<p>Since we are talking about pros and cons of BS/MD programs -
Here are some numbers I heard from my friend’s D who just went through a white coat ceremony at Jefferson MC in PA. She is one of 25 kids that went from Penn State’s 6 year accelerated BS/MD program just this August to JMC.</p>
<p>She mentioned that JMC received 8000 applicants for 200 traditional MD spots. She was really glad not to have been one of 8000 applying as a traditional to med school. </p>
<p>For those of you south east asians on CC , the stats below might be of particular interest - Of 200 kids accepted as ‘traditionals’ at JMC, only 6 kids were SEAs in contrast to 90% BS/MD’ers SEAs in accelerated route.</p>