Here is one of your other threads…with a number of good suggestions.
You can take the required courses for medical school applicants at just about every four year college in this country, arts conservatories excluded.
- Consider cost. Try to not have undergrad loans because IF your student gets accepted to medical school, it will be funded by loans, loans and more loans…and the bank of mom and dad.
- Find an undergrad school where the student can see themselves being a happy college student for four years. Happy students do better than unhappy ones.
- Remember that the very vast majority of premed freshmen never actually apply to medical school. So keep options open, and definitely have a Plan B in case medical school doesn’t become an option.
- I would suggest that you view the acceptance rates for medical school posted by the colleges with caution. There are a number of ways these can be less than accurate.
At this point, about 40% of med school applicants get accepted to medical school, and of those, most get only one acceptance.
- At this point, your student really has no idea if they would actually be a competitive applicant for medical school. Their college GPA, sGPA, MCAT scores, LOR, experiences volunteering with underprivileged people, shadowing, patient facing medical experience, and (should the get this far) interviewing skills will all matter…not the name of their undergrad school.
I would suggest your student put medical school aside for the time being. Right now, they need to find an undergrad school where they will be happy, feel they can see themselves for four years, and is affordable.
@WayOutWestMom what did I miss!