Can you take Pre-med classes at a CC instead of a 4 year uni and still get into a good Med School?

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@CU123

After you eliminate the preference for UM applicants, the usual suspects (top colleges) appear way over represented, and this is just one top public med school, take a look at top private med schools and you’ll find even more preference for top undergrad schools.

It is not necessarily a preference per se, but just that the most selective undergraduate schools have a higher concentration of students who can get top end GPA and MCAT scores, because they have already selected their own students for the ability to get top end GPA and SAT/ACT scores.

But this prestige war is not really that relevant to the OP’s situation.