How does Evergreen look to med schools?

[deepseafish]

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I am an undergraduate student currently attending a highly ranked liberal arts college that has sent many students to medical school. However, I am planning to transfer for personal reasons and recently received a generous offer from The Evergreen State College in Olympia, WA.

I am aware of its reputation in the Washington area but I cannot find much information on it when it comes to preparation for medical school. I am looking to go into neurology, neuro-opthamology, or genetic counseling. What do medical schools think of TESC on an application, and will it adequately prepare me for medical school?

 

[deleted407021]

It looks to be a good school. Where you go doesn't really matter, but apply yourself and do well and it should prepare you just fine. It's fine to have early interests in specialties, but don't fixate too much as you'll almost certainly change your mind a few times during med school. Good luck!

 

[WillburCobb]

IIRC Evergreen uses evaluations instead of grades and credit hours are awarded at the discretion of the professor teaching the course upon writing the evaluation. This may be somewhat of a hassle with AMCAS and AACOMAS (I know they have policies concerning how they handle this type of grading/evaluation) come application time - not trying to deter your decision, just something to keep in mind.

Edit - Just checked the AMCAS guidelines - looks like this would be a HELL of a lot nicer than having to enter everything into AMCAS. I guess the only issue I can think of then is if schools view evaluations any differently than traditional grades. Assuming the rest of your app were solid I doubt it would really be an issue.

 

[deepseafish]

Thank you J Senpai and WillburCobb for your feedback so far. I am not familiar with AMCAS guidelines but if it involves putting in a lot of grades I can see how TESC would be easier.

The thing is that Evergreen does not have specific majors. It is a lot like Hampshire in that you can combine general "fields of study" to make your own major. I am not sure if these individual courses will add up to the science and math background I need to succeed in medical school.

 

[deleted407021]

Thank you J Senpai and WillburCobb for your feedback so far. I am not familiar with AMCAS guidelines but if it involves putting in a lot of grades I can see how TESC would be easier.

The thing is that Evergreen does not have specific majors. It is a lot like Hampshire in that you can combine general "fields of study" to make your own major. I am not sure if these individual courses will add up to the science and math background I need to succeed in medical school.

Just make certain you have the pre-requisites and maybe an upper division science or psychology course or two thrown in there. Math isn't important. You can essentially avoid anything higher than the minimum for your degree, however that works with your school.

 

[deepseafish]

I'm not sure if TESC has the same definition of "upper division science" as other places, but that sounds reassuring. Math isn't my strong suit anyway.

 

[rbnsafsadgf]

I would think about contacting Evergreen's premed adviser since they have likely been through this before.
Go liberal arts!

 

[WingedOx]

I would think about contacting Evergreen's premed adviser since they have likely been through this before.
Go liberal arts!

Sounds a lot like New College of Florida, which doesn't seem to have issues getting people into med school from the few alumni I know.