<p>Whoops, yeah, I added wrong. >_<</p>
<p>I’ve gone on SDN and the premed forum here, the general consensus there is that the undergrad attended doesn’t matter as much as people think, and it only really comes into play if you’re comparing two different applicants with pretty much the same stats, ie 3.7/35 from ivy vs 3.7/35 from a less selective school. </p>
<p>The gpa and MCAT are really emphasized in med school admissions. The premed gpa is a representative of how much better a premed did than others in the class, and the MCAT is intended to act as the equalizer across schools. What I’ve been trying to say is that in medical school admissions, your stats and ECs are weighed heavily, much more than the school you go to. I don’t mean that someone should go to a absolutely no name school in order to achieve a higher gpa. What I advised was that a good choice for premed is a school that is a good balance between academics, cost, and fit. This likely could mean a school just outside the top 30 of USN which still offers strong academics and offers merit aid.</p>