Why Consider a Gap Year Before Reapplying to BS/MD Programs?

May 15, 2026May 15, 2026 ~ drpaulloweadmissionsexpert

BS/MD admissions are highly competitive, even for students with strong GPAs, high SAT scores, and polished essays. At BS/MD Admissions Advisors, we often hear from families after disappointing rejections asking what to do next. For some students, taking a gap year and reapplying can be a strategic path forward in terms of a second chance in enrolling in a BS/MD program.

For more than 10 years, Dr. Lowe and the team at BS/MD Admissions Advisors have guided students and families through the Gap-Year BS/MD Admissions process after high school graduation. Our program has a 95% acceptance rate for our gap-year clients.

Dr. Lowe and his team help gap-year BS/MD applicants strengthen their candidacy through targeted strategies such as expanding research, shadowing, or clinical experience; demonstrating genuine interest; highlighting cultural and emotional intelligence; connecting gap-year experiences to long-term goals; and refining applications, essays, and overall personal branding.

As a gap-year BS/MD applicant, time outside the high school environment can help you gain experience and maturity. Whether you spend that time on research, volunteering in an underserved clinic, or service work, those experiences can strengthen both your story and your application beyond grades and test scores.

Reapplying to BS/MD programs after a rejection is possible, but it requires a thoughtful strategy, meaningful application improvements, and clear evidence of growth.

If you want to submit the strongest possible application and pursue the structured and certain path a BS/MD program offers toward becoming a physician, taking a gap year may be a smart decision.

Dr. Paul Lowe helps his clients get accepted to top BS/MD programs: Brown PLME, RPI/Albany Med, U Rochester (REMS), NJIT/NJMS, TCNJ/NJMS, Case Western PPSP, UConn SPM, Penn State/Jefferson, etc. Dr. Lowe also specializes in helping students who have been rejected by BS/MD programs reapply to BS/MD programs as a Gap Year applicant: GAP Year BS/MD Admissions.

8 Myths About BS/MD Admissions Debunked – Dr Paul Lowe

May 13, 2026May 18, 2026 ~ drpaulloweadmissionsexpert

We hear all the time about students who have perfect standardize test scores, perfect resumes, perfect extracurricular activities and perfect essays being rejected from BS/MD programs. Dr. Paul Lowe advises his clients through WINNING ADMISSIONS STRATEGIES on what truly matters in order to be accepted to BS/MD Programs!

Myth #1: Perfect grades guarantee admission. Truth: BS/MD programs reject thousands of 4.0-plus students yearly. Your story matters more than your GPA. We advise our clients on how to successfully communicate their personal stories and achievements to admissions committees.

Myth #2: You need to be just a research-oriented applicant. Truth: BS/MD programs want well-rounded students who will become future medical doctors. We advise clients, based on proprietary knowledge, insights and professional contacts on how to be a part of a well-rounded class specific to each BSMD program and its corresponding undergraduate college/university.

MYTH #3: Admittance is all based on the essay, so it needs to be perfect. Truth: Make sure your essay truly reflects you and your values. Be genuine. Admissions officers read hundreds of essays, and they can tell which feel real. Show your personality, and don’t try to appear as someone you’re not. A “too perfect” essay may raise red flags!

Myth #4: A longer resume automatically makes your application stronger. Truth: While some breadth of activities can be helpful, it’s more about quality than quantity. What matters most is the depth of your involvement in meaningful endeavors. Four to five resumes may seem impressive, but admissions officers may get bored after the third page!

Myth #5: You Must Have Hundreds of Shadowing Hours. Truth: Quality of experience matters more than quantity. In addition, shadowing with the wrong physicians and institution may adversely affect your application. We advise our clients who to shadow and where to shadow.

Myth #6: The best extracurricular activities are the most impressive ones and more activities equals better chances of admissions. Truth: BS/MD programs evaluate applicants through a holistic lens. In other words, there is not one specific application component that will help students gain admission to a program. We advise our clients how to develop holistic applications that successfully convey their admissions profiles.

Myth #7: Doing BS/MD Admissions as a DIY project will save you money. Truth: While watching YouTube videos, reading books, and taking free consultations may save money upfront, the long-term cost of a rejection from BS/MD programs can be far greater. Working with an experienced BS/MD admissions expert with an unmatched acceptance track record can be a worthwhile investment.

Myth #8: You cannot apply to BS/MD programs after you graduate from high school. Truth: You can still apply to BS/MD programs after graduating from high school, but typically only after taking a gap year. To remain competitive, you should show meaningful improvement in your application, such as a higher GPA, more clinical experience, stronger letters of recommendation or personal growth and maturity. Additionally, if there were mistakes in your application that resulted in rejections, a gap year allows you a second chance to reapply.

By effectively avoiding these myths, Dr. Lowe helps his clients get accepted to top BS/MD programs: Brown PLME, RPI/Albany Med, U Rochester (REMS), NJIT/NJMS, TCNJ/NJMS, Case Western PPSP, UConn SPM, Penn State/Jefferson, etc. Dr. Lowe also specializes in helping students who have been rejected by BS/MD programs reapply to BS/MD programs as a Gap Year applicant: GAP Year BS/MD Admissions.

Dr Paul Lowe BS_MD_Admissions_Advisors_Expert

Mistakes Parents Make in BS/MD Admissions

December 12, 2025December 15, 2025 ~ drpaulloweadmissionsexpert

“Going it alone” in this vast multi-level maze that is the BS/MD admissions process can result in mistakes, as applicants are easily blindsided by obstacles and pitfalls that they don’t even know exist. When parents call our office to provide initial information, as I listen to their children’s BS/MD program profile, I can almost predict (using trends, predictive analysis and real-time insider perspective of the BS/MD programs) that their child will be REJECTED based on the sameness of their profile. Yet, when I explain to parents that their children sound exactly like other applicants they are in total disbelief. I have concluded that their children are merely following the advice of their parents and the parents are making detrimental MISTAKES that will cause rejection after years of their child’s hard work.

Which Mistake(s) do you fall under?

Scenario #1 Parental Hubris
Scenario #2 Misunderstanding Demographics
Scenario #3 Wrong Advisor
Scenario #4 What’s Your Price?
Scenario #5 Group Think
Scenario #6 Overly Optimistic
Scenario #7 Betting/Gambling
Scenario #8 Procrastination

As an BS/MD Admissions Advisor with over 29 years of experience, an unmatched admissions track record and acceptance when I spend time talking with parents in attempt to explain my Continuous Comprehensive Services, I realize what mistake they are or will be making. It’s unfortunate that parents have made or will make these mistakes after all their children’s hard work!!! And these mistakes WILL result in their child being REJECTED!

My question to parents are: (1) Why would you CHOOSE to make a mistake that will hurt your child’s chances of becoming a medical doctor through a BS/MD program? (2) Why would you CHOOSE NOT to hire an expert with 29 years’ experience and an unmatched admissions track record/acceptance rate to help your child to become a medical doctor through a BS/MD program?

Dr. Paul Reginald Lowe, founder/managing director and lead admissions advisor of Pinnacle Educational Center Admissions Advisors Group, provides comprehensive counseling advice, exclusively for admissions to top private schools; Ivy League and highly-selective colleges/universities; BS/MD programs; graduate and medical schools and top visual and performing arts programs. The admissions affiliate: Ivy League Admissions Advisors specializes in admissions to Ivy League and highly selective colleges. Dr. Lowe also specializes in helping students gain admissions to BS/MD programs:| BS/MD Admissions Guru | BS/MD Admissions Advisors. BS/MD Admissions Advisors, help high school students get accepted to top BS/MD programs. Year after year, his clients are accepted to top programs including Brown PLME.

High School Juniors Need Renewed Strategies for BS/MD Admissions

Winning admissions game plan BS MD Dr Lowe

February 26, 2025February 26, 2025 ~ drpaulloweadmissionsexpert

High School Juniors: if you are interested in applying to BS/MD programs—it’s time to reevaluate your BS/MD Plans! With such a competitive environment and the immeasurable value and benefits of BS/MD programs, the need for an effective admissions game plan is ESSENTIAL.

Many aspects of the BS/MD admissions environment have changed. At BS/MD Admissions Advisors, Dr. Paul Lowe and his team of advisors discern that many students and parents are clueless about what to do, when to do it, where to do it, who to contact, and why. If you are a high school junior or your son or daughter is a high school junior and you are thinking about applying to direct BS/MD programs, it’s time to reassess your plans.

Most students (even with the help of their parents) read books, look at videos or visit college forum-type websites which they believe may provide personalized answers for them.

Many parents who call us (and whose children are performing the above and have the below profile) then believe that their child is a shoo-in for BS/MD programs and just need “some” advice.

Here is the typical BS/MD applicant-student profile of students when parents contact us:

GPA: 3.9 (UW) 4.6
ACT: 35
SAT: 1580
APs: usually 10 -14 classes
Honors/Awards: several
Teacher/Counselor Recommendations: Excellent
Resume: 2-3 pages
Volunteer: Several organizations
Shadowed Doctors: 2-3
Extracurricular Activities: Several
Published a paper: 1-2
Laboratory Research: Participated and/or possibly published

With all of the above you would believe that this student will definitely be accepted – WRONG! This represents the most common and well-known factors for admissions. However, there are many more things to consider.

Here’s a small list of factors by admissions expert, Dr. Paul Lowe that you should consider if you are a junior seriously thinking about applying to BS/MD programs.

Student CHARACTER – Each institution considers a student’s positive attributes in the light of the goals of the particular institution. BS/MD programs thoroughly evaluate character attributes of a student as a factor for admissions. Among the most important character attributes are honesty, integrity, empathy, curiosity, creativity, teamwork, adaptability, resilience, community, generosity, self-control, adaptability and optimism. Lip-service or just stating that one possesses these attributes will not help.
COLLEGE-SPECIFIC SUPPLEMENTALS – You must complement and synergize your supplementals with your personal statement. All the school-specific essays are important, even the 50 word-count answers! Students have been rejected because of mistakenly using one word or a sentence in 50 word-count essays!
COLLEGE-SPECIFIC-BS/MD ESSAYS – The “Why doctor essay?” “I want to help people”. Everyone in the service industry does that!
WOW FACTOR – What’s your WOW Factor? How and when can you use it to WOW admissions? You want the admissions committee to say “WOW! We want this applicant on our campus.”
ETIQUETTE –Are you mindful of how you present yourself and how people perceive you? Etiquette matters! We provide personalized etiquette strategies for our clients.
MANNERS – When you say something (or write something) what counts is not what you mean but how you are heard and perceived. Are you mindful of your manners? Manners matter! Do you know when or if you sound rude, pretentious, impolite, disrespectful, unrefined or uncultured?
WHO ARE YOU? – What are your values? What do you stand for? Can you define you? Why are you different?
INTERVIEWS – You may be perfect on paper (grades, SATs recommendations, volunteering to save the world, 1000 hours of shadowing), however, one incorrect word or statement in an interview results in a rejection – That’s right, just one!
The KNOW-HOW. Our proprietary-knowledge, unmatched experience, admissions success and years of close working relationships with admissions professionals ensures that you do it right!

If you know how to plan, develop and implement (1-8) and how they are used in BS/MD admissions – that’s wonderful!!! But if you don’t, there is an increased probability that you (and your child) will make irrevocable mistakes that will cause instant rejections to all schools. Would you want this to happen after your years of planning as a parent and your child’s hard work?

By having Admissions Strategy Skype/Zoom sessions directly with Dr. Paul Lowe, brainstorming ideas, developing admissions strategies, essay review, and mock interview sessions to develop amazing student profiles, our clients stand out and are accepted into Ivy League and highly selective colleges/universities and BS/MD programs

Dr_Paul_Lowe_Skype_Zoom_Admissions_Strategy_Meetings

SUNY Polytechnic Institute-Upstate Medical Center Abruptly Closes UAS BS/MD Program

BS_MD_Program_Closings_Dr_Paul_Lowe_Admissions_Advisor_Independent_Educational_Consultant_HECA

November 7, 2023November 7, 2023 ~ drpaulloweadmissionsexpert

SUNY Polytechnic Institute has informed (2023) applicants that SUNY Upstate Medical University, its affiliated medical school with the BS/MD program “has made the decision to conclude the Upstate Accelerated Scholarship program to new applicants effective immediately.”

SUNY Upstate Medical University and SUNY Polytechnic had an established partnership to form the Upstate Accelerated Scholars Program (UAS).

Since the SUNY Polytechnic Institute will no longer be accepting applicants, the competition to gain admissions into BS/MD programs will now increase because there will be fewer programs.

BS_MD_Programs_Competition_Dr_Paul_Lowe_Admissions_Advisor_Independent_Educational_Consultant_HECA

Now it has become even more competitive as more BS/MD programs have closed and the number slots are dwindling!

We recommend that high school juniors and their parents read our blog as we expect more closures: “High School Juniors-Time To Get Serious About BS/MD Plans – 2023

Dr_Paul_Lowe_BS_MD_Admissions_Expert_Advisor

Dr. Paul Reginald Lowe, founder and managing director of Pinnacle Educational Center Admissions Advisors Group, provides comprehensive counseling advice, exclusively for admissions to top private schools; Ivy League and highly-selective colleges/universities; BS/MD programs; graduate and medical schools and top visual and performing arts programs. Ivy League Admissions Advisors specializes in admissions to Ivy League and highly selective colleges. BS/MD Admissions Advisors specializes in admissions to top BS/MD programs – Brown PLME, UPitts, RPI/AMC, Rochester – REMS, etc. Dr. Lowe also specializes in helping students who have been wait-listed, deferred or rejected gain admission into their top-choice schools: College Application Rejected. and student who wish to transfer to another college: College Transfer Admissions Advisors.

Navigating BS/MD Admissions: A New Playbook

College_BS-MD_Admissions_Playbook_Dr_Paul_Lowe

August 11, 2022 ~ drpaulloweadmissionsexpert

Private_School_Admissions_My_Child_Was_Not_Accepted_Rejected_Dr_Paul_Lowe_Admissions_Expert_Independent_Educational_Consultant

Parents are facing the challenge of currently navigating the BS/MD admissions landscape. Incorrect decisions as to when, where and how to turn now results in shipwrecks: immediate rejection of their children after their years of planning. One incorrect extracurricular activity, one negative letter of recommendation, one incorrect sentence in an essay, one incorrect answer in an interview and one incorrect non-verbal cue and or perception will result in a REJECTION! It’s that competitive.

There are continuous fundamental shifts and uncertainty in BS/MD admissions. BS/MD programs are not just about high GPA and test scores, 3-5 page resumes, research and hours of shadowing. It’s now about the interrelated narrative of why you wish to be a doctor and how the student profile stands out, as well how it fits your narrative.

From what I have observed, parents are attempting to game the admissions landscape by using antiquated strategies from outdated books or visiting online communities which provide generic information. Even taking advice from last year’s accepted students can result in rejections!

The COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. economy, healthcare inequity, and student demographics and the number of BS/MD programs have changed the admissions landscape and even enrollment/admissions policies and goals at many schools. The recent closing of BS/MD programs is a testament to the changing landscape and will affect BS/MD admissions policies and goals.

play_book_which_playbook_college_admissions_Dr_Paul_Lowe_educational_consultant

Query: What’s the new playbook?
Query: With factors such as VOLATILITY, UNCERTAINTY, the UNFORESEEN and the UNEXPECTED what are parents to do?
Query: What are parents to do, after spending considerable years of time and money in attempting to secure a future for their child, when they now face sudden changes in the educational and admissions environment years?

ANSWER: Hire a BS/MD admissions advisor who is an expert! We are the NEW PLAYBOOK

Dr_Paul_Lowe_Admissions_Advisor_All_About_Knowledge

Dr. Paul Reginald Lowe, founder and managing director of Pinnacle Educational Center Admissions Advisors Group, provides comprehensive counseling advice, exclusively for admissions to top private schools; Ivy League and highly-selective colleges/universities; BS/MD programs; graduate and medical schools and top visual and performing arts programs. The admissions affiliate: Ivy League Admissions Advisors specializes in admissions to Ivy League and highly selective colleges. Dr. Lowe also specializes in helping students gain admissions to BS/MD programs:| BS/MD Admissions Guru | BS/MD Admissions Advisors.

TCNJ/New Jersey Medical School (NJMS) 7-Year Combined BS/MD Program

TCNJ_college_of_New_Jersey_BS_MD_program_Dr_Paul Lowe_Educational_Consultant

October 12, 2021 ~ drpaulloweadmissionsexpert

I have visited TCNJ several times over the years. I must state that it is an amazing campus! My discussion with students and admissions officers reveal that it is an excellent learning institution!

TCNJ/NJMS is a 7-year direct BS/MD program where students are accepted to both the medical school and TCNJ and to earn both the baccalaureate/BS degree from TCNJ and the MD degree from NJMS in seven years.

It’s a 3+4 program where students spend three years at TCNJ in an approved major (Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, English, Philosophy, Physics, Economics, Biomedical Engineering, Engineering Science (mechanical or electrical emphasis), Math, Spanish or History) and four at NJMS. Upon successful completion of the first year of medical school, the student is granted the BS or BA degree in the chosen undergraduate major from TCNJ. The M.D. degree is then earned at the end of four years at NJMS.

On average 400 students apply each year, and about 40 students are accepted in TCNJ/NJMS. Last year, 2 of our clients were accepted to TCNJ/NJMS.

Strategy_Dr_Paul_Lowe_Admissions_Advisor_Independent_Educational_Consultant

BS/MD Program Knowledge: Our clients attend BS/MD programs across the United States. We know their academic and extracurricular experiences and WOW factors. This is important because in addition to our personalized strategies to help you, we apply this knowledge to your BS/MD applications, individual college supplemental applications, essays and interviews. We understand the curriculum, culture, and unique opportunities available at each of the universities and therefore, Dr. Lowe and his team can provide their clients with the competitive advantage needed for admissions success!

Accepted_envelope_BSMD_Admissions_Dr_Paul_Lowe

Our BS/MD Admissions practice is specialized: Dr. Lowe and his team only work with parents who understand that the BS/MD admissions process is competitive, who desire help from an admissions expert and who see the value and investment in paying for expert advice through a detailed and ongoing comprehensive admissions advisory service for their child’s dream of becoming a doctor. He also specializes in helping international students in the BS/MD process. Parents who chose to use our services want to call their son or daughter – “Doctor” when they are seniors in high school

Dr. Paul Reginald Lowe is the managing director of Pinnacle Educational Center Admissions Advisors Group network. He and his team of admissions advisors, through the admissions affiliate, BS/MD Admissions Advisors, help high school students get accepted to BS/MD programs.

Seeking BS/MD Admissions Help For Seniors In September? It’s Too Late

September 10, 2021September 12, 2021 ~ drpaulloweadmissionsexpert

It’s mid-September, and we are currently receiving calls and emails from anxious parent of high school seniors requesting BS/MD Admissions help. Here is the problem for these parents (and students). It’s too late!

Time-management_Dr_Paul_Lowe_Ivy_League_BS_MD_Admissions_Advisor — **Successful admissions – It’s all about timing and time management**.

Valuable and trusted BS/MD help starts as early as middle school prior to high school. The optimum time to hire an educational consultant, who specializes in BS/MD admissions, is sophomore or junior year (when you see that the student is committed to being a doctor), they have at least one year of high school grades.

Not surprisingly, when we receive these calls, students sound exactly alike: high SAT/ACT scores, 4.3 and above weighted GPA, shadowing, published research paper (or two), a website indicating that they have helped socio-economically disadvantaged students. Their achievements sound exactly alike; it is as though they have been reading the same books, visiting the same websites and talking with the same people. Although these parents have yet to experience the outcome of this practice, it generally means they have prepared their children to be rejected from BS/MD programs and ivy league and highly selective colleges and universities. By simply procrastinating, their mistakes are irreversible and irrevocable. It is simply too late for our firm to correct their mistakes or make recommendations to enhance their student profiles.

BS/MD admissions is super-competitive. We find ways through our experience and knowledge to help our clients stand out. We know that our clients who have retained us from the sophomore or junior year will look and sound superior to other students. Our acceptance results speak to this!

**Only first place wins in admissions!**

My team and I prepare our clients to win first place (because there are no second or third place seats in competitive college and BS/MD admissions).

Winner_is_Dr_Paul_Lowe_Admissions_Advisor_Educational_Consultant — **In the admissions race,** **our clients are winners!**

Direct_BS_MD_Programs_Dr_Paul_Lowe_Independent_Educational_Consultant — **Dr. Lowe congratulates parents who support their children’s dreams!**

Dr_Paul_Lowe_admissions_Expert — *“Valuable and trusted advice is needed to avoid mistakes”* – Dr. Lowe

Dr. Paul Lowe: Achieving High Acceptance Rates in BS/MD Admissions

July 10, 2021December 12, 2021 ~ drpaulloweadmissionsexpert

Many parents, students, high school counselors and fellow educational consultants ask us: How do you maintain such a high acceptance rate in BS/MD Admissions? What’s your secret sauce? What makes you different? It’s amazing, but how do you do this?

Let’s explain!

While high school counselors provide college counseling, based on our information retrieval and interaction with our clients, high school counselors do not specialize in BS/MD admissions advising, nor do they have the school-specific knowledge of BS/MD programs. Our efforts complement and enhance what high school counselors do so our clients gain a competitive edge in the BS/MD Admissions process.
My team and I perform a Mistakes Assessment Analysis of a student’ s academic profile, resume, extracurricular activities and much more! Mistakes are inevitable during this ever-changing/evolving process. You want to avoid making irrevocable mistakes on your BS/MD program application or even supporting documents! Because mistakes can cost you! We GUARANTEE that we will uncover multiple mistakes on your application and in your student profile that would cause you to be REJECTED
We help to brainstorm and revise the Common Application main essay, COVID essay, school specific supplementary essays and BS/MD application essays. Our team approach allows us to provide an in-depth analysis and revision of essays.
We conduct continuous thought-provoking interview preparation sessions. Interviewers have to like you. They have to want you in their program. It doesn’t matter how brilliant you are. Brilliance and achievements among BS/MD applicants are the norm. We have discovered that even top students do not realize that etiquette, manners and body language matter in college admissions. It’s not what you say, it’s how you say it, the etiquette and manners involved, and your personal delivery. Sometimes what you say and how you say it may be misinterpreted. We help our clients with the proper etiquette, manners and body language in college admissions. If you have stellar GPA and test scores and poor interviewing skills, you will be rejected.
BS/MD Knowledge Network: We know exactly what each program is looking for and how they will evaluate a BS/MD applicant. Our clients who are current students at BS/MD programs like Brown PLME, Rice Baylor, Albany Medical College, Drexel, Penn State/Thomas Jefferson, NJIT and more, inform us of up-to-date knowledge that we we can use to give our current clients an admissions edge. Additionally, we know of admissions officers and at many of these institutions.
By understanding our student through multiple continuous consultation sessions, we help you to understand how you can stand out and what you MUST do to stand out.
We can identify what challenges you may face based on your student profile.
We know how to identify elements of your student profile and essentially help you to display what you already have and successfully connect the dots to create your WOW factor.
Diversity Competitive Advantage (DCA): We know and understand difference and unconscious bias. Our boutique admissions advisory firm, being different, helps our clients to stand out and be accepted. No other admissions advisory and educational BS/MD firm, with a culturally, ethnically and racially diverse team, can truly appreciate and understand the meaning and value of standing out and successfully apply it to the competitive admissions process. Our DCA translates to successful admissions and results! The diversity in our firm empowers our clients and gives each of them a competitive admissions edge! See: Dr. Lowe’s blog on diversity.
Color: We add color (Pick your definition; all apply, with the possible exception of its hypothetical application to quarks, including ROYGBIV, vitality, interest, appearance, background information and visual perception.) to your application and essays. “Colorless” applications are boring to admissions officers and can be easily rejected! By adding color, we make your application and student profile more interesting.
International and H4-visa applicants: We understand the challenges that international and H-4 visa BS/MD applicants will face through our partnerships with immigration law firms. Most importantly, we know how BS/MD programs will evaluate international and H-4 visa students.
Dr. Paul Lowe personally discusses multi-level admissions strategies with each client. He personally works with each of his clients face-to-face so that they directly benefit from his expertise, experience, contacts and the collective knowledge of his educational team. Dr. Paul Lowe is a physician-scientist by training who knows how to prepare BS/MD applicants. Dr. Lowe uses the collective intelligence of his diverse team of experts to strategically design and implement haute couture-type admissions plans for clients. Therefore, you know that you will always communicate directly with a leading BS/MD admissions expert.
Public Relations/Personal Branding: Our team collectively focuses on public relations and personal branding within the context of college admissions. Dr. Lowe helps his clients identify and refine their personal image so that they can differentiate themselves from other qualified applicants. Consequently, Dr. Lowe works with a diverse team of image consultants, character education experts, fashion designers, visual and performing artists, musicians, screenwriters, public relations and personal branding consultants and ethnomusicologists.

Dr_Paul_Lowe_Educational_Consultant_Admissions_Advisor_BS_MD_programs_IECA_HECA_Harvard_Yale-Princeton — **Dr. Paul Lowe, Admissions Expert**

BS/MD Programs that Accept International and H4 Visa Students – 2021

BS_MD_Admissions_Programs_H4_International_Students_Dr_Paul_Lowe

May 5, 2021May 9, 2021 ~ drpaulloweadmissionsexpert

Each year, my offices receive calls and emails from parents of international students and parents who presently have H1B visas whose high school students have H4 visas who wish to become U.S. medical doctors through BS/MD programs.

As a result, we have developed a specialty helping these students navigate the college admissions and specifically the hypercompetitive BS/MD admissions process.

Based on my professional experience as a BS/MD admissions advisor, and long-term professional relationships with admissions officers and administrators, here is a current list of BS/MD programs that will consider reviewing applications of international and H4 Visa students:

Boston University Seven-Year Liberal Arts/Medical Education Program
Brown University Program in Liberal Medical Education (PLME)
Case Western Reserve University Pre-Professional Scholars Program in Medicine
Howard University BS/MD
Pennsylvania State University Accelerated Premedical-Medical Program
Rice/Baylor Medical Scholars Program (MSP)
Rutgers University-Newark BA/MD
SUNY Upstate Accelerated Scholars Program
University of Connecticut Special Program in Medicine
University Rochester – Rochester Early Medical Scholars (REMS)

Working with international and H4 visa high school students who desire to matriculate to BS/MD programs is a very involved, comprehensive and long-term process. My team and I must clearly understand student goals, continuously help students with their applications and develop successful admissions strategies. After all, we know the value of becoming a licensed U.S. medical doctor!

Medical_doctor_BS_MD_Admissions_Dr_Paul_Lowe_Independent_Educational_Consultant

High school juniors and parents of high school juniors should read this blog: High School Students – Time To Get Serious About BS/MD Plans Part II.

It’s very important to avoid the risks and potential mistakes that will cause you to be rejected from BS/MD programs. After all your hard work, do you really want to make mistakes? Mistakes that can occur in your junior year, senior year and/or on your college applications?

Selectivity: Dr. Lowe only works with qualified students and parents who choose to hire the best!