<p>The key to getting into top med schools (and only the top 35 or so med schools have MSTP programs) is to have a high GPA AND come from a top undergrad. Hence, Cornell is the happy medium in this situation.</p>
<p>And I really don’t think your situation at UGA is set up for you to publish. You will come to find that publishing is at least 50% reputation. In fact, there was a study done ironically enough where the authors re-submitted previously published papers but changed the institution from Harvard to a no-name school and found that many of these papers (most of which were not caught as re-submits) were no longer accepted for publication. In other words, new PI from UGA? Your research better be damn good to publish.</p>