College Choice for PreMed
I'm in the last steps of my decision making process for college. I am a rising senior in high school and have done quite a bit of research on the schools I am interested in. Disregarding physical location, social life, and demographics, I would like viewpoints on which school would best prepare me for medical school - Middlebury College or Washington and Lee University? Thanks for any help!
Replies to: College Choice for PreMed
Go to the school that you like best and where you will get the best GPA...and have the least debt.
What are your financial safety schools?
If you want to have a debt free life after medical school, attend the UG on Merit award and negotiate with parents paying for medical school instead.
I'm in the last steps of my decision making process for college. I
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It's July! Why are you in the "last steps"???
You don't even know which schools will accept you!
And...what about cost? Will your parents pay $65k+ per year for any school? If so, then SUPER!
Have you ASKED them how much they'll pay??? If not, please do.
You have no idea how many kids spend weeks/months crafting app lists....and then spring comes and parents say, "none of those are affordable."
And....what are your stats?
I'm really curious as to why those two got chosen and others ended up eliminated if you don't mind offering thoughts.
To answer your question... either one will work out fine for med school if YOU get the GPA and ECs needed along the way.
Anecdotally, I will say that there were some noticeable (and sometimes not surprising trends) during my own med school interviews. At most public schools, the majority were in-state applicants. At Yale, nearly half my interview group were Yalies and many of the others were Harvard undergrads. At the UCs, the majority of the interview groups were UC, Ivy, and Stanford undergrads. At Penn and UChicago Priztker, it was mostly Ivy and Vandy. At Stanford, it was mostly Stanford and Ivy. But you know what they say about anecdotal evidence; there's clearly a lot of confounding factors here, including selection bias on the part of the applicants in terms of which schools to apply to.