Undergrad schools with highest acceptance rate to med schools

[sgopal2]

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Hello:

Can anyone guide me to where I can find a list of all undergraduate schools that are ranked in order of % of pre-meds that were accepted to at least one med school?

I know that some undergrad schools artificially inflate these numbers excluding post-bacc students. But any similar list like this will do.

I did a search for old threads but could not find this information.

 

[rugirlie]

Hello:

Can anyone guide me to where I can find a list of all undergraduate schools that are ranked in order of % of pre-meds that were accepted to at least one med school?

I know that some undergrad schools artificially inflate these numbers excluding post-bacc students. But any similar list like this will do.

I did a search for old threads but could not find this information.

I don't think this information really exists in some collection somewhere. It is kind of an odd question. First of all, I hope you're not planning on choosing a college with this as a factor. At many ugrad schools, the health advising committees know jack and really their med admissions rate depends on the type of students they attract. Whether you get into med school or not is solely dependent on what type of applicant you are, not on what ugrad school you're at. (Of course there are tons of peole here that will argue that if you go to an ivy or a high ranked college, your chances of getting in or better but I like to argue that.)

 

[caffeine37]

I don't think this information really exists in some collection somewhere. It is kind of an odd question. First of all, I hope you're not planning on choosing a college with this as a factor. At many ugrad schools, the health advising committees know jack and really their med admissions rate depends on the type of students they attract. Whether you get into med school or not is solely dependent on what type of applicant you are, not on what ugrad school you're at. (Of course there are tons of peole here that will argue that if you go to an ivy or a high ranked college, your chances of getting in or better but I like to argue that.)

if you are choosing an undergrad school for pre-med, try to go to a school with an affiliated med school and hospital. i feel like this provides better oportunities for volunteer work and research.

but overall, i don't think it matters that much. you have to seek these things out for yourself. my school's med acceptance rate for the past 5 years has ranged from 60-70 percent, compared with the nat'l average of 50-55 percent, but we don't have an affiliated med school, all of our pre-med advising is through the school website, the pre-med advisor doesn't accept personal emails, and we don't have a pre-med committee. although these rates are high, i don't think any characteristic of the school helped people prepare, they were probably just good applicants.

if you really need to know rates, you can look on the career websites of schools you are interested in, and they likely list this information somewhere.

 

[PostalWookie]

It's a useless statistic. For example, Columbia and JHU both have something like 90 or more percent accepted. These schools are also known to weed out quite a few premeds before they get a chance to apply, artificially inflating the acceptance rate. I know that at Columbia, they also keep the rates up by discouraging students from applying if their stats suck. Finally, it doesn't tell you where people got in - so for all you know, most of that 90% went to their last choice school.

 

[stifler]

my college has 100%, because one its small.
premed advisor advises you not to apply if you have any chance of being rejected
grade deflation screws over many potential premeds
5 go from my school each year of out of 400 graduating. im sure a good 25% were premed when we started. but that doesnt mean they dont get into med school after a few years off.

premed at my school sucks even though they rave about the 100% acceptance rate. that stuff is deceiving. i heard havorford also has 100% and im pretty sure they are similar to my school in the reasons why it is 100%

dont worry about the stat because it seems like every school has some stat higher than the national average. heh. have you head of a school with sub 50% med school acceptance rate? i havent =-o

 

[LJDHC05]

Here's the story of most pre-med programs. They start freshman year with about 250 people under the category of "Pre-med". All that means is that you take the classes that you need to pass the MCAT and meet the reqs of most schools. By the time orgo and the other pre-med classes have weeded out those who dont want to go/cant cut it, there are about 50-100 or so kids left. At alot of schools, only some of those kids take the MCAT and apply the first year they can and get in. So while you'll see that most schools boast a 95% med school acceptance rate for their pre-meds, only like 20% of the kids who started out as pre-med go to med school. In reality, it is you and your personal performance in undergrad that determine if you go to med school, not who stamped your diploma and took your $160k in tuition.

 

[Camillekc]

The only school I can think of where the above advice isn't true is for Brown, and that is only because they strongly preferentially accept students to their med school from their undergraduate pool. Until last year, they ONLY took schools from their own and a select few other undergraduate schools.

If you really wanted to choose an undergraduate based your chance of getting into med school (which I also wouldn't advise), look for undergraduate schools with related medical schools that prefer their own students.

 

[DrHopeless]

I totally agree with this. A school with affiliated med school is a helpful thing and some of them even have guarantee med program that you could potentially get into, which is a big plus.

if you are choosing an undergrad school for pre-med, try to go to a school with an affiliated med school and hospital. i feel like this provides better oportunities for volunteer work and research.......

 

[45408]

most undergrad schools that have a selective admissions process will have a higher acceptance rate

 

[xanadont]

http://web.princeton.edu/sites/hpa/data98-03.htm

 

[JDWflash44]

http://web.princeton.edu/sites/hpa/data98-03.htm

funny how they have UC-Berkeley, which doesnt have a medical school 😕

I suppose they mean the UCSF-UCB joint program??

 

[riceman04]

Hello:

Can anyone guide me to where I can find a list of all undergraduate schools that are ranked in order of % of pre-meds that were accepted to at least one med school?

I know that some undergrad schools artificially inflate these numbers excluding post-bacc students. But any similar list like this will do.

I did a search for old threads but could not find this information.

Rice U. : 98%
- small school (very very very competitive)
- great premed advisor
-strong ties with Baylor College of Medicine
- no one weeded out of being pre-med by advisor

 

[nockamura]

UCSD is 51%.

 

[MadameLULU]

Rice U. : 98%
- small school (very very very competitive)
- great premed advisor
-strong ties with Baylor College of Medicine
- no one weeded out of being pre-med by advisor

actually it's lower than that- it's about 85% for seniors and 70% for graduates

 

[opinionkitten]

ive definitely seen this chart somewhere, i think princeton has the highest % of accepts. i have no idea where it was on this board, however. i think it was a link to an aamc website, perhaps combing through their stats page might be advisable

 

[SanDiegoSOD]

UCSD is 51%.

UCSD's numbers are low for a school of its caliber, but that's because the pre-med office is very hands-off and don't discourage anyone from applying. A friend of mine with a 3.0 and 26 was encouraged to apply just to "give it a shot"; you won't see that kind of advice at schools like Hopkins or MIT.

 

[nockamura]

I agree. I never even talked to a premed counselor at UCSD. The very volume of applicants ensures that UCSD will be around national average for acceptance rates, but it is still slightly better than national average.

 

[sgopal2]

Thanks for all the responses. I found something similar to what I was looking for on the AAMC website:

Undergraduate Institutions Producing the Most Medical School Applicants (by race) for year 2004:
http://www.aamc.org/data/facts/2004/race.htm

Same as above, but year 2002:
http://www.aamc.org/data/facts/archive/race.htm

Note that these tables do not provide the % accepted, but simply the total number of applications.

 

[DrBowtie]

Anyone think it is funny under White applicants they are listed as "White Count" I immediately thought of WBC.

 

[boyz of 4d]

When I was a freshman at University of Rochester, we were told approximately 85% get into medical school (both DO and MD), and for this year ive heard we had above a 90% accep (not sure how accurate that is)

 

[sunnyjohn]

University of ALaska

WV State University

North Dakota State University


These all have a fine pre-med program.
😀

 

[mr_bertman]

my college (rhymes with barvard) regularly posted a 95% acceptance, with no weeding-out of premeds either 🙂

 

[Pain Newbie]

In my opinion the difference between a competitive undergrad program and a non-competitive one could range from $40-100K, give or take. This may seem like a lot, but in the big picture it's nominal compared to the overall costs of medical school. That difference will be even more nominal when you consider how quickly you can pay it off after finishing medical school.

The reputation of your undergraduate program however, will even carry some weight at less competitive medical schools (it may be published). That goes without saying, that competitive medical programs cant help but be enticed by applicants from better undergrads.

Not to mention, your undergrad diploma will help you all the way through your career. My Anesthesia residency director and chairman absolutely were aware and classified applicants, by where they went to undergrad. And Hospitals as well as physicians publish where the did their Undergrad, especially those doctors who went to impressive programs.

Regarding the weeding out, I am suspicious that very competitive and Ivy league undergrad programs may do less stratifying/weeding out of their premedical students. This is because the accepted students have already been weeded out. Very competitive colleges may have higher test averages etc., since they don't have to establish a 70% bell curve and fail some percentage of students, in order to weed out poor candidates.
Best Luck To All!

 

[jaxasp]

lol why did you post on this thread after it had rested for 4 years?!? The only explanation is that you did a search, and wanted to congratulate yourself for attending a prestigious undergraduate institution. Well done troll.

 

[bruins2012]

Do med schools look down on small liberal arts schools? I've heard this and I really hope its not true.

 

[sj1337]

In my opinion Rice University is the best place to go as a premed. 92+ % acceptance rate for medical school, located in the biggest medical complex in the world. who can compete with that?

 

[witness23]

numbers are ridiculously skewed.

 

[Dissected]

Wow, this is a really old thread

 

[CoolWhipp]

I just graduated high school when this thread came out. Man, I felt like I was on top of the world back then. Little did I know...

 

[apumic]

Higher acceptance rates for your pre-meds is all about a selection bias to the pre-med program and/or UG institution, so why not spend the $70 to apply to an Ivy and if you get in, you'll know you have a "90%" chance...then pay the in-state rate at your local state school and get a more-or-less-equal (at 20% the cost) education. In reality, the cream will rise to the top regardless of where you go, so it really makes more sense to save money and go the cheap in-state route.

 

[PreMedHopeful]

okay premeds stop being paranoid and neurotic thinking if you go to a good undergrad school with a good rate of acceptance to med school, you are in...ultimately it is based on you and how hard you work at any school...so just try your best...have faith in yourself...and work towards your dreams....you might surprise yourself with how far you get😉

 

[caseofthemndays]

Washington U in St. Louis has some sort of linkage program to their own med school if u keep a certain GPA. It's hearsay, but I wouldn't doubt it

 

[jtimmer1]

Honestly, I would say that your undergraduate college is what you make it. Even if it has a 10% acceptance rate to medical school, if you do the things that you need(want) to do to get in, then you will. The school you attend is more of a technicality of sorts.

Also, my school tracks "pre-meds" from when they enter as a freshman and calculate (roughly) a 3% acceptance rate. However, when you actually use the number that seriously apply, it increases it to ~70%. Big difference there. These high acceptance rates schools post are about as useful as a chocolate teapot.

 

[nothisispatrick]

Top schools like to weed out kids too. To calculate "true" acceptance rate divide muber of pre-med accepted graduates by number current freshmen pre-med majors. Obviously this doesn't account for the quality of students admitted but it gives a more accurate estimate. I can't seem to find numbers on U Miami, or UT Austin though. If someone could do that for me that would be amazing!

 

[Medstart108]

Washington U in St. Louis has some sort of linkage program to their own med school if u keep a certain GPA. It's hearsay, but I wouldn't doubt it

It does but i believe you need like a 3.8 GPA and a 36 MCAT just to get guaranteed acceptance, and if you had that you would probably be very eager to apply to other schools.

 

[Oso]

Top schools like to weed out kids too. To calculate "true" acceptance rate divide muber of pre-med accepted graduates by number current freshmen pre-med majors. Obviously this doesn't account for the quality of students admitted but it gives a more accurate estimate. I can't seem to find numbers on U Miami, or UT Austin though. If someone could do that for me that would be amazing!

dude that last post was in 2009.

Also, here's an avatar for you:

 

[Ace-Co-A]

Top schools like to weed out kids too. To calculate "true" acceptance rate divide muber of pre-med accepted graduates by number current freshmen pre-med majors. Obviously this doesn't account for the quality of students admitted but it gives a more accurate estimate. I can't seem to find numbers on U Miami, or UT Austin though. If someone could do that for me that would be amazing!

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