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<p>Tufts does have an early-acceptance program to their medical school, but you don’t apply for it as an incoming freshman. You apply for it as a sophomore undergraduate.</p>

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How many students apply to the BA/MD Early Acceptance Program, and how many are admitted?</p>

<p>Over the last several years, we have typically received between fifty and sixty applications for this program each year. Of the applicants who meet the minimum eligibility requirements, a majority (>50%) are invited to interview. Of those who are interviewed, a majority (>50%) are admitted to the BA/MD Early Acceptance Program.

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<p>So that would make it seem that >25% of those who apply get in (which in med schol terms, including Tufts Med School terms, are really really good odds). </p>

<p>Friends at Tufts who’ve been accepted to the BA/MD program seem to think that Tufts undergraduates get favored for this early-acceptance program over undergraduates from other eligible schools (BC, Brandeis, Holy Cross).</p>

<p>Anyway, apply where you want – and if Dartmouth and Cornell are above your list than Tufts, definitely apply early. However, for what it’s worth, I think that there’s not /that/much difference, especially for pre-med, between D, C, and Tufts – they’re all known for having really excellent natural science programs.</p>