<p>handiman:</p>
<p>couple of things re: premed. Mostly what matters is gpa+mcat, at least for the first cut. Then ECs come into play. For Harvard (and other top-ranked med schools), that means a lot of research. Being in Boston per se will not give you any advantage into Harvard med at all unless you are attending Harvard College. And even that may not be so much an advantage, but the fact that Harvard College selects for high test scores so such students will do well on the MCAT.</p>
<p>Note, not all Ivy med schools are that highly ranked – Brown and Dartmouth are towards the middle of the pack. But ANY US med school is really good.</p>