Ivy/Top 20 vs State Flagship Honors Program

ucbalumnus
Sun, 23 Dec 2012 03:11:07 +0000

Is UT Dallas really considered a “flagship” in Texas?

While one would expect UT Austin and Texas A&M to retain some of the top students (that you appear to want to see at the school you attend) who did not get into, could not afford, or simply preferred not to go to more selective schools, you may want to check whether UT Dallas is similarly successful in this respect.

Medical schools are said to not be concerned about the prestige of your undergraduate school, as long as it is a four year school, and you get a high GPA in your course work (especially pre-med course work) and a high MCAT score to make the first cut (of course, then there are numerous other criteria that they evaluate).