Tulane Honors/Pre med

fallenchemist
Wed, 23 Nov 2011 15:11:09 +0000

There are really a number of questions here besides the factual ones, but let’s tackle those. Tulane applicants certainly have a good track record at top 25 or whatever metric you choose med schools, and I am sure someone at Tulane has more specific information on that. The data might not be 100% complete since sometimes grads neglect to tell the school where they are going. My impression is that Tulane med does favor Tulane grads to some extent, and that there are (as you obviously know) some programs specifically for Tulane undergrads that lead directly to Tulane med. Finally, I think Tulane’s science programs are quite solid. Speaking only to the limited focus of preparing you for the MCATs and med school, they are certainly as good as any you will find. Because honestly the differences in freshman chem, orgo, general physics, etc. at say, Harvard vs. Tulane or Stanford vs. Tulane have a lot more to do with the competition from your classmates than any difference in the material taught or the people teaching it.

So doing well at Tulane in terms of GPA, MCATs, research and recommendations will get you just as far as doing similarly at the other schools you are thinking about. Oh, and usually there have been honors sections for most of the premed core requirements, but it does seem to vary a bit. For example for next semester I see there is an honors section of general physics but I am not seeing any for chemistry or biology, which really surprises me and makes me think I must be doing something wrong or it is not programmed correctly. Probably best to correspond with the advising center on that one.

It certainly is good to be thinking about these things to some degree, but on the other hand it is a hypothetical at the moment. Once you have the admissions decisions from these other schools as well as the full picture regarding cost (assuming you are applying for FA), you have a solid month to get back on here and get opinions with the added advantage of also having specific parameters.