<p>I looked at F&M also and think it may be similar to what you’re looking for. I ended up going to Bates College in Maine, and had a lot of friends go medical school. Their neuroscience, biology, and chemistry departments are all well regarded and have a lot of pre-med students majoring in them. The atmosphere was collaborative and tight-knit, but also sheltered because of its small size. Any decent school will have an intense and competitive pre-med culture regardless of school’s overall reputation of being competitive or not.</p>
<p>Strong liberal arts program that is exceptionally strong in the sciences, too…BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY…the largest liberal arts school in the country…small classes and outstanding facilities…</p>
<p>how would you know you want to be a radiologist at this stage of the game? a pediatrician yes a surgeon yes but radiologist? I don’t think so</p>
<p>In response to posts above, Vassar has been coed since 1969. It’s a fine LAC for all. [About</a> - Admissions - Vassar College](<a href=“http://admissions.vassar.edu/about/]About”>http://admissions.vassar.edu/about/)</p>
<p>How about looking at a school’s size, location, class size, etc. and then finding out what the school’s medical school acceptance rate is if med school is your eventual goal at this point. There are many schools that have programs that allow preacceptance to a particular med school to qualified students.</p>
<p>OHSU is a private school, not part of the state system.</p>
<p>Oregon Health and Science University is a public institution.</p>
<p>For small schools with strong academics, Bowdoin, Holy Cross, Williams, Amherst, Davidson. Holy Cross would be the easiest of that group and at 2900 students the largest. HC also meets 100% of demonstrated financial need. Ranked 25th by US News, Holy Cross has DIV1 sports that compete against Ivies. Davidson also has Div1 basketball. Amherst, Williams and Bowdoin-all rural locations, while HC is 1 hour from Boston. Davidson not far from Charlotte.</p>
<p>par72, do you get paid by the post? This is your third plug for HC in this thread alone.</p>
<p>Try Shimer College in Chicago. About 25% of their graduates go on to get doctoral degrees (at places like Harvard, Stanford, University of Chicago), easily the best in the country besides two technical schools. And they accept about 90% of applicants. They turn fairly good students into brilliant ones. Lots of doctors went there, including Sydney Spiesel; Time magazine did an editorial recommending him for a Nobel Prize in medicine. Graduates (and students) are not only smart, but interesting and fun people. My daughter goes there now; my other daughter and son, who graduated from Reed and Stanford respectvely, wish they had.</p>