Postbac Acceptance Rates?

[caianya]

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Is there a list of acceptance rates for getting into Postbac premed programs?

On a related note, is there really specific information about their med school acceptance rates upon graduation? The information on the AAMC site is a little vague.

I'm looking at Temple, Drexel, Columbia, Harvard, Bryn Mawr, and Penn. I'm open to other suggestions, but my partner's job will most likely tie me to the East Coast.

 

[HirsuteAnthony]

Is there a list of acceptance rates for getting into Postbac premed programs?

On a related note, is there really specific information about their med school acceptance rates upon graduation? The information on the AAMC site is a little vague.

I'm looking at Temple, Drexel, Columbia, Harvard, Bryn Mawr, and Penn. I'm open to other suggestions, but my partner's job will most likely tie me to the East Coast.

You'll get into Columbia, Harvard and Penn provided you have a 3.0 and no red flags. The real question is, will you get through? Do A LOT of research and think VERY carefully before you commit to any one of the three.

 

[deleted248403]

You'll get into Columbia, Harvard and Penn provided you have a 3.0 and no red flags.

A blanket statement like that is just not true.

For example, HES doesn't screen out many people but if you had a 3.0 and did all the pre-reqs and a bunch of upper divisions they might encourage you to apply elsewhere.

Secondly, a 3.0 doesn't get you into Penn's program either without some caveats.

So, pretty much..... No, your wrong

OP - no formalized %s exist and never will

 

[113]

I'd guess that 80%+ of students that successfully complete the programs at HES/Columbia/Penn get into med school if they have a balanced 30+ MCAT. With that said, there's a good amount of attrition, so that only about half the students that start the program get to the app stage.

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[deleted248403]

I'd guess that 80%+ of students that successfully complete the programs at HES/Columbia/Penn get into med school if they have a balanced 30+ MCAT.

As a grad of one of those 3 programs, 80% is too high. I'd say 50-60% is more likely

 

[henge]

is there really specific information about their med school acceptance rates upon graduation?

I put together a detailed post on Hopkins, Goucher, Bryn Mawr and Scripps (west coast) entitled 'Hopkins, Goucher, Bryn Mawr, Scripps: med school admissions comparison'. The summary:

'According to the Hopkins post-bacc Facebook page, 100% of Hopkins students who applied last year got into med school, and, according to the official Hopkins site, over the history of the program “virtually all” who have applied have gotten in. Goucher states that 99.7% of its students who applied have gotten in over the last 10 years. BM says that consistently over 98% of its applicants are accepted. Scripps states that in the last 4 years 100% of its students have gotten into med school, and that over the long term, well over 90% have been accepted. I believe in each case these percentages are limited to students who actually apply, and thus exclude students who dropped out of the program or chose not to apply to med school'

http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=866019&highlight=henge+hopkins+goucher

 

[caianya]

That's a great post!

But what about acceptance rates to the programs themselves? I know Temple only has 15-20 spots for the BCMS program, but how many people apply to it -- 100? 300? I'm asking because I'm currently in Moscow, so actually applying to the programs is significantly more costly and time consuming for me than it is for most of you. I have difficulty calling them during normal business hours. (Unless I get "lucky" and have a bout of insomnia.)

I also don't know if dropping out of law school is considered a red flag.

Thanks!

 

[SeverusSnape]

That's a great post!

But what about acceptance rates to the programs themselves? I know Temple only has 15-20 spots for the BCMS program, but how many people apply to it -- 100? 300? I'm asking because I'm currently in Moscow, so actually applying to the programs is significantly more costly and time consuming for me than it is for most of you. I have difficulty calling them during normal business hours. (Unless I get "lucky" and have a bout of insomnia.)

I also don't know if dropping out of law school is considered a red flag.

Thanks!

They definitely won't publish acceptance rates but I've seen people discuss some possible numbers before. Bryn Mawr and Goucher get 500ish+ apps for 80-90 and 30ish spots respectively. The number of applications is based strictly on what people on the forums have guessed. From the 500ish apps, I believe Bryn Mawr (again, what people on SDN have said) interviews roughly 150. I'll edit and insert the source threads when I have another spare minute at work.

Edit: Couldn't find the specific threads I drew my numbers from, a little more digging and you could probably find some more info though.

Also, dropping out of law school doesn't have to necessarily be a red flag, assuming you can spin it properly. Just ensure it doesn't get viewed as a lack of committment etc.

Удачи!

 

[henge]

Temple had 146 applicants for BCMS; 30 interviewed; 23 matriculated
http://www.temple.edu/medicine/ppp/prospective_students/entering_profile.htm

Hopkins says fewer than 20% of its applicants are admitted
http://web.jhu.edu/post_bac/faq.html

Don't know about the rest.

 

[caianya]

They definitely won't publish acceptance rates but I've seen people discuss some possible numbers before. Bryn Mawr and Goucher get 500ish+ apps for 80-90 and 30ish spots respectively. The number of applications is based strictly on what people on the forums have guessed. From the 500ish apps, I believe Bryn Mawr (again, what people on SDN have said) interviews roughly 150. I'll edit and insert the source threads when I have another spare minute at work.

Edit: Couldn't find the specific threads I drew my numbers from, a little more digging and you could probably find some more info though.

Also, dropping out of law school doesn't have to necessarily be a red flag, assuming you can spin it properly. Just ensure it doesn't get viewed as a lack of committment etc.

Удачи!

Спасибо!

I don't want to be too personal, but it was due to the financial crisis, not a lack of commitment. If you weren't in the top 1/3 to 1/4 of the class, you couldn't get a job . That said, I rock tests and went to a T10 UG -- but I don't interview well. 🙁 :sigh:

Do you know why Bryn Mawr and Goucher would get so much more than Temple? Isn't their linkage system much harder to get into than Temple's guaranteed acceptance?

 

[SeverusSnape]

Спасибо!

I don't want to be too personal, but it was due to the financial crisis, not a lack of commitment. If you weren't in the top 1/3 to 1/4 of the class, you couldn't get a job . That said, I rock tests and went to a T10 UG -- but I don't interview well. 🙁 :sigh:

Do you know why Bryn Mawr and Goucher would get so much more than Temple? Isn't their linkage system much harder to get into than Temple's guaranteed acceptance?

I think you need to look at the programs as a whole, rather than just the linkage to answer this question. If you get accepted to temple, it's pretty much a given fact that you're going to attend Temple med (pending proper grades and MCAT). Most people in Temple's post-bac WILL attend Temple Med. "To date, 91% have matriculated into TUSM, 6% have been accepted into other health professions and osteopathic medical schools, and 2% have returned to their previous careers. "

Bryn Mawr and Goucher, however, are not linked to one specific med school. Instead, they each have linkage agreements with various other Med Schools. Goucher has 10 linkage agreements this year ( http://www.goucher.edu/graduate-pro...arlinkage-opportunities/linkage-opportunities )
and Bryn Mawr has nearly double that ( http://www.brynmawr.edu/postbac/linkages.shtml )

Unlike the linkage at Temple, linkages at other schools are not an instant guarantee that you will get into their med schools pending a specific GPA and MCAT. However, these programs are highly selective and if you get into one, you certainly have a very very good chance of linking. Another way to look at things is this - If you graduate from Temple's post bac and decide you don't want to go to Temple, for whatever reason that may be, you've spent a year at a post bac that isn't as established as respected as some other programs. At the other programs you mentioned, you can choose to link if you like, but even if you don't, you've gone to a program that's extremely well-respected that will help you plan your glide year and then assist you in getting into med school the following year. Bryn Mawr and Goucher both state a near-100% acceptance rate for graduates applying to med school.

Sorry that was extremely long winded. The short answer to your question is that Temple links only with Temple Med while other schools have numerous linkage agreements and the option not to link.

 

[SeverusSnape]

Success, I happened upon a speculative acceptance rate thread awhile ago:

http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=786095

7th post down or so

 

[Evidence Based]

Hey, current Bryn Mawr post bac here.

According to Jodi (our program director) we have about 500-600 applicants each year. Of those who apply, we interview a little under half, and accept about half of those who interview. So you figure the overall acceptance rate is somewhere in the 20-25% range. Definitely not a slam dunk, but not impossible either. I imagine Goucher is a little more selective, as they only have ~32 slots, but a fairly similar number of applicants.

 

[jl lin]

I know this thread is older now. Seriously though, for Temple, that's only roughly 16% acceptance rate into their program--and that was from a couple of years ago. For anyone interested in it, I'd say, go ahead and apply, but apply to others as well. That's not the most horrible %, but it certainly isn't great. Too few seats--so it'd be goofy to apply to only that one.