<p>1) You cannot ignore this free ride undergraduate if you also want to go to medical school.</p>
<p>2) Definitely go back and visit. Take the official tour and see if you can talk to some professors. U of Pittsburgh was totally off my sons radar. He was looking at mostly LAC. While in the Pittsburgh area we took the tour by one of their Pathfinder student guides. It was probably the best tour we ever went on and s said even though it was not the traditional campus he envisioned going to he could see himself fitting in there and ended up applying.
It is a very vibrant area with a lot to offer.</p>