Pitt. vs other schools

confounded92
Wed, 07 Apr 2010 16:32:59 +0000

I’m confident in my ability to succeed no matter if I attend Case or Pitt. I just don’t know which one would help my chances for admission to medical school. I agree that Pitt would provide me with more hospital research/volunteer opportunities, but my chief concern is the degree to which med schools use the undergraduate school name when they are benchmarking student applicants against each other. This is probably a trivial concern…so at the moment I’m leaning toward Pitt. Considering the med school tuition price tag and the fact that my twin brother will also be attending college next year, Pitt’s offer is something I don’t think I can pass up.

As a side note, if I do decide to go to Pitt and take some UHC classes, won’t med schools consider the rigor of those over the college prestige? Does a 15-spot gap justify turning down money and possible hospital internships? And does a rank of 56 on U.S News & WR deem Pitt as undesirable for would-be sub-ivy prospects? (All of the above is probably just my paranoia talking…I just want to make sure that I can compete with pre-meds from other schools given what Pitt has to offer, especially since I didn’t apply for the guaranteed med school acceptance because I forgot to indicate pre-med on my app).