Study: College Transfer Students May Have Trouble Getting Into Med School by Menachem Wecker. U.S. News and World Report. November 1, 2012.
Based upon a report from the Association of American Medical Colleges, researchers found that "multi-institutional attendance is associated with both lower mean MCAT exam scores and acceptance rate to medical school." Potential red flags mentioned in the article are transfers from a high ranked program to a lower ranked one and splitting courses in sequence, such as organic chemistry, between institutions.
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