关于申请美国医学院PhD的问题

xiaolinzhuUID: 2276688

本人是临床医学出身，想去美国读生物方向PhD
感觉medical school的program比较强大
想问medical school下面的program和一般研院的 biology program相比，有多难申？（比如GSAS 的MCB跟hms的PhD program相比？）

lingli_xiaoaiUID: 172506

I guess is much harder... take my school for example...all Chinese students in bio listed under college of life science or arts and sciences is over than 10, should be easily counted to 20.

But only 1 are in program listed under medical school.

I guess it is the same thing in terms of any other schools. But it is hard to qualify exactly how much harder, but it is harder for sure. But also depends how many PhD they enroll each year and what the program you actually interested in.  biochem or MCB in general is the least competitive program in comparison with comparative medicine, neuroscience, immuno and oncology.

lingli_xiaoaiUID: 172506

but there is an easy way for you to tell.. just look at the list of their current students, find out how many are from china, if none or 1-2 are listed there.which means your chance of getting accepted is also extremely low. Same thing holds true for faculty, if none of the faculty are from china. it is also a sign that it is not a program, you can easily get in.

xiaolinzhuUID: 2276688

2# lingli_xiaoai
But it seems likely that programs in school of science and arts are getting smaller and enrolling fewer students, and some large and comprehensive programs, like BBS, are enlarging and encompassing an increasing list of interesting research areas, though they are under the name of medical school.

Do you think the background of medical students is somewhat an advantage of being considered as more suitable for programs in medical school?

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3# lingli_xiaoai
Or conversely, is there likely to be some disadvantages for medical students to apply to those programs under the name of school of arts and sciences, though they are much easier to apply for students majoring in biology without clinical background?