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Any personal info on these BS/MD programs?
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Howard is one of the hardest BS/MD programs to get into because it is one of the few reasonable ones. A lot will have some ridiculous requirement (i.e. keep a 3.7 GPA while taking an insane course load, score a 35 on the MCAT, etc), causing most people to fail out of the program. Howard however is not like this. If you can get in, I highly recommend it.
Use this list:
http://www.minimedicalschool.com/ba_md_programs.html
It's probably the most organized BS/MD list you'll find.
Howard's BS/MD program is 6 years, which is why it can be competitive. However, it's not THAT competitive as Eddie puts it out to be.
Yes, it is a BS/MD program, but you have to consider many factors: What the medical school is like, how well their graduates do, the fact that it's a HBCU may be a factor for some, and the fact that the medical school "pushes" their graduates towards Primary care in undeserved areas (but by no means do they force you to become a primary care physician). There aren't any "official" stats for Howard's program, but I've heard that it's pretty low in comparison to other BS/MD programs.
http://www.minimedicalschool.com/ba_md_programs.html
It's probably the most organized BS/MD list you'll find.
Howard's BS/MD program is 6 years, which is why it can be competitive. However, it's not THAT competitive as Eddie puts it out to be.
Yes, it is a BS/MD program, but you have to consider many factors: What the medical school is like, how well their graduates do, the fact that it's a HBCU may be a factor for some, and the fact that the medical school "pushes" their graduates towards Primary care in undeserved areas (but by no means do they force you to become a primary care physician). There aren't any "official" stats for Howard's program, but I've heard that it's pretty low in comparison to other BS/MD programs.
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I completely disagree. Just checked the requirements in the MSAR and Howard's requirements don't sound that reasonable. It's a six-year program and they want you to take the MCAT after the second year. The minimum GPA to keep is a 3.5 with a 3.25 sGPA.
The only BS/MD that has ridiculous requirements is WUSTL's program with a 3.8/36, and it shouldn't even be considered a BS/MD program. The real ones that are the hardest to get into with reasonable requirements are programs like Brown, Northwestern, Rice/Baylor. Brown's requirements to go onto the medical school are minimal; they used to require a 3.0 gpa and they have even done away with that recently.
Opps. I got Brown and Howard mixed up. Sorry about that.
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I'm currently in a 6 year program. (2nd year college student)
It's a pretty sweet deal if you know you want to be a doctor. What other specific info do you want to know?
It's a pretty sweet deal if you know you want to be a doctor. What other specific info do you want to know?
Which school are you going to with this combined program? What were your stats to get accepted?
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I'm currently at the 6/7 Year PMM program at Penn State.
My high school GPA was 4.0, and I think my weighted was somewhere around 4.6 (cant remember). My SATs were in the upper 2200s. And on Reading/Math i had 1530/1540.
To tell you the truth, I was surprised I even got in. First things first, they definitely want to see the required GPA/SAT or ACT scores.
I had ZERO RESEARCH EXPERIENCE during high school. In fact the ONLY health related thing I did was volunteer at a hospital all four years.
But I wrote avidly in the local newspaper, publishing articles and writing columns.
My high school GPA was 4.0, and I think my weighted was somewhere around 4.6 (cant remember). My SATs were in the upper 2200s. And on Reading/Math i had 1530/1540.
To tell you the truth, I was surprised I even got in. First things first, they definitely want to see the required GPA/SAT or ACT scores.
I had ZERO RESEARCH EXPERIENCE during high school. In fact the ONLY health related thing I did was volunteer at a hospital all four years.
But I wrote avidly in the local newspaper, publishing articles and writing columns.
