Williams for Pre-med？

interesteddad
Sat, 30 Dec 2006 11:34:55 +0000

If you really want to look at percentages, you have to look beyond one simple percentage.

Med school acceptances for a college like Williams will include a few brand new graduating seniors and a larger number of alumni applying (either for the first or second time) a year or two after graduation. It is increasingly rare for people to go directly from college to med school – a good development that allows students some taste of the real world before diving into med school.

Even if you break the numbers down, you have to be very careful about wild year to year fluctuations at small schools like Williams. When dealing with single digit numbers, you could easily have a 100% success rate one year and a 50% rate the next year, both of which provide a completely inaccurate picture.

If you complete the pre-med requirements at a school like Wiliams with a 3.5 or higher GPA, do well on the MCAT, and have suitable work experience (either in college or after), you will be able to get accepted into a med school.

The same is true for any top LAC.



BTW, the issue is not whether the med advisor will let someone apply. The issue is whether the med advisor will prepare an official application/recommendation package. Applications bypassing the official recommendation channels raise a big red flag.