New Medical Schools

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I found this post http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=277016 about new medical schools that have either opened or are in their planning stages. There are a lot! Does anyone know how competitive admissions will be for these schools in the first few years? I would think since most do not want to be in the first class that they would be the easier to get in to than established schools. Will they be difficult to get in to for OOSers?

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[ArkansasRanger]

I found this post http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=277016 about new medical schools that have either opened or are in their planning stages. There are a lot! Does anyone know how competitive admissions will be for these schools in the first few years? I would think since most do not want to be in the first class that they would be the easier to get in to than established schools. Will they be difficult to get in to for OOSers?

I think there are two schools of thought. 1) People would not apply because they'd want some kind of name recognition to go with their medical education. I don't give a crap what the name of the school is personally so that wouldn't bother me. 2) People would apply because they see a new school, possibly closer to home even, and think since it's new it will be easier to get into because of #1 above. Personally, I want the easiest route, lol.

 

[Semicolon]

I found this post http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=277016 about new medical schools that have either opened or are in their planning stages. There are a lot! Does anyone know how competitive admissions will be for these schools in the first few years? I would think since most do not want to be in the first class that they would be the easier to get in to than established schools. Will they be difficult to get in to for OOSers?

You do realize that post is from 2006? It's a biiiiit outdated.

 

[Jamers]

looks like 1 in 5 medical students aren't going to be in osteopathic schools anymore.

How do you figure that?

 

[PunkmedGirl]

How do you figure that?

LOL there's no logical to that statement.

 

[OrangeRoost]

There's already a thread like this in the pre-allo forum. In respect to osteopathic med schools, William Carey is opening up a med school next year and MSU is opening up a branch school.