pre-med to med

bluedevilmike
Tue, 26 Jun 2007 23:45:38 +0000

Think about it. Duke has 90 spots in its medical school and 300 premeds. Those premeds are all disproportionately going to apply to Duke, and they’re disproportionately going to choose Duke if they get in. If Duke unequivocally gave their students an advantage during the admissions process, too, then their student body would be overwhelmingly Duke-composed. That’s not good for the students and it’s not good for the school.

As it turns out, Duke undergrads do seem to have some advantages during the admissions process. And the class is about 20% from Duke undergrad, which is one of the major reasons I was very hesitant to go there.