Going to a not so prestigous school for pre-med?

bluedevilmike
Thu, 12 Apr 2007 22:20:49 +0000

Obviously that depends on how large the gap in GPA is that we’re talking about. If we’re talking 1.5 GPA points, there’s not a school in the world that will salvage that. But within small discrepancies, some schools do seem to be able to get students in with lower GPAs. How big those discrepancies are between any given pair is very hard to say, and it’s even harder to say how big the discrepancy would be for you, anyway.

In the absence of any such information, it’s better for you to go to the school where you think you’ll get the better education, including co-curricular activities. Learn as well as you can and let the chips fall where they may.