What's the catch? Going to a small liberal arts school with high acceptance rate.

[SaginawPremed]

I'm transferring to Albion College this winter semester, halfway through my freshmen year (though I suppose since I have sophomore standing from AP's-- my sophomore year?). I'm pretty geeked to go, as I love that school, and know it'll be a great assist for med school admissions-- apparently 94% of all med school applicants who have at least a 3.5 get into at least one allopathic school in the country.

Okay.

What is the catch? This sounds a little too good to be true.

Either way, I just plan to continue my trend of working hard, having fun, being involved, and getting my education on.. heh.

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[aparecida]

I think maybe you're looking for congratulations, in which case, congratulations.

If you're actually somehow concerned, consult this recent thread about "small liberal arts colleges" and med school acceptances.

 

[ddmo]

I'm transferring to Albion College this winter semester, halfway through my freshmen year (though I suppose since I have sophomore standing from AP's-- my sophomore year?). I'm pretty geeked to go, as I love that school, and know it'll be a great assist for med school admissions-- apparently 94% of all med school applicants who have at least a 3.5 get into at least one allopathic school in the country.

Okay.

What is the catch? This sounds a little too good to be true.

Either way, I just plan to continue my trend of working hard, having fun, being involved, and getting my education on.. heh.

No catch, I went to K College and it was the same thing. Think of how many people apply to med school in a given year at Albion, and I know at least 5 are here at Wayne this year.

Good luck and have a fun time.

 

[exmike]

if you get a 3.5 with a decent mcat, you shoudl be able to get into an allopathic school no matter where you went to college

 

[Pinkertinkle]

Yeah, the catch is that you still have to do reasonably well on the MCAT.

 

[Soleil9]

I think it does help to go to a small school, if only for the personal letters of req. I went to K College too and I think my advisor really wants to see me succeed so I'm pretty sure my letter from him was fantastic! K prides itself on its number of students accepted to grad school statistic, so the professors really want to see you get in.

At Michigan State (where I'm doing my post bacc).... it's another story. They could care less about me or the canned letter they're writing for me.

 

[mishjtnyu]

It is still all about the MCAT, irregardless of where you go to school. Going to a smaller school is good in the sense of small class sizes but downfalls are that the teaching is nothing like medical school. Try to participate in a summer program at a medical school. Thats what I did. It helps ... I think MCAT and knowing people at medical schools are the two most important things to getting into medical school... thats just my two cents about it....

 

[mishjtnyu]

And, I wouldn't depend on the statistics so much.....

The statistics of undergrads getting kids into medical school are normally inflated...

like, they include kids who graduate from undergrad and apply to med schools 3 years in a row before getting in.... they count that as an acceptance.... (so dont just assume youll get in the first try --- relying on the statistics)...

another is who is getting in.... depending on your race, where you are from (location)...etc -- which could be factors...

if some of the applicants from that school have parents who went to a certain medical school they could have an "in" at that school....

and if your school has a premed committee...they may not "nominate/support" some peoples applications and thus they dont get in...

there are a lot of factors but dont rely on the statistics. just go for it. you can just as everyone can. and, dont get discouraged if your school has bad statistics....

its not all about just the statistics...

 

[musiclink213]

also, just something to think about, a bunch of these small schools simply have fewer people, so the stats sound a lot beter. think about it this way. my major boasts 90% acceptance rate to medical/vet school. But out of any given year, there are only about 5 people applying. last year, there were 3 students doing med/vet, and 2 got in. its hard to get reliable stats from small numbers.