Better option before med school -- MS or MSB?

[DeLaSoul]

Is one degree significantly favored over the other when applying to med school?

The MS program is 30 credits and involves a thesis.

The MSB program is 25 credits. It's non-thesis but involves a multi-semester research rotation where you focus on developing lab techniques, etc.

With the MSB you can specialize. Not the case with the MS.

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[MedPhys2MD]

What is the purpose of the MS or MSB before applying to medical school? GPA repair? Because I don't think that grad courses will help your undergrad GPA

 

[DeLaSoul]

Both degrees are offered as options for SMPs.

 

[ChE04]

I can't imagine it would matter much from a medical school's perspective.

 

[MedPhys2MD]

I'm not poistive but I don't think the grades from a SMP are averaged into your undergrad GPA either... But being in the program might help with linkages to medical school. Maybe look into this more

 

[Escape_Goat]

If both are offered as SMPs, choose whichever one you find more interesting. Completing a special masters will definitely make you more competitive in the eyes of adcoms if your uGPA is low, provided you do well.

 

[sindadel]

Agree with the above. You're better off to take more undergrad classes for GPA repair than to take a master's, particularly one which will not garner you publications. Except for the SMPs, graduate degrees to get into med school are ineffective, and a waste of your time.

 

[DeLaSoul]

Thanks everyone.