Top Midwestern Undergrad Schools Underrepresented at Top med schools

[yg1786]

I've been noticing that at the top midwestern undergrad schools (u of chicago, wustl, and northwestern), very few of their undergrad students seem to get into the top med schools outside of the midwest. mdapplicants.com and through various other sources ive found that students attending ivies (including Cornell, Brown, and Dartmouth) and other non-ivies such as Stanford and Duke send loads of students to the top med schools nationwide, while the midwestern schools seem to send a maximum of one or two students to each top med school. can any students of these schools or top med schools confirm this? is their a midwestern bias or are these schools not seen as prestigious as their counterparts in the med schools admissions process?


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[DrRads101]

It could be as simple as most people that go to those schools want to stay in the midwest. That's what I did. The "top" medical school for me was one that was in Illinois or Wisconsin.

But I think what you notice is just plain and simply not true in the first place. Where'd you get your statistics?

 

[medstylee]

It could be as simple as most people that go to those schools want to stay in the midwest. That's what I did. The "top" medical school for me was one that was in Illinois or Wisconsin.

I agree with ctwickman. I went to Northwestern as an undergrad and, while I know of people who went to most of the top schools, a lot of the really qualified students opted to stay in the midwest. And, that's not to say that there aren't any prestigious schools in the midwest. I think, from the NU undergrad student body at least, there are lot of people who chose Feinberg, Michigan, Chicago, etc. In any case, I think that the sample of mdapplicant profiles isn't representative for either Northwestern or UChicago undergrads.

 

[yg1786]

http://www.yale.edu/bulletin/html2003/med/statistics.html

Only two Northwestern and 4 U of Chicago students went to Yale in the past 4 med school classes. I have found another list of Hopkins students and found that only 5 students have been from Northwestern and 0 from U of Chicago in the past 4 years, while 13 came from Dartmouth, Columbia and Brown; 11 from Cornell, and 18 from Duke. ive seen other lists but cant get to them right now. It would be reassuring if it was the fact that most students chose to stay in the mid-west, but i have to wonder if it is more difficult to break into the top schools on the coasts from the mid-west.

 

[automaton]

no one respects the midwest, it's pretty simple.

 

[DrRads101]

http://www.yale.edu/bulletin/html2003/med/statistics.html

Only two Northwestern and 4 U of Chicago students went to Yale in the past 4 med school classes. I have found another list of Hopkins students and found that only 5 students have been from Northwestern and 0 from U of Chicago in the past 4 years, while 13 came from Dartmouth, Columbia and Brown; 11 from Cornell, and 18 from Duke. ive seen other lists but cant get to them right now. It would be reassuring if it was the fact that most students chose to stay in the mid-west, but i have to wonder if it is more difficult to break into the top schools on the coasts from the mid-west.

Apples and oranges. Those are statistics of attending, not accepted.

Not to mention the fact you are using Yale as an example for the medical school, and east coast colleges as examples for the undergraduates. The conclusion to be reached with those statistics are that undergraduate institutions on the east coast tend to send more of their applicants to an east coast medical school, to which one would respond, "well, duh, that's closer to where they live."

I'm sure you'd find that Northwestern, Wisconsin, U Chicago and Michigan applicants choose to attend medical schools in the midwest more than any other region in the country, and California medical schools tend to have most of their student body from California colleges. That doesn't mean that either region is biased against east coast schools, however.

 

[mcjay]

What is the mid/west? I don't understand. Yes, under-rep.

 

[DrRads101]

no one respects the midwest, it's pretty simple.

Simple thoughts from a simple man. From the insular, provincial land that is California, no less.

 

[Doc Ivy]

Also, all the "ivies" are on the east coast, so there is an intrisic geographical bias there. As others have said people on the east coast tend to stay there, the same is true for the midwest, and the west coast.

 

[visualwealth]

Any of us would kill for a chance to go to Ann Arbor which is better than yale and columbia and cornell and stanford...

 

[hnbui]

does anyone know about the LAC's in the midwest?

 

[fullefect1]

Any of us would kill for a chance to go to Ann Arbor which is better than yale and columbia and cornell and stanford...

haha

 

[freaker]

I don't know why this would necessarily be a surprise. Medical school gives you the luxury of worrying less about rankings and applying to schools in areas where you'd like to live.

I grew up in the south and attended a top southern undergraduate school. The most northeast schools I applied to were the University of Virginia and Ohio State. Pretty much all the schools I applied to were in the south, midwest, or the far west.

I don't know if I'd worry about your school greatly affecting where you will attend med school. As you can see, Duke grads faired very well, and it seems the yanks have more disrespect for the south than they do for the midwest.

 

[Petey Piston]

I'm going to UM Ann Arbor for undergrad. Does that help my med chances?

 

[Pons Asinorum]

I'm going to UM Ann Arbor for undergrad. Does that help my med chances?

Holy ****ing bump, batman!

 

[Pons Asinorum]

 

[NewEngland21]

I'm going to UM Ann Arbor for undergrad. Does that help my med chances?

^^This was totally worth bumping a 7 year old thread....

 

[aSagacious]

Holy ****ing bump, batman!

You called?

 

[slatermd]

I'm going to UM Ann Arbor for undergrad. Does that help my med chances?

Hilarious bump, but I'm glad you searched before posting this question.

Short answer: No
Medium answer: Not if you eff up your GPA while you're there
Long answer: U of M has some great resources available, but if you are successful in applying to med school it won't be because of the name of your undergrad institution (see short answer)

 

[Torr]

You called?

moobs? I can't tell.

 

[aSagacious]

moobs? I can't tell.

You jelly?

 

[slatermd]

moobs? I can't tell.

very hard to say, but I think so. At least he's brushing his teeth.

 

[Ignatius M.D.]

very hard to say, but I think so. At least he's brushing his teeth.

I respectfully disagree. To me, it seems he's about to eat the toothpaste. Someone should warn him that it contains a significant amount of fluoride and should not be consumed.

 

[untouchable]

the reason for this disparity is most likely because the Admissions directors got turned down for their request to have an extramarital affair.