<p>OP - have you checked out the Baylor/Rice Medical Scholars program? Are you applying this year or later?</p>
<p>I do not think any program at Rice is “cutthroat”. There is a real sense of community and corroboration with Rice students.</p>
<p>You have to understand that basically it doesn’t matter much about the reputation of the school you attend, in terms of admission to a med school, the question is … are you prepared? How did you do on your MCAT? Rice will certainly prepare you to do well on that.</p>