List of Top Programs

[SodaiGakusei]

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Thought I would start a quick look list for the top/most popular premed post bacc programs. I think the first three are obvious:

*Bryn Mawr
*Goucher
*Scripps

Could people add more so that we can get an idea of what programs to look into?

Cheers🙄

 

[NewmansOwn]

Thought I would start a quick look list for the top/most popular premed post bacc programs. I think the first three are obvious:

*Bryn Mawr
*Goucher
*Scripps

Could people add more so that we can get an idea of what programs to look into?

Cheers🙄

Johns Hopkins has an ultra-competitive one -- the students in it seem very well-qualified, but I've heard it's extremely cutthroat.

UVA and Tufts also allegedly have well-organized formal programs, but both are relatively new, so I'm not sure they've cemented any kind of reputation yet.

 

[Lokhtar]

Well, top and most popular are two different criteria. Which one are you looking for? Many of the top ones are quite small in terms of class size.

 

[SodaiGakusei]

I guess most popular is the wrong word. Most competitive seems to be closer to the mark.

 

[Lokhtar]

The big three are Goucher, Bryn Mawr and Scripps, as you said. They have pretty much a 100% acceptance rate into Medical Schools, and often the most competitive medical schools (Harvard, Hopkins, etc).

Some of the other ones that have more than a 85% placement rate are HES, Columbia, Penn, and really, many others. Its not uncommon for a program to have 80%+ rate into medical school, considering most accept people with a 3.3+, and generally most post-bacs are committed so they do well in the courses.

More than anything, if you're competitive to go to medical school, you can go anywhere. If you aren't competitive, no matter where you go, you won't become competitive. Going to a specific place makes a difference, as graduates from the HES program, Penn program are highly regarded, but a 3.0 from Penn is not going to overcome a 4.0 from Podunk State.

A big reason why the top three programs you mention have 100% placement is because they only accept people who already have the stats and attributes to get into medical school, and I bet those people would have gotten in no matter where they did their post-bac.

 

[vmpb]

Mills also gets a good % of students in and has linkage. sounds pretty good.

 

[toothsome]

The always forgotten UVM must be up there. 90% of their students get into schools. Plus, its hard to get into you have to have GRE's, LOR, 3.0+ etc.

 

[Lokhtar]

Well, many schools have a rate of 80-90%. In fact, I would say most well known programs do. Penn, Harvard, Columbia, Drexel, Temple, etc, all boast that rate.

 

[toothsome]

"Well known programs" and Good programs are completely different. Just because one is well known does not make it a Great program.