As you guys take your study breaks, it's important to spend some time researching medical schools that interest you. "Brand name" schools (i.e. Harvard, Johns Hopkins, Columbia) are certainly not your only choices. Getting into medical school is tough on its own, so being accepted ANYWHERE is quite the accomplishment itself! Knowing this, look for the medical schools that fit the values that you'd have as a doctor. Are you really into research? Or are you mostly concerned with patient care? Each medical school is very specialized in how it trains its future doctors, so the application process will be geared towards the type of doctor it's working to raise, essentially. Apply to the school you'd fit in the most, and your chances are that much higher.
Now, I hope to do this particular type of post daily, considering I myself am in the middle of that research process. I will being finding for you guys medical schools that may have been swept under the rug, or have some unique attribute that could be attractive for some of you. I'll post the information here, including their website and general statistics regarding acceptance, as well as what they emphasize in their education. International medical schools WILL be included!
With that, I'd like to begin this segment with one of the most unique medical schools I have ever heard of thus far: Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS).
That's right folks, it's a military medical school!
Upon acceptance, you choose what branch of the military that you'll be enlisting in, and then bam! You're in officer in the United States military, attending medical school at the same time with other officers.
Basically, this school is for those who would be interested in a career in the military. When you graduate with this school, you have an M.D. and a 7 year commitment to the military as one of their best doctors. The likelihood of being deployed is high, but the compensation is pretty high too.
While you're attending this school, you get paid an officer's salary. How much is that, you ask? Well, that would be about 60k a year, plus a $2,000 monthly stipend to help pay living expenses. Oh, and tuition is free of cost.
Seriously. They literally PAY you a full time salary to get your M.D.
So let's talk about how this school trains its future doctors.
Because USUHS is a certified, verified M.D. granting school, you take the same classes, and go through the same clinical rotations that you would take at any other medical school. The unique thing about this school though, is it specializes in training doctors for war zones. Just like any other military academy (Air Force Academy, Naval Academy, West point, etc), you go through PT, structured meal times, weapons training, and more. You also take other classes such as military history and international relations. The motto that this school has, is "caring for others in harm's way".
Yeah, it's intense.
Logistics of this school:
*Average GPA: 3.6
*Average MCAT score: 31.3
*Acceptance: 306 out of 2,778 applicants, on average
*35% of the accepted applicants were female, 65% male
Want to know more about these guys?
Here's the official website: http://www.usuhs.mil
There's also a REALLY thorough rundown of anything you might wanna know about this school here
On a side note, I did a little digging, and it turns out that post-military, the graduates from this school are extremely successful. So getting a job as a civilian doctor once you're done with the military is a sure thing.
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