Eight year med program

[deleted316655]

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Does anyone know about the eight year med program at Montclair. It's with the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. It says on their website that you need an 1100 on your SATs in the math and critical reading sections and a B average for GPA. In my opinion, these requirements seem extremely easy to complete. Are these the right requirements or am I getting the wrong information? If they are right, is there a reason for the pretty easy requirements?Most other BS/MD programs need at least a 1300 on the SATs and a high GPA. Thanks in advance!

 

[Electronegative]

I think 1100 is the avarage for bs/MD matriculants and not the requirement.

 

[deleted316655]

Is it really? 1100 is pretty low and BS/MD programs are supposedly really competitive so one would assume a higher GPA would be necessary.

 

[FutureCTDoc]

Is it really? 1100 is pretty low and BS/MD programs are supposedly really competitive so one would assume a higher GPA would be necessary.

That's the minimum, which is not necessarily reflective of the average. The minimum SAT for my BS/DO has a minimum of 3.3 with a 1200, 3.5 with 1150 and 3.8 with a 1100 for the 4+4 and the same GPAs with a 1350, 1300 and 1250 respectively. No one is remotely near that average. The average SAT for the 8 year is in the mid 1300s and the average for the 7 year is somewhere north of 1400. In addition most students were active in organizations and sports. I was a 3 season athlete pursuing golf independently and varsity wrestling. I was active in multiple clubs, led Model UN and went to 11 separate MUN conferences, where I won awards. In addition I observed well over 100 surgeries and had more than 200 hours of shadowing. That said, I'd recommend applying the worst that happens is you get told no, also not all programs are created equal. If a school wants a 3.5+ OGPA, 30+ MCAT or 3.5+ science GPA, it is usually a program in which people will flunk out or could have gotten in anyways with those numbers.

 

[schrizto]

That Montclair program with UMDNJ is specifically for URM and other disadvantaged applicants, which is why its requirements are low. They have another one, a 7 year program also with UMDNJ, with a 1400 M+CR minimum to apply.

That said, meeting the requirements alone to apply for a program by no means means that you will get in.

 

[deleted316655]

That Montclair program with UMDNJ is specifically for URM and other disadvantaged applicants, which is why its requirements are low. They have another one, a 7 year program also with UMDNJ, with a 1400 M+CR minimum to apply.

That said, meeting the requirements alone to apply for a program by no means means that you will get in.

Oh. OK, thanks. I didn't know that, but I guess it makes sense now. I know that meeting the requirements doesn't guarantee acceptance, but it does guarantee a chance.

 

[Shipponz]

Oh. OK, thanks. I didn't know that, but I guess it makes sense now. I know that meeting the requirements doesn't guarantee acceptance, but it does guarantee a chance.

If you get into this program, it doesn't automatically mean you get into medical school. You have to maintain i believe a 3.5 GPA and have a competitive MCAT score.

I was going to apply for the Dental program but i went to a UMDNJ Dental school symposium and they said that they do not always guareentee an automatic acceptance. It may be different for Robert Wood Johnson Medical school or UMDNJ Medical School. I would call the university and medical school.

 

[deleted316655]

For a lot of the programs if you get into the program you get into medical school as long as a certain GPA is maintained; you don't always have to get a minimum MCAT score.