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Stuart Browning highlights the plight of an Ontario man with a cancerous brain tumor who crossed the border to the US to get the medical care that is rationed in his home country.
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Is it a good idea to do undergrad courses and medical school courses at the same university?I am a resident of UCLA and I was wondering if it is a good idea to go there for undergrad courses and then try and get into their medical school. Or does it not even matter? Does their medical school prefer students from different colleges? Is it a better idea to go to a school like CSUN for undergrad and then try to transfer to UCLA?
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dont know if you know this.. but under step one “pre-reading” in the 5th bullet where it states “How can this affect you[r]life individually?” your missing an r on the end of you. but overall, very useful info
How can we pre-watch your video? LOL… just kidding thanks for posting.
The Association of American Medical Colleges tracks that, as well as other data: http://www.aamc.org/data/facts/
Be a bit careful in accepting any data at face value. The fact that the ABC school had 238 medical school applicants accepted doesn't infer that it is a better school than XYZ college that had 64 students accepted. XYZ may have only had 72 students in pre-med and ABC may have had 435.
Acceptance into a medical school is based on individual merit. The name of the school on your diploma has little impact on whether the school likes you versus somebody else.
Top 100:
1. Harvard University (MA)
2. Johns Hopkins University (MD)
3. University of Pennsylvania
4. University of California–San Francisco
4. Washington University in St. Louis
6. Duke University (NC)
7. Stanford University (CA)
7. University of Washington
9. Yale University (CT)
10. Baylor College of Medicine (TX)
11. Columbia U. College of Physicians and Surgeons (NY)
11. University of California–Los Angeles (Geffen)
11. University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
14. University of California–San Diego
15. Cornell University (Weill) (NY)
16. University of Pittsburgh
17. University of Chicago (Pritzker)
17. Vanderbilt University (TN)
19. U. of Texas Southwestern Medical Center–Dallas
20. Northwestern University (Feinberg) (IL)
20. University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill
22. Case Western Reserve University (OH)
22. Mayo Medical School (MN)
22. University of Alabama–Birmingham
25. University of Virginia
26. Emory University (GA)
26. University of Colorado–Denver and Health Sciences Center
28. Boston University
28. University of Wisconsin–Madison
30. Mount Sinai School of Medicine (NY)
30. University of Iowa (Carver)
32. Dartmouth Medical School (NH)
32. New York University
32. Ohio State University
32. Oregon Health and Science University
36. University of Rochester (NY)
36. University of Southern California (Keck)
38. Brown University (RI)
38. University of Minnesota Medical School
38. Yeshiva University (Einstein) (NY)
41. Wake Forest University (NC)
42. Tufts University (MA)
42. University of Cincinnati
42. University of Maryland
45. Indiana University–Indianapolis
46. Georgetown University (DC)
46. University of California–Irvine
48. University of California–Davis
48. University of Massachusetts–Worcester
50. Stony Brook University (NY)
50. Tulane University (LA)
50. University of Florida
50. University of Utah
Hope this helps! Good luck!!
The top medical schools will consider the top students from state schools, but you will be at something of a disadvantage. Try to get a solid research experience while still in college, and be listed among the authors of a published paper. That will help.
On the other hand, you are not "shot" if you don't get into Harvard or Hopkins. The medical curriculum is pretty standard, and you will get pretty much the same medical education everywhere in the US.
Your most serious medical education will come at the residency level. Close to 100% of all US medical schools are admitted to a residency on the first round. If you have been an outstanding medical student you will be highly competitive for the best residencies, no matter where you went to medical school.
Give yourself a break. Learn everything you can, get a serious research experience, get admitted to a US medical school, and be proud of your accomplishment.
For the pre-med portion I would try to get into a school who actually has a pre-med program and one that is known to be rigorous. Also the school itself should be competitive in admissions…I think this is all stuff that they look at. In the end you end up taking the same courses required of other applicants so there are only a few things that would make your application standout and they are (in no particular order):
You overall and science GPA
MCAT scores
Any research opportunities that you’ve taken part in over the summer
Shadowing/observation hours
References
And any elective courses that you take should be science/health related i.e genetics, immunology, virology ect.
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There are not 10 medical schools in michigan. There are 4.
U of M is the uncontested flagship school of Michigan. However, having considered them for undergrad an interviewed there for medical school, I have been consistently disappointed with how they treat applicants. I chose to go to ASU for undergrad and Columbia for medical school instead. U of M is great if you want to go into academic medicine, but they are in the middle of a small town. So if you like big cities or want to get your hands diverse medical experiences, it might not be best.
Wayne State is an excellent school that gives you huge opportunities in terms of clinical experience, due to the diverse population in terms of economic and race factors. She is right in the middle of a depressed urban area, so if you want to learn emergency medicine this is the place to go. Wayne has pretty expensive tuition.
Michigan State would be my last choice. They have struggled for a long time to keep their accreditation.
The fourth choice is Michigan State as well, but this is their Osteopathic school of medicine. This school ranks in the Top 10 schools for those wishing to go into primary care medicine, and is the only DO school to have accomplished this. It is a monster of a school, but some students fear the "DO" title instead of "MD". If you are interested in surgery, I would not recommend going here.
HI there-
I am a plastic surgeon in Houston and can say that the medical school is just the tip of the iceberg for becoming a plastic surgeon. That is almost like asking which elementary school one should attend so I can play college football. the four years you spend in med school teaches you just the basics of medicine. When you graduate, you are really qualified to only be what is considered a "general practitioner", seeing and treating common ailments. Medical school is just a base for the 7 years of residency after med school necessary to become a plastic surgeon.
That is a long way of saying that all of the Ca med schools are good, and you will get a great education. But it the general surgery and plastic surgery residency after med school that will help you become a great plastic surgeon.
I hope that answers your question
1. Harvard University
2. Johns Hopkins University
3. University of Pennsylvania
4. Washington University in St. Louis
5. University of California–San Francisco
6. University of Washington
7. Stanford University
8. Duke University (tie)
Yale University (tie)
10. Baylor College of Medicine (TX) (tie)
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons (NY) (tie)