Williams for Pre-med？

Aardvark
Sat, 30 Dec 2006 14:39:35 +0000

You can get into med school several years after graduation as mentioned, but that is not the norm. I don’t have specific data, but I teach med students and by far most are admitted to med school out of college. The acceptance rate for second time applicants and those out of college is clearly less than first time applicants. Only borderline cases can get in after graduate work. If you’re not really that competitive out of college, a graduate degree won’t help. If, however you are on the bubble, it may help, but that isn’t many people.

It is unlike vet school, where each time you apply you are awarded more “points” toward acceptance, so more vets are accepted later than at first attempt.

Given all of that, the med school admit committees know the degree of rigor at different colleges and a 3.4 with full course load, out of class job or research at Williams means more than a 3.6 with minimal requirements met at a less academic institution

I agree with intersteddad; a simple statistic won’t answer the question. You can get into med school from anywhere if you work like a dog, take as many course as you can and score well at school and on the MCAT.

This last year I have worked with med students from (undergrad) Northwestern, Princeton, Penn, WUSTL, Harvard, but also Baylor U,U of Tex, Tx A&M, U of Houston, Pan American U (Kingsville, Tx) all of which are less well thought of. These students did well during med school.