So which schools are the best for a premed major and have the highest percentage of acceptance to medical school (I'm talking top medical schools like harvard etc.)? I heard somewhere once that places like princeton have a higher grade inflation than lets say mit so more students get into medical school without killing themselves as much (even tho im sure we have to kill ourselves either way). And what would I have to do/have to get into them?
2007-08-23 13:20:09 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Higher Education (University +)
Your question depends on the med school. Harvard Med takes a lot of Harvard students, so if you don't go to Harvard, you have a less likely chance of getting in. At MIT, pre-med is not really a program, it's a set of classes. You can major in Mathematics and be pre-med, as long as you take those classes. I don't know about Princeton inflating grades, but if you know they do it, all the med schools do too, so then your GPA won't look so special. Also, you have to do well on your MCAT and it helps to have some research in your background. Your GPA is just part of the whole med school app.
Bottom line, the Ivy's have great pre-med programs, but I wouldn't go to MIT unless I wanted to do an MD/Ph.D. program or I wanted to be an engineer and go to med school because there is so much math and science that goes above and beyond what typical pre-med programs do.
2007-08-24 02:41:39 · answer #1 · answered by diva1913 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The record of colleges which might be nice for Pre-Med is strictly the equal because the record of colleges which might be nice -- in most cases. The following hyperlink indicates ratings of undergraduate colleges.
2016-09-05 11:58:28 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The list of schools that are best for Pre-Med is practically identical to the list of schools that are best. Look at the rankings at US News. Anything in the top 25 would be a great school for pre-med.
Whoever said that about princeton doesn't know what he is talking about.
2007-08-23 13:29:36 · answer #3 · answered by Ranto 7 · 1⤊ 3⤋
I'm not the first one to say this but it doesn't matter where you go for you undergrad. Your Undergrad school has very little effect on ADCOM's decisions. Go where you'll be the happiest.
2007-08-23 13:28:50 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋