daughters will be in the Top 15% - 25% or so of students attending their college, both with SAT/ACT scores and GPA. Then you know they have the foundation needed to be competitive going in and it’s up to them to put in the work and get the ECs needed. At these schools see where recent grads have been accepted. Some schools include Caribbean med schools in their acceptance rates.

Then too, be sure your kids like the school and major chosen. Students do much better when they are in an environment they love rather than one where they feel stressed.