I'll tell you what I heard about Rosalind Franklin in general. For whatever reason, they are considered the bottom of the barrel of med schools. I think Northeastern Ohio is considered the worst (don't know why), but RF is down there as well. I know many med students who used RF as a "backup". SO I can imagine if their med school is looked down upon like that, so must their SMP. Many smaller, less-known SMPs will guarantee an interview or consideration to their respective med schools if you do well. Anyways though, I have heard that RF's board scores aren't as great and their students don't match well in good residencies...I do not know why (or if that's true) and if there are any RF students out there, don't yell at me, cuz that's just what i've heard from several sources.
For SMPs, not sure there is an "easy" one. Cincy is definitely NOT an easy program to get into (nor is it an easy program to do well in). Also, as someone said earlier, it's only 20 spots, while BU and G-town are 100+. Cincy is in its second year and our class this year has been pretty successful, so its reputation is skyrocketing. We had roughly half of us apply this year while we were doing the program (I did not), and people are holding acceptances or on waitlists at places like Case Western, Tufts, Creighton, Toledo, Iowa State, Touro, St. Louis Univ, Wright State, and Univ of Cincinnati.
EVMS' SMP has the lowest minimum gpa/mcat requirements as someone pointed out, but I'm not sure that means it's an easy program. Some require a thesis or literature review to be written , others don't (i.e. Drexel...but you get a certificate, not a masters). SMPs are meant to simulate med schools (some do this directly by placing you in the same classes and labs with med students...like Cincy and G-town do). Med school ain't easy to get into nor to do well in, and neither are SMPs.
