<p>As we have said many times before, getting into medical school is a largely individual effort. Thus, not surprisingly, medical school acceptance rates tend to correlate strongly with the strength of the student body. First of all, don’t trust acceptance rates that you hear about. Everyone and their grandmother throws out numbers. Ask for the acceptance rate in writing along with other statistics. In an optimal situation, it would be as detailed as this: </p>
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<p>Always be suspicious when the acceptance rate does not fit with the strength of the student body (for example, if a school with an average SAT score of 1800 boasts a 90% acceptance rate). Ask if there is a screening process that’s preventing subpar applicants from applying and ask how many actual applicants the school generates a year. For example, Swarthmore, a great LAC, boasts an 100% acceptance rate to med school…but only produced 6 senior applicants last year. </p>
<p>I personally don’t believe there is such a thing as a “great premed school.” Any school with a hospital nearby, research going on, and teaches bio, physics, gen chem, and orgo is adequate for premed.</p>