Comments on: Alternative Health Schools – Programs of Study http://www.mdhealthyschools.org/alternative-health-schools-programs-of-study Sat, 09 Oct 2010 16:02:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: WPMixer http://www.mdhealthyschools.org/alternative-health-schools-programs-of-study/comment-page-1#comment-2 WPMixer Wed, 31 Mar 2010 05:04:46 +0000 http://mdhealthyschools.org/alternative-health-schools-programs-of-study#comment-2 What a Movie Thanks For Uploading What a Movie Thanks For Uploading

]]> By: lancec621 http://www.mdhealthyschools.org/alternative-health-schools-programs-of-study/comment-page-1#comment-3 lancec621 Wed, 31 Mar 2010 03:58:54 +0000 http://mdhealthyschools.org/alternative-health-schools-programs-of-study#comment-3 All medical schools, research oriented and primary care oriented, initially assess the applicant pool on the same criteria: overall GPA, prereq GPA and MCAT score. If you make it through that process then the rest of your credentials are assessed. In research oriented schools, advanced science degrees are a benefit, yet in primary care oriented schools they can be considered a detriment, as it suggests the applicant isn't going to be the warm, touchy-feely kind of practitioner they're looking for. Advanced degrees in non-science Majors are more welcomed, though, but they really don't carry any weight in getting accepted. Now, alternative medicine studies are risky with the allopathic community. Some may embrace it and some might consider it voodoo medicine. I would think that if a school was receptive to it that there would be some indication of that on their web site. Conversely, if the web site touts the school's bent toward the tradition of science and research, I'd take that as a good indicator they wouldn't be too keen on it. All of that said, I think the whole picture would change if you had a 'normal' major and your minor was alternative medicine. I think that would demonstrate that you had one foot planted in the comfort zone of the allopathic world, yet you had a progressive inclination, which many adcoms appreciate. All medical schools, research oriented and primary care oriented, initially assess the applicant pool on the same criteria: overall GPA, prereq GPA and MCAT score. If you make it through that process then the rest of your credentials are assessed. In research oriented schools, advanced science degrees are a benefit, yet in primary care oriented schools they can be considered a detriment, as it suggests the applicant isn't going to be the warm, touchy-feely kind of practitioner they're looking for. Advanced degrees in non-science Majors are more welcomed, though, but they really don't carry any weight in getting accepted.

Now, alternative medicine studies are risky with the allopathic community. Some may embrace it and some might consider it voodoo medicine. I would think that if a school was receptive to it that there would be some indication of that on their web site. Conversely, if the web site touts the school's bent toward the tradition of science and research, I'd take that as a good indicator they wouldn't be too keen on it.

All of that said, I think the whole picture would change if you had a 'normal' major and your minor was alternative medicine. I think that would demonstrate that you had one foot planted in the comfort zone of the allopathic world, yet you had a progressive inclination, which many adcoms appreciate.

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