For all students in pre-med, the curriculum focuses on admission requirements for various medical schools. All are looking for students with good foundations, and they want to see that the student is well-rounded. For the past two years, approximately one-quarter of the students accepted by the University of Mississippi School of Medicine were graduates of Mississippi State. UMC receives approximately 325 to 375 applications each year, or three to four applications for each available slot, Morrow said. Students also have been accepted at medical schools around the country, including Johns Hopkins, Tulane, Emory, Duke, Vanderbilt, and Iowa.
Former students attest to the success of their undergraduate preparation.
Our histology, embryology, and comparative anatomy classes were so good at Mississippi State that when we got to medical school it was almost like taking the same class again. Irwin, a 1975 graduate of the University of Mississippi School of Medicine, returned to that school in 1984 for a one-year fellowship in cardiology. He also studied internal medicine at Ochsner Foundation Hospital in New Orleans. He is associated with the Cardiology Group, IMA Foundation in Tupelo. He returns to campus periodically as an Alumni Fellow for the College of Arts and Sciences.