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

[College_Kid_1]

<p>I’d say the same thing that was mentioned to blazinyan. Don’t focus so much on the transfer to Cornell, allow yourself to be involved in your (soon-to-be) current undergraduate school; you may end up loving it.</p>

<p>Now, as to which of those two schools should you pick…cutting it kinda close, aren’t we? The deadline is in two days! But, I’m sure you’re aware of that. From what I know of those schools (and my knowledge is somewhat limited), they both have great research opportunities (I think they’re both part of UROP). As far as I know, they’re both good choices, so if you’ve visited them (and made the most of your visits) you should know which one would be a better fit for you.</p>

<p>For now, though, I’ll let someone with more knowledge on those institutions take it away.</p>

[blazinyan300]

<p>I have a question that is bugging me. I do not mean to offend anyone, but from what I have observed from people and sites, like mdapplicants.com, more people get into medical schools from private colleges than they do from state colleges. This is interesting because people from good private colleges seem to get into ivy league medical schools even if they have a lower gpa than a person from a state college. According to MDapplicants.com, I have hardly seen anyone from Stony Brook get into an ivy league medical school, even though the school claims that their students get into medical schools, like Columbia, Harvard and Johns Hopkins. Please tell me if my theory is true that its easier to be accepted into one of the top 20 nationally ranked medical school in the country from a private school. Thanks.</p>

[bluedevilmike]

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On prestige, notice we are discussing medical students competing for residencies, but the logic probably holds:</p>

<p>**Bluedevilmike: **The general consensus is this: they have a list of “good schools” and list of “other schools”…</p>

<p>If you are from a “good” school, and your application has no glaring flaws, then you get an interview. If you are from an “other” school, and your application does not have any glaring HIGH points, you do not get an interview. Once you get an interview, that becomes the most important component of their decision, although other things still matter.</p>

<p>Special features - either good or bad - might be board scores, class rank, a second degree, etc. </p>

<p>Bigredmed: That’s a great way of putting it. What I have tried to say all along, whether it’s undergrad, or medical school, or even residency, if you do well, then where you went is not likely to impact your chances. Doing well is a panacea for almost everything.<br>

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