U. S. News and World Report Ultimate Guide to Medical Schools

by Staff of U S News & World Report

• ISBN13: 9781402207051
• ISBN10: 1402207050
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-08-01
• Publisher: Sourcebooks Inc

Summary

This book combines advice on how to get into medical school, U.S. News' famous indices and data on all the med school programs in the U.S.

Table of Contents

Foreword	v
Introduction	ix
A Med Student's First Year	1	(6)
Which Is the Right School for You?	7	(14)
Inside Five Top Schools	21	(14)
Getting In	35	(12)
Finding the Money	47	(8)
What If You Don't Get In?	55	(6)
Other Choices, Other Paths	61	(303)
The U.S. News Insider's Index: How Do the Schools Stack Up?	77	(26)
Which are the hardest and easiest medical schools to get into?	78	(3)
Who's the priciest? Who's the cheapest?	81	(3)
Which schools award the most and the least financial aid?	84	(3)
Which are the largest and smallest medical schools?	87	(3)
Which get the most research money? Which get the least?	90	(3)
Whose graduates have the most debt? The least?	93	(2)
Which schools have the most minority students? The fewest?	95	(3)
Which schools turn out the most primary care residents? The fewest?	98	(2)
Which schools' grads are most likely to stay in state? The least likely?	100	(3)
The U.S. News & World Report Ultimate Medical School Directory	103	(261)
How to Use the Directory	104	(3)
Directory	107	(257)
Alphabetical Index of Schools	364	(1)
Index of Schools by State	365	(3)
About the Authors and Editors	368