The natural sciences divisional concentration allows a diversity of studies, and therefore is especially appropriate for medical college preparation. However, in recent years leading medical colleges have expressed interest in applicants who concentrate in the humanities or social sciences while also completing basic natural sciences courses. The New College curriculum, which allows for individualized areas of concentration, provides a means for students to reflect this trend in their plans of study. Thus, the most successful New College students aspiring to medical careers bring to college a strong aptitude for scientific reasoning and a capacity for sustained and disciplined study. They also bring, or develop, an interest in original research and inquiry.
Many medical colleges require a year of calculus or other mathematics courses.
Medical college applicants should present work in English composition, available at New College in many guises, since most courses require extensive expository writing. Because opportunity for individual research and study allows each student to demonstrate special strengths, New College students can mount impressive applications to medical college. D. programs that select only a very few of the nation's finest undergraduates. Among the medical colleges attended by New College graduates are the Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences, University of Chicago, University of Florida, University of Miami, University of Minnesota, University of South Florida, Vanderbilt, and Yale.