US News and World Report publishes its medical school rankings

The US News and World Report has publisehd its 2013 best medical school ranking broken down by research and primary care.

Here they are!

Best Medical Schools: Research

1. Harvard

2. Stanford

3. Johns Hopkins

4. UCSF

4. Penn

6. Washington U in St. Louis

7. Yale

8. Columbia

8. Duke

8. U of Chicago

8. U of Michigan

Best Medical Schools: Primary Care

1. UNC Chapel Hill

2. U of Washington

3. OHSU

4. UCSF

5. U of Colorado - Denver

6. U of Nebraska

7. U of Minnesota

8. U of Michigan

9. U of Massachusetts

10. U of Alabama - Birmingham

You can view full lists, which include tuition information, here

 

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Is it a good thing the MCAT 2015 no longer has a writing component?

The MCAT 2015 has dropped the writing component and added a section on social sciences. Is this a good thing? http://ow.ly/jlUnP

What's New? Dr. Miller announces MDadmit Admissions Bootcamps dates for 2013

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Dates: May 30 and 31, 2013
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The Medical School Admissions Guide is Amazon's #1 rated medical school guide

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Should pre-meds with hepatitis B be allowed into medical school?

A court says yes. A US medical school initially rejected medical students with known hepatitis B infections. Now being forced to make amends. Read more here.

Do athletes make better doctors?

Do athletes make better doctors? You won't have to guess how I feel about this! Reuters article proves my theory!

Is the medical school lecture dead?

Great Atlantic article on the decline of medical school lectures. Worth a read by all pre-meds.

Can you imagine getting into medical school without the MCAT?

Thanks to Mt. Sinai, the time is now. With "FlexMed" up to 50% of Mt. Sinai students will be admitted without MCAT scores. Read about it here.

Looks like residency work-hour restrictions might be a good thing

New article from AAMC on effect of residency work-hour restrictions on internal medicine exposure

Why Failing Med Students Don’t Get Failing Grades

Great New York Times article on how difficult it is to accurately assess "soft" skills in medicine: Why Failing Med Students Don’t Get Failing Grades. This blog, called Doctor and Patient, has some great articles pre-meds and medical students can read to prepare for medical school and resident interviews, respectively.