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So, just wondering. Anyone who took or is currently taking an SMP get an acceptance this cycle?
Just got into Wayne State SOM
Generally ppl who do well in SMPs benefit from the programs the following cycle...the same is not necessarily true for those who apply while in an SMP.
the question was has anyone currently in SMP been accepted..not have people who finished SMP been accepted.
Genswim, how well did you do in the tufts smp?
I heard there were a handful of kids who got in during their smp year at Tufts, how well did they do in their classes and how did their admissions process go?
Also, please, anyone who was in an SMP share your acceptances and anything you think helped you gain admission.
I did very well in the program. I was in the group who got automatic interviews.
Is that what they mean by SMP's with linkage?
Georgetown claims that 50% of its class is accepted during the SMP year. Which is more than the 35% that are accepted after the SMP year.
Cincinnati looks similar, based on the pages that show current students and what they're doing now, and when that info is posted (looks to me like more than half the class goes straight into med school after the SMP)
it's safe to assume that if those first 50% waited, they would have gotten into an MD school if they applied after they graduated anyways.
Sure, but I don't understand what point you're trying to make.
FLDoc was looking for reason to believe that there's reason to apply during an SMP, instead of after graduating from an SMP. 50% of Georgetown was an answer to that.
I know that school's with SMP may accept their own students, but I was wondering what other schools look at SMP's. I talked to an adcom at my university's med school and he didnt even know what an SMP was! Maybe this is because I go to school on the west coast? Also, has anyone from an SMP gone to a california school?
BU's advisors specifically told all California students that their chances of going back to CA were slim to none and that we should not expect it. Given that, there have been students that have done it, just very few.
That's cuz advisors tend to be clueless.
And that said, Georgetown's SMP program has a link on its main page that says ALUMNI. Click on that link and you can see how many graduates ended up at different schools and which schools they ended up at.
misunderstandingSure, but I don't understand what point you're trying to make.
FLDoc was looking for reason to believe that there's reason to apply during an SMP, instead of after graduating from an SMP. 50% of Georgetown was an answer to that.
And also, they say they write a rec letter with the grades. Is this just a general rec letter, such as, this student is great because he/she managed to get high honors/passed the classes which is about 10-20% of the top of the class (correct me if I'm wrong). Or do you think it would be like, oh this student is great! He/she was treasurer for our SMP cycle this year. Yadiya is highly motivated and intellectually stimulated (lol).