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Anyone has any opinions about how med schools view women college graduates? I assume it is no difference whatsoever but just throwing it out there.
I'd assume that a women college is known at least by medical schools within that states or certain vicinity through common knowledge.How would a admissions committee member know a particular school is a women's college unless the words ""women's college" are in the name of the school?
Honestly, it wouldn't make a difference to me at all. How are you I've done and said College makes the difference.
I'm glad it doesn't matter to you. I know of students considering some of the the lesser known school... perhaps those schools are not "competitive" or "reputable" which is a bigger concern than just being a women's college.But why should it matter it one went to an all women's college?
Where are you getting this information/feeling? In all my years I’ve never heard this or even considered this.I went to an all woman's college. It didn’t impact me and it didn’t seem to have impacted several of my friends. If you have the grades, MCAT scores and activities and of course the narrative, why should it matter? And as someone else said, unless the info is in the name of the school most people wouldn’t know unless you told them. More likely people would think “oh that’s out East” “or my mom went there” etc.I'm glad it doesn't matter to you. I know of students considering some of the the lesser known school... perhaps those schools are not "competitive" or "reputable" which is a bigger concern than just being a women's college.
Thanks for your reply.Where are you getting this information/feeling? In all my years I’ve never heard this or even considered this.I went to an all woman's college. It didn’t impact me and it didn’t seem to have impacted several of my friends. If you have the grades, MCAT scores and activities and of course the narrative, why should it matter? And as someone else said, unless the info is in the name of the school most people wouldn’t know unless you told them. More likely people would think “oh that’s out East” “or my mom went there” etc.
I’m really interested in why you think this is a thing.
5/7 seven sisters are still Women’s colleges. One went coed and one merged with Harvard and dissolved.The schools of the "Seven Sisters", like Wellesley and Smith I have heard of, but aren't they all co-ed nowadays?.
We have matriculated some very good students from them.
I've never heard of any of the other colleges on the list.
That’s up to the applicant. Applying to med school from any undergrad school is a crap shoot and for upper tiers even more so. Each cycle only around 40% of all applicants are accepted to any med school and of that number about half are accepted at one school. (Over the last cycle only around 35-36% of all applicants were accepted.). What these numbers mean is that near 60% of all applicants are rejected every cycle and this includes stellar applicants from all types of colleges and universities.Thanks for your reply.
I don't think this is an actual thing. This was just a question a high school friend of mine had. She is considering large state schools vs small women college... small fish in big pond vs big fish in small pond (and this has likely been discussed elsewhere) and wasn't sure if that small pond looks different than other (coed) LACs. Ultimately, it seems like many applicants have great grades and MCAT scores, and have shadowing hours during COVID with research and publication etc. So, how can she stand out?