I had a 3.3c/3.2s and matriculated a year after undergrad. I took the GRE instead of MCAT (forgot my scores; 65th percentile-ish).
There’s no support for MCAT prep so you’ll have to schedule that on your own.
The curriculum is generally good. Some professors are great, others not. All lectures are podcasted.
Depending on the course and their directors, A’s are given to the top 15-35% of the class. The majority’s of classes will not curve scores (A: 90-100, B+: 80-90, B: 70-80, etc.).
The vast majority of people take 3 semesters to graduate.
There are many opportunities to do research (mandatory lab rotation, optional master’s thesis). Scribe jobs are often advertised on the Facebook group. University Hospital is physically connected to the school.
The MS1 classes require pre-approval from administration. I saw your stats and you would not (initially) be approved to take them- meaning you’re going to have to wait until Spring 2020 to take them (assuming your Fall 2019 performance is spectacular). About 25-35% of our grad students end up taking one or more MS1 courses.
I wasn’t initially approved to take them, but it ended up for the better - I would have fallen flat on my face if I was thrown into the MS1 course off the bat. The standard GSBS courses gave me a ‘medical-like’ foundation.
If I could do this all over again, with unlimited time and resources, I would have taken up MCAT studying like it was my full time job and applied to a highly-reputable SMP (such as Georgetown, where I know the namebrand is good across the country and the rates of placement into medical schools is very high). That being a said, there are several students here who went to very reputable undergrad schools, scored very high on the MCAT and chose to do their master’s degree here.
I believe that this program is good for demonstrating that the you-of-yesterday is just that; the old you. If you choose to come here, it is a necessity to dedicate yourself to being an absolute rockstar and give it your 100%.
