Chances of MD Acceptance if Already Accepted to PhD at same University?

[WorldWiz]

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Do you have better chances of an MD acceptance to a university if you've been accepted to the university's PhD program already? And also, if you get accepted to each program separately, do most universities have a process for combining these acceptances to enroll you into their MD/PhD program or MSTP? Thanks.

 

[red doctober]

Do you have better chances of an MD acceptance to a university if you've been accepted to the university's PhD program already? And also, if you get accepted to each program separately, do most universities have a process for combining these acceptances to enroll you into their MD/PhD program or MSTP? Thanks.

Q1: No

Q2: Yes, but no guarantee of acceptance

 

[notbobtrustme]

Do you have better chances of an MD acceptance to a university if you've been accepted to the university's PhD program already? And also, if you get accepted to each program separately, do most universities have a process for combining these acceptances to enroll you into their MD/PhD program or MSTP? Thanks.

Your chances go down. MD programs don't want to cannibalize other programs' candidates. If you want an MD or MD/PhD, you have to go through the same hoops as everyone else. MCAT, GPA, ECs.

Being accepted to a PhD program and then trying to leverage that into an MD acceptance is a futile exercise.

 

[Goro]

Concur strongly. Both programs are committments, and your choices raise issues with your motivation for either.

Your chances go down. MD programs don't want to cannibalize other programs' candidates. If you want an MD or MD/PhD, you have to go through the same hoops as everyone else. MCAT, GPA, ECs.

Being accepted to a PhD program and then trying to leverage that into an MD acceptance is a futile exercise.