Columbia MD/MBA

[chanx314]

I'll be attending Columbia Med School this fall and I was curious if anyone knew alot about it. I went to the school's website but it's not that helpful, and there is contradicting information. When do most people take the year off in the middle of third year, or after the end of third year? What are the credentials you need to get in, in terms of a GMAT score(i.e. break 700 and you're in), is it pretty selective or does just about everyone get in?

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[Law2Doc]

I'll be attending Columbia Med School this fall and I was curious if anyone knew alot about it. I went to the school's website but it's not that helpful, and there is contradicting information. When do most people take the year off in the middle of third year, or after the end of third year? What are the credentials you need to get in, in terms of a GMAT score(i.e. break 700 and you're in), is it pretty selective or does just about everyone get in?

Call them up. You'll get the most reliable info that way. 😕

 

[chanx314]

It was tough to get someone knowledgeable on the phone, so if anyone else knows something, feel free to contribute.

 

[DrBowtie]

I would call the business school admissions.

 

[M. furfur]

my guess (from the way other MD/MBA programs work) is that you'll be admitted as a matter of course. professional masters programs are great revenue streams for universities and they'd be more than happy to take your tuition money--particularly if you had the credentials to be admitted at P&S

 

[Law2Doc]

my guess (from the way other MD/MBA programs work) is that you'll be admitted as a matter of course. professional masters programs are great revenue streams for universities and they'd be more than happy to take your tuition money--particularly if you had the credentials to be admitted at P&S

I don't know if this is true. Top 10 business schools don't have any problem filling their classes, so they get the revenue stream no matter what. And both programs look for widely different credentials (eg. MBA schools put some heavy emphasis on your business related emploment history). Your odds are good, but I'd really doubt it's a "matter of course". At a lower ranked business school, I'd agree with you.

 

[bluejay68]

I don't know if this is true. Top 10 business schools don't have any problem filling their classes, so they get the revenue stream no matter what. And both programs look for widely different credentials (eg. MBA schools put some heavy emphasis on your business related emploment history). Your odds are good, but I'd really doubt it's a "matter of course". At a lower ranked business school, I'd agree with you.

At Penn it was definitely NOT a given that med students would be accepted into the MD/MBA combined-degree program. Wharton would do just fine without the med students taking up the 5 or so seats we fill each year.

However, they were more open to considering us despite our application's lack of rigorous business experience (like all other Wharton applicants), but we were still expected to take (and do well on) the GMAT, interview well, write quality essays, etc.