Easier college for future MD?

emptyMT
Thu, 03 Nov 2016 04:51:25 +0000

OK, well there are a couple different ways of looking at this. My mom went to a smaller private school and was a “big fish in a little pond,” she always says. My dad went to Berkeley didn’t do that well GPA-wise but his MCAT’s were awesome. They both ended up at the same med school, UCSD.
So I guess there are advantages at both kinds of places. My Dad took a couple more years to get into med school because of his GPA. So I’d say go wherever you will look awesome, it probably depends more on you than the reputation of your school. A good GPA may not be enough from an "easier"school, my mom had published papers also. You just have to do the very best wherever you are.