<p>Dragonreborn is correct. Your chances of an IVY are greater if you are at the top of your PHS than if you are the bottom of your BS</p>
<p>I have served on the admissions committee of Stanford and currently on a medical school one. If I have a kid from Harvard, Yale, etc who is not at the top of his class (assuming he has not taken quantum mechanics, etc) and I have a kid from timboctoo community college who has taken rigourous courses and is at the top, the latter will be accepted.</p>
<p>The advantage of a BS is that you will be among bright kids who encourage you to study rather than play which is the same advantage of an IVY vs timboctoo.</p>
<p>I had Arther Kornberg teach biochemistry and he was a terrible teacher. My friend had a great teacher at a state college. I think mine was better as I read the text and learned the material and asked Kornberg questions of “why”. But the bottom line is, my friend is as good a surgeon as I am (and making more money as he does plastic surgery, but that is another story).</p>