How important is the "graduate paths" of a college/ university.?
Asked by rocker.As of now, I am making a possible list of colleges for application in the fall. I was surprised that more well known schools, such as Swarthmore and Haverford, had a 3-4% of it's graduates go to medical school. Lesser known schools, such as Ursinus and Franklin and Marshall, had 8-10% of their graduates go to med school. If one is planning to go into college on the pre-med track, should the graduate paths statistics matter? What could this possibly tell us about the different colleges? It is surprising because we're often taught/reminded to respect reputation of the schools over everything else. But is that right?
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Answered by Thomas M
The fraction of their students that go to medical school doesn't tell you much. The fraction of their students who applied to medical school who were accepted would be much more meaningful. It is most likely the case that more of the students from Swarthmore and Haverford simply wanted to do something besides go to med school. On the other hand, Ursinus and F&M are really well-respected, even if they are perceived as being a notch below Swarthmore and Haverford.
The fraction of their students that go to medical school doesn't tell you much. The fraction of their students who applied to medical school who were accepted would be much more meaningful. It is most likely the case that more of the students from Swarthmore and Haverford simply wanted to do something besides go to med school. On the other hand, Ursinus and F&M are really well-respected, even if they are perceived as being a notch below Swarthmore and Haverford.
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