Social life?

teriwtt
Wed, 18 Mar 2009 13:11:50 +0000

soozi1 - all I can report is what I saw of my D’s friends from freshman year (she’s a sophomore now) who started out pre-med. They hit you pretty hard from the beginning, in order to weed out those who aren’t cut out for it. Some kids dropped out of pre-med (as I’m sure happens on many other campuses, too) after just one or two semesters.

M’s placement for med schools is very, very high. The reason for this is that the faculty sets very high expectations of its students and will not hand out med school recommendations to just any student who is graduating. So those who do make it through the program, and apply to med school, are solid candidates and well-prepared. I guess this is no secret on campus and students know they cannot slack off for even one semester. But if they give it their all, they have a great shot a med school acceptance, better than most schools in the country.