Choosing a Pre-Med school

mom2collegekids
Thu, 30 Mar 2017 14:03:58 +0000

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I have heard that UT- Austin is a good school for Pre-Med and that UH is generally looked down upon by medical schools
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? who told you that? Med schools do not “look down” on qualified applicants from UH. With Houston having a ton of amazing hospitals and research, there’s nothing wrong with going there. Don’t listen to silly kids posting crap on the internet. Most people have very naive ideas about the premed/med school process. Much is counter-intuitive. Med schools don’t care where a qualified applicant comes from. They’re interested in getting the best med students…from anywhere they hail.

Nothing wrong with going to UT either, for that matter. It’s fine for premed, but not really “better”.

If you go to UH, immediately look into volunteering/scribe opps at any of the Houston hospitals. They’re all lined up on Main Street (google Houston hospitals Main Street)

If you truly are instate for Texas, then going to a Texas undergrad has convenience advantages for interviewing since you’d be applying to all the Tx SOMs since they give such a strong preference to instate students.

Where else have you been accepted?