What California State University has the most grads going into Pre-med?

Question

I can only go the a CSU, and i'm majoring in biological science, and hoping to go into a Pre-Med program and go on to Med school. Which CSU offers the best Medical Program, and/or have the highest # of graduates going into Med School?

Answer 1

I want to disagree with Taranto, who is taking a very elitist approach to judging a university. The fact is that the average age at many of the CSUs is in the late 20s. Many students can only go to school part-time while working full-time. The student population at a CSU is not the same as that at Stanford or Harvard or Duke, and it is NOT merely because they aren't as bright. While I can't answer your question, because I would have to have access to either each school's statistics or those from the system, which I don't, the dismal picture he paints is just not accurate. As a CSU graduate (and I started school at UCLA and transferred after dropping out twice because I was miserable there), I went on and got three graduate degrees - an MBA, a Ph.D., and a J.D., and I would guess that even Taranto would agree that at least two of those degrees were from "good" schools. Physical sciences aren't my thing, but the fact that a lot of CSU students are nontraditional doesn't mean that few of them go on to medical school.

Answer 2

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What California State University has the most grads going into Pre-med?
I can only go the a CSU, and i'm majoring in biological science, and hoping to go into a Pre-Med program and go on to Med school. Which CSU offers the best Medical Program, and/or have the highest # of graduates going into Med School?

Answer 3

Medical schools do report each year's statistics: http://www.aamc.org/data/facts/start.htm

I'm a little concerned that you state you are already attending a university and want to go into a pre-med program. You should have your classes completely planned. You may have, but the way you stated things suggest that you need to know the whole picture. Here's a link that might help: http://people.howstuffworks.com/becoming-a-doctor.htm

Answer 4

I do not have an answer in terms of what med school you should go to. Schools have to fit, or you will not fill your potential. Potential is important. It is what you think you have the trajectory to become. Perhaps a private school, with a strong financial aid program should be your first consideration. If you are bright enough, and you think you are, then try for a private institution that has a strong science dept. Then look about for possibilities.

Answer 5

Csu Medical School

Answer 6

The only schools that report those kinds of statistics are good schools -- and the CSU schools don't really fall into that category. Looking at Princeton Review, the kinds of statistics I see for CSUs is "Percent of Freshmen who graduate in four years: 10%." If only 10% graduate in four years -- you know that the percent going on to medical school is tiny.

If you want to go to Medical School -- you really ought to shoot higher than a CSU. If not -- the schools in the CSU system that seem a little better than the other ones are the Cal Poly schools.

Answer 7

UC Davis