<p>Editrix - great story - where in the world (even on the mid-70s) did he to go to a med school without an AOA chapter??? Never mind.</p>
<p>I agree 100% with Hubbell’s Dad’s observations. A small LAC in or near a city with a med school, is often a very good pre-med choice. The faculty at the LAC develops relationships with the med school faculty and with the admissions department and that leads to research opportunities and internships.</p>
<p>I feel strongly that, depending on your home state, the in-state med school should be the first choice for most students - both for financial and strategic reasons. The other thing that I see on this forum is kids convinced they are going to be doctors and desperately trying to decide if school A gives them a slight edge over school B, when they should be asking themselves why do I want to be an MD? Should I be? What will I do if I don’t get in to med school? Am I a hoop jumper or an iconoclast? (I’m convinced that the whole process selects for “hoop jumpers”, if you aren’t willing to play the game and jump through all the hoops while keeping some genuine passion for medicine alive, you will have a tough time getting into med school - also helps to be a GOOD standardized test taker, I don’t think the “bad” test takers ever get that far).</p>
<p>When DD first said she was considering med school, I began rolling my eyes (most other MDs I know aren’t overly anxious for their offspring to become doctors, either, sadly). She is doing exactly the opposite of what I would advise her to do if she had a deep, genuine calling for medicine - but that’s OK, because I think that if she does decide to pursue medicine, she can keep her options open, and still get a good education. Get through freshman year of college first.
We told her to do what Idler is saying - go to the college you want to go to for the education, worry about professional school later, take a few science classes, learn and grow.</p>