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<p>HighHope, actually this statement is misleading as many people in the SLU Med Scholars program may not end up actually attending SLU’s medical school but another medical school. With the opportunity it gives you to essentially apply out, many students many students may take advantage of that. Also, bc SLU’s program has you do all 4 years of undergrad where you can pick ANY major, if a student decides later not to do SLU’s program, they haven’t really lost any years, and they still have a good degree from a reputable university.</p>
<p>At UMKC, there really is no application out, as UMKC does not have you take even close to all the premed prereqs in the first place and you don’t take the MCAT, thus locking you into their program as if you were to leave after Year 2, you’d have to go back and redo certain requirements: Organic Chem I and II (not the condensed one semester course UMKC med students take), Physics I and II, Biology I and II. Not to mention you are limited in your degree majors at a relatively low ranked university and if you are regional or out-of-state you are paying a ridiculous amount of money for a relatively low ranked medical school.</p>