early acceptance programs?

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what are some early acceptance programs like mount sinai's humanities and medicine program? i know buffalo and tufts have them. where else?

any info would be greatly appreciated.

 

[schrizto]

Wake Forest and SUNY Upstate.

 

[Cleavername]

which of those are for people who are already in college? i know downstate has them, or is that upstate.

 

[Amrazzz]

I live in Ohio so I'm familiar with 4 different programs. If you are a high schooler you can do an accelerated BS/MD program (6 years) with NEOUCOM (Northeastern ohio universities college of medicine). A regular BS/MD program called Dual Admissions or Connections (8 years) at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. And there's one at Ohio State which I don't know much about.

If you are a college sophomore you can apply for the ROSE program at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. This is basically two summers of paid research work and conditional acceptance into medical school (need to maintain 3.4 GPA, and 30 on MCAT). I have my interview for ROSE in two weeks so wish me luck!

 

[chocchipcookie]

thanks schritzo. i looked at the suny upstate one, because that would be cool since i'm a ny resident

hmm i need one that doesn't matter where you're a resident of or one that requires you to be at a certain school (like linkage programs, cause i don't think my school has any)

 

[schrizto]

There are many that are linkage programs where you have to be an undergraduate at a certain school. They aren't discussed as often on the internet because it would be irrelevant unless you attended the undergraduate school. Some of those are Tufts (already mentioned), GW (with multiple colleges), UMDNJ (with Rutgers), and Tulane. There may be more.

Programs that consider applicants from any school or state of residence are rarer. I think all of those have already been mentioned.

 

[natasha77]

What are the advantages of applying early decision/early acceptance? I have read that you should only apply to these programs if you already know that you are very competitive... is this true?

 

[tinery]

Advantage:
You get into med school EARLY. This means:

-No MCAT
-Save $$$ on applications
-No feeling like you have to spend your time doing x, y, z to get into med school
-therefore you can spend the rest of college doing whatever you want
-You can be relaxed knowing you already know what you're doing!
-Reap your last possible reward for doing well in high school and on the SAT

This is all provided that as soon as you get in your grades don't drop.

Such programs are competitive, because they want to accept people that they are sure will do well in medical school. Basically by the time you're a sophomore your grades and experiences should be comparable (if not better) to a typical applicant who would be accepted as a senior.

With that said, much fewer students apply to early programs so in terms of percentages, the acceptance rate could quite possibly be higher for early acceptance programs. Then again, the students who apply are self-selecting and will probably have higher stats than your average pre-med.

 

[Sammich117]

It's hard because if you don't get in, you don't find out until October-ish, which puts you late in the cycle to apply to other schools

(this is in response to natasha - it doesn't really hold to the undergrad programs)

northeastern has a program set up through tufts med, so you don't have to only go to tufts for med school. I think a lot of schools have built in undergrad to med programs if you're competitive

 

[schrizto]

Then again, the students who apply are self-selecting and will probably have higher stats than your average pre-med.

Yup. Many of these programs accept students in their sophomore and sometimes junior year. They will be looking at applications based on only a year or two of coursework and they usually want you to fulfill most of the prereqs (I think the Upstate one wants 3 out of chem, bio, physics, and ochem completed by app time). This type of program really favors those who had a good start in college and did very well in high school.

 

[bigmo99]

East Carolina University has an "Early Assurance" route to their med school. Just 4 high school kids a year. Pretty good deal. Good school.

 

[MadRadLad]

Advantage:
You get into med school EARLY. This means:

-No MCAT
-Save $$$ on applications
-No feeling like you have to spend your time doing x, y, z to get into med school
-therefore you can spend the rest of college doing whatever you want
-You can be relaxed knowing you already know what you're doing!
-Reap your last possible reward for doing well in high school and on the SAT

This is all provided that as soon as you get in your grades don't drop.

Such programs are competitive, because they want to accept people that they are sure will do well in medical school. Basically by the time you're a sophomore your grades and experiences should be comparable (if not better) to a typical applicant who would be accepted as a senior.

With that said, much fewer students apply to early programs so in terms of percentages, the acceptance rate could quite possibly be higher for early acceptance programs. Then again, the students who apply are self-selecting and will probably have higher stats than your average pre-med.

No MCAT? I was under the impression that you still have to take it, but if you get a certain score then you're guaranteed acceptance. I live in MI, and at Wayne state I know the MedStart program still makes you take it, but you only need a 26.

WashU in StL has a BS/MD/PhD program where you have to take it, and get a 36 i believe.

 

[Morsetlis]

UCSD has one called Med Scholars program. They select from amongst applicants to the freshman year. I had an ungodly high HS GPA but very little EC's... wasn't considered.

Definitely worth it! I've seen its scholars pursue vastly more interesting majors, haha.

 

[tinery]

No MCAT? I was under the impression that you still have to take it, but if you get a certain score then you're guaranteed acceptance. I live in MI, and at Wayne state I know the MedStart program still makes you take it, but you only need a 26.

WashU in StL has a BS/MD/PhD program where you have to take it, and get a 36 i believe.

I guess it depends on the school then. Upstate doesn't allow you to take the MCAT if you get in.

 

[schrizto]

No MCAT? I was under the impression that you still have to take it, but if you get a certain score then you're guaranteed acceptance. I live in MI, and at Wayne state I know the MedStart program still makes you take it, but you only need a 26.

WashU in StL has a BS/MD/PhD program where you have to take it, and get a 36 i believe.

Most early acceptance programs don't make you take the MCAT. All the programs you're talking about are BS/MD programs from high school. WUSTL has such a program that has requirements of a 3.8 gpa and 36. It's not a BS/MD/PhD program, and since the requirements are so high, shouldn't really be considered a BS/MD program either.

 

[ncmed2014]

I know a person who was accepted to the Wake Forest early assurance program. Basically this person was an all star applicant. I get a feeling that most of these "early assurance" kids are in another league. Mount Sinai (for humanities majors) and Georgetown also have early assurance programs.

 

[tinery]

I know a person who was accepted to the Wake Forest early assurance program. Basically this person was an all star applicant. I get a feeling that most of these "early assurance" kids are in another league. Mount Sinai (for humanities majors) and Georgetown also have early assurance programs.

I might be tooting my own horn a bit, but just to illustrate, I got in early assurance after sophomore year and these were my stats: hs valedictorian, 3 semesters of research, 4.0 from ivy (at the time), 50hrs nursing home volunteering, 2230 SAT, at the time was pursuing an american indian studies minor, leadership position in cultural group. Idk how typical that was for the program though bc at the interview the dean barely asked me any questions and pretty much told me about the school's curriculum as if I was already in. Maybe he asked me how I became interested in being a doctor or what my research was about.

toot.