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The program has extremely dated curriculum and is not current to what is being done in industry. Advertisement for the program states a lot of things that are misleading or simply do not occur in the program at all. Students struggled to find internships (which are required by the program) and faculty provided no resources to help. There is not a strong alumni network and there are very few jobs in the field. I would strongly discourage attending the program. It is very expensive and unless you intend... Read More to do a PhD and do not have enough experience to get into a program, it is not worth it.

Boston University gradate medical studies is an interdisciplinary program which gives students the opportunity to interact with displines that are not there own. It is possible to enter into the program as a genetics "major", join a microbiology lab, and work on bioinformatics. This gives the students an opportunity to expand horizons, find interests in areas they would not easily be exposed to and a norishing environment that welcomes interdisciplinary research which in my opinion is the now and... Read More future of science. It is an amazing program with great faculty and even greater students. The only con that comes to mind is that bu is often overshadowed by other schools and programs in the boston area and does not do an efficient enough job in showcasing such a strong attribute.

I recently graduated from the Masters in Medical Sciences program. I came in as a prospective medical student who's college GPA wasn't competitive enough to apply. In the MAMS program, we took actual medical school classes to simulate the med school work load and prove that we were capable of performing at that level. The support from faculty in the program was incredible. Everyone wanted to help you and they all were very knowledgeable on the various requirements of different medical schools. The... Read More ultimate metric for the strength of a program like this though is the medical/dental school acceptance rate. Although I cannot speak to the overall numbers for the class, I can say that out of a group of about 20 close friends of mine, 19 of us are going to medical or dental school next year, many at top tier institutions. I cannot speak highly enough about this program and would recommend it to anyone who has doubts about the strength of their current med school application.