Underrated Colleges with phenomenal undergrad experiences (preferably pre med)?

WayOutWestMom
Wed, 09 Feb 2022 20:11:30 +0000

AustenNut:

its medical school acceptance is twice the national average. I remember seeing something somewhere (helpful, right ) that it had a med school acceptance rate in the high 90s,

No one should accept a college say so about med school admission rates. There is no uniform way of reporting this information and often what colleges post is highly misleading.

First, Millsaps has a BS’/DO program in conjunction with William Carey University COM. BS/DO students have a guaranteed admission to med school and that distorts the stats big time.

Second, undergrad schools manipulate these stats in about million different ways to make their admission rates seem for favorable. Some examples: Does that percentage accepted reflect just graduating seniors? Or seniors plus alumni who may have done additional coursework post graduation elsewhere? Does medical school mean MD only? MD and DO only? Does it include Caribbean or other foreign medical schools? Does it include any healthcare profession that requires further training or education such as DPsy, DNP/APN, OT, PT, optometry, podiatry, etc?

Thirds, does Millsaps use a the health committee letter process to screen out any student who the committee feels has a less than optimum chance at gaining an admission?

I’m not picking on Millsaps in particular–just warning students that there is no truth in advertising when it comes to med school acceptance rates that colleges post.