Good D3 schools for pre med?

What part of the country are you in?

GPA/ACT?

PR's?

All important things to know.

Emory

Hopkins

NYU

MIT

....

google top academic d3 schools

I live in New England but dont mind going other places for college. GPA is approx 3.9/4. ACT is 35(no essay) and SAT is 1540. Im planning to SAT again in September so could see an increase there. PR is 18:36 from last year but that was my first year of xc and this year I'm really taking training seriously so hoping to get much much better.

Whichever school you will be happy at that makes financial sense. Academically elite schools do not confer a magical bump in admissions rates; any perceived advantage is due to smart, motivated students being more likely to go to academically elite schools.

former dee three wrote:

Whichever school you will be happy at that makes financial sense. Academically elite schools do not confer a magical bump in admissions rates; any perceived advantage is due to smart, motivated students being more likely to go to academically elite schools.

They do inflate grades though. Isn't gpa a big part of the admissions considerations?

Look at the NESCAC schools, all good academically. Tufts has a medical school; I imagine they have some sort of a pre-med program. Also, MIT and Brandeis might be a consideration.

Outside of New England, you could look at RPI, Vassar, Geneseo State in NY.

The UAA schools: Emory, Washington (St. Louis), U of Chicago, NYU, U of Rochester, Carnegie Mellon. If you want to go to California, there are some very good academic D3 schools there (Pomona, Claremont ?).

I have no idea how your times would fit with any of these programs.

Is cost a factor? Some of the top schools cost $300k for undergrad.

Depends on what part of the country you want to be in. Wisconsin Lutheran College in Milwaukee has a great med-program if you're looking for a small, private school with a christian atmosphere in a decent sized midwest city

not my real handle wrote:

former dee three wrote:

Whichever school you will be happy at that makes financial sense. Academically elite schools do not confer a magical bump in admissions rates; any perceived advantage is due to smart, motivated students being more likely to go to academically elite schools.

They do inflate grades though. Isn't gpa a big part of the admissions considerations?

No academically elite school will be easier than a state school.

Consider the following:

Combined BA/BS/MD Programs for High School Applicants

With these combined programs, you apply as a high school student and get guaranteed admission to medical school. To keep the offer valid, you'll have to take required courses and maintain a certain GPA.

Despite your guaranteed admission to medical school, you might still have to take the MCAT for some of these BA/MD or BS/MD programs.

In the table below, we list how long each program is and the estimated annual tuition for first-year students. We've also bolded the programs that for sure accept international students.

Most of these programs are available only to US citizens or permanent residents, so international students interested in a BA/MD program should double-check that their college of choice extends the opportunity to international students as well.

School Program Length (Yrs) Est. Freshman Tuition

Albany Medical College/RPI, Union College, Siena College 7 or 8 $54,000 (RPI), $56,853 (Union), $39,200 (Siena)

Baylor College of Medicine 8 $44,544

Boston University School of Medicine 7 or 8 $56,854

Brown University Warren Alpert School of Medicine 8 $57,112

California Northstate University College of Medicine 6, 7, or 8 $45,000

Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine 8 $52,448

Cooper Medical School of Rowan University 7 $10,076**

CUNY Medical School (Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Education)/City College of New York 7 $6,930**

Drexel University College of Medicine 8 $34,764

Florida Atlantic University Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine/Florida A&M University* 7 or 8 $5,785**

Florida State University College of Medicine 7 or 8 $5,656**

George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences‡ 7 or 8 $58,550

Hofstra/Northwell School of Medicine 8 $46,450

Howard University College of Medicine 6 $26,464

Indiana University School of Medicine-Evansville/University of Evansville 8 $37,500

Medical College of Georgia/Augusta University* 7 $8,864**

Mercer University School of Medicine 8 $37,508

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine 7 or 8 $56,232

Rutgers School of Arts and Sciences-Newark/New Jersey Medical School 7 $12,230**

Saint Louis University School of Medicine 8 $46,400

Stony Brook University School of Medicine 8 $7,070**

SUNY Downstate Medical Center/Brooklyn College 8 $6,930**

Temple University School of Medicine 8 $16,080**

Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine* 8 $11,772**

Texas Tech Health Sciences Center School of Medicine* 8 $6,432**

Thomas Jefferson University Sidney Kimmel Medical College/Pennsylvania State University 7 $18,454**

University of Alabama School of Medicine 8 $10,780**

University of Cincinnati College of Medicine 8 $9,982**

University of Colorado School of Medicine/University of Colorado Denver* 8 $10,176**

University of Connecticut School of Medicine* 8 $14,406**

University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine* 8 $10,776**

University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine 6 $7,075**

University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine* 8 $7,268**

University of New Mexico School of Medicine* 8 $5,586**

University of Oklahoma College of Medicine 7 or 8 $4,788**

University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine 8 $18,628**

University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry 8 $57,188

University of South Alabama College of Medicine* 8 $7,896**

University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine 7 $5,069**

University of Toledo College of Medicine 7, 8, or 9 $8,834**

Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine‡ 8 $14,596**

Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis 8 $54,250

Wayne State University School of Medicine 8 Covered by college

*In-state residents only, or in-state residents given preference

**Tuition for in-state residents

‡US and Canada students only

Or this:

Combined BA/BS/MD Programs for Undergraduate Applicants

The following schools offer programs you apply to once you've already been accepted there as an undergrad. They might ask you to apply as a freshman or sophomore.

Like the list above, you can click on the name of each school to read more about its BA/MD and BS/MD programs in addition to its admissions process.

Once again, we've bolded the programs that also accept students who are not US citizens or permanent residents, but it's definitely worth double-checking that program's website before applying, as this sort of thing can change without notice.

School Program Length (Yrs) Est. Freshman Tuition

Boston University School of Medicine 8 $56,854

Cooper Medical School of Rowan University/University of the Sciences 8 $27,500

Drexel University College of Medicine 8 $34,764

East Carolina University Brody School of Medicine* 8 $4,452**

George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences*‡ 7 or 8 $58,550

Hampden-Sydney College 7 or 8 $45,690

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai 8 Varies

Indiana State University*† 8 $9,036**

Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine 8 $45,500

Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine* 8 $8,412**

Meharry Medical College 8 Varies

Northeast Ohio Medical University* 8 Varies

Rutgers Biomedical & Health Sciences/New Jersey Medical School 7 $12,230**

Rutgers Biomedical & Health Sciences/Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

7

$12,230**

SUNY Upstate Medical University† 8 Varies

Temple University School of Medicine 7 $16,080**

Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine* 8 $11,772**

Thomas Jefferson University Sidney Kimmel Medical College/Pennsylvania State University 7 $18,454**

Tufts University School of Medicine 8 $59,560

Tulane University School of Medicine 8 $52,760

UC Riverside School of Medicine* 8 $11,442**

University of Central Florida College of Medicine 8 $6,379**

University of Florida College of Medicine 7 $6,380**

University of Miami Miller School of Medicine 7 or 8 $52,080

University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine 7 $5,069**

Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine‡ 8 $14,596**

*In-state residents only or given preference or accepts students from certain partner colleges only

**Tuition for in-state residents

†Accepts students from US/Canada undergraduate institutions only

‡US and Canada students only

Source:

https://blog.prepscholar.com/ba-md-bs-md-programs-list

The College of NJ has a seven year combined program with NJ Medical School in Newark.

I have had several residents that attended Albany Medical School's seven year program w/affiliated D3 schools.

D3 Rowan has [had?] an agreement with Cooper Medical.

I have been looking at these programs as well, but started this thread just to get some information about schools I havent hear of before;)

St George's in the Caribbean has agreements with a number of US schools, though far from my first recommendation.

https://www.sgu.edu/academic-programs/school-of-medicine/international-partnerships/#toggle-id-12

Plus a) the Sophie Davis program does not require MCAT (saving some months and some thousands of dollars for prep), b) CCNY has on-campus housing, and c) it's in Manhattan, NYC!

You have to remember. Power 5 scholarship or Ivy League only. Otherwise go home, maybe go to community college and be a nurses assistant. D3 is baby college.

not my real handle wrote:

former dee three wrote:

Whichever school you will be happy at that makes financial sense. Academically elite schools do not confer a magical bump in admissions rates; any perceived advantage is due to smart, motivated students being more likely to go to academically elite schools.

They do inflate grades though. Isn't gpa a big part of the admissions considerations?

It depends on the school.

If OPs only goal is to get into med school, pick a school where it will be really easy to be top of his class and offers some extra opportunities to show leadership qualities. Going to a "good school" is meaningless for med school admissions.