Competition among undergraduates - a question

mcat2
Fri, 17 Jul 2009 20:56:38 +0000

Cornell may produce the most (in terms of the absolute number of applicants) among the Ivies, but do not forget about the sheer power of some of the flagship state universities.

The honor of producing the most applicants may go to UCLA, I think. ZFanatic, since you are from TX: UT Austin, which is in your backyard :-), produces more than Cornell.

[Table 2-7. Undergraduate Institutions Supplying 100 or More White Applicants to U.S. Medical Schools - FACTS - AAMC](http://www.aamc.org/data/facts/2008/mwhite08.htm)

If I remember correctly, UW, Madison, produces most CEOs in Corporate America. State School Power!

BDM: We happen to cross-post. Regarding your comment: “the UC’s are brutal places for other reasons”, I always suspect it is so. Now I confirm it from a person who grew up from that area. Call me overly biased, I even do not like Stanford (unless it is graduate school) just because it is too close to the center of brutal places (for premeds). – I admit that I may not be reasonable here.