Low Tier Medical schools

[Prospective Doctor]

Hello,

Which are the low tier Medical schools for someone from tristate (NY, NJ, CT) area?

Thanks

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[tryingagain]

I would like to know the low to mid tier schools as well, but not just in your area. If anyone can help please post this. I bet a lot of us have this same question.

 

[none]

New York Medical and Albany are good places to start. Certainly do NOT limit your applications to that area!

 

[Bikini Princess]

The best answer to this is to refer you to the MSAR (Medical School Admissions Requirements).

The tier of a school depends on many things, including residency, urm status, etc.

It's not our job as posters to give you the answers, but rather to refer you to where you can find the answers.

So, you'll have to check the MSAR.

 

[efex101]

Okay I usually do not get belligerent or anything, but what the hell does URM status have to do with the tier of a school?

 

[smid]

urm=under-represented minority.
Easier to get in to any med school (with same states, urm gets in easier, in general.) Of course they have to be able to do the work and all that, but most schools are looking for more diversity and the applicant pool of urms is smaller so the acceptance rate is much higher.

 

[Resident Alien]

If memory serves me right, urm's dont have a higher percentage acceptance rate. Either that or I was sleepy while looking at AAMC figures.

The number of urms in medical schools are quite few, so I dont think the argument of bias in favor of them is a strong one. (However, i did read a report on a med school in Utah that deliberately discriminated against white students, which is wrong).

 

[smid]

The acceptance rate is higher, no doubt.

Even in the UC system (After prop 209) accepts ~25% of URMs and 10% of non URM.

<a href="http://www.ucop.edu/healthaffairs/reports/testimony/attach7.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.ucop.edu/healthaffairs/reports/testimony/attach7.pdf</a>

<a href="http://www.ucsf.edu/daybreak/1998/10/02_min.html" target="_blank">http://www.ucsf.edu/daybreak/1998/10/02_min.html</a>

 

[BlackPuma]

•••quote:•••Originally posted by smid:
•urm=under-represented minority.
Easier to get in to any med school (with same states, urm gets in easier, in general.) Of course they have to be able to do the work and all that, but most schools are looking for more diversity and the applicant pool of urms is smaller so the acceptance rate is much higher.•••••I wanna slap pple when I hear these kind of remarks...in ALL the interviews that I went to, there weren't A LOT of urms to begin with..and the onest that I DID see, they were extremely qualified!!!!

arggggh

 

[Resident Alien]

ditto watcha

I saw only one urm in my six interviews. then again i am in Ohio....

 

[Doctora Foxy]

Back to the topic....

There are numerous threads on lower tier schools so try doing a search on SDN to get started.

Here's a link to a more recent thread: <a href="http://forums.studentdoctor.net/ubb/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=011438;p=" target="_blank">"Easy" schools</a>