Does Johns Hopkins have an SMP?

[vahe99]

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If so, can someone please link me? Any other "prestigious" SMPs (other than Georgetown)?

 

[ssquared]

If so, can someone please link me? Any other "prestigious" SMPs (other than Georgetown)?

They only has a post-bac program for people who have not completed their pre-reqs.

The main SMPs are Cincinnati, Loyola, Georgetown, EVMS, Drexel, BU, and Tulane (it's entirely possible I'm missing one but those seem the be the most popular here on SDN). Mt. Sinai, NYMC, Duquesne, Penn, Med U Ohio, VCU, and UConn have post-bac programs that are either undergrad level or grad level but not SMPs.

As for prestige, I don't think it really matters so long as you do well. An A in a med school class is an A; it doesn't really depend on where you got that A.

 

[vahe99]

They only has a post-bac program for people who have not completed their pre-reqs.

The main SMPs are Cincinnati, Loyola, Georgetown, EVMS, Drexel, BU, and Tulane (it's entirely possible I'm missing one but those seem the be the most popular here on SDN). Mt. Sinai, NYMC, Duquesne, Penn, Med U Ohio, VCU, and UConn have post-bac programs that are either undergrad level or grad level but not SMPs.

As for prestige, I don't think it really matters so long as you do well. An A in a med school class is an A; it doesn't really depend on where you got that A.

thanks, and can you please link me to the BU (Boston U?) SMP? i can never seem to find their proper websites!

 

[ssquared]

You missed Rosalind Franklin and Tufts (Tufts is brand new). I'd say Drexel IMS is the most prestigious (it get's the most people into allo-schools not hosted by the program), but in general SMPs are designed for people trying to get into medical school at all, rather than trying to get into a particularly good one.

I knew I had left some out!

Yeah, Tufts is having its first class starting this fall. It looks like a neat program.

And the BU program:http://cobalt.bumc.bu.edu/current/Catalog/medsci/intro.htm

 

[jjmack]

what is an SMP?

 

[ssquared]

what is an SMP?

Special Masters Program.

Most of them are one year programs where you take medical classes as a way to improve your credentials for med school application.

Or as I like to think of it, it's fake med school! 😛

(and I'm going to one this fall, so I'm not knocking em!)

 

[ratiolab]

the hopkins school of public health has a one year Masters of health science in the biochem and molecular bio dept. Its mostly people applying or re-applying to med school - so its similar to a special masters program.

 

[spshl k]

Special Masters Program.

Most of them are one year programs where you take medical classes as a way to improve your credentials for med school application.

Or as I like to think of it, it's fake med school! 😛

(and I'm going to one this fall, so I'm not knocking em!)

Hey tell me about your experiences with the SMP. I have been out of school for 4 years and I am afraid I will not make it thru. Did you have similar feelings going into it?

 

[spshl k]

You missed Rosalind Franklin and Tufts (Tufts is brand new). I'd say Drexel IMS is the most prestigious (it get's the most people into allo-schools not hosted by the program), but in general SMPs are designed for people trying to get into medical school at all, rather than trying to get into a particularly good one.

Do you have a link for tufts program?

 

[ProAthleteMD]

They only has a post-bac program for people who have not completed their pre-reqs.

The main SMPs are Cincinnati, Loyola, Georgetown, EVMS, Drexel, BU, and Tulane (it's entirely possible I'm missing one but those seem the be the most popular here on SDN). Mt. Sinai, NYMC, Duquesne, Penn, Med U Ohio, VCU, and UConn have post-bac programs that are either undergrad level or grad level but not SMPs.

As for prestige, I don't think it really matters so long as you do well. An A in a med school class is an A; it doesn't really depend on where you got that A.

What's the difference between a post-bacc and an SMP? If I chose to do a post bac (although I've already finished all of my pre-req's except for O-Chem II), could I just take upper division science classes (i.e. immunology, virology, etc) to increase my undergrad gpa? I'm asking b/c there are waaayyy more post bacc programs than SMP's. Also, I'd like to stay in CA and CA doesn't have an SMP...I don't think.