Recommend me a great pre-med school!

azboon
Sat, 01 Nov 2008 22:04:23 +0000

that is in California =).

I know I know, I read the sticky in the pre-med forum and the consensus agrees that college prestige doesn’t help much in medical school applications.

BUT from what I can tell, certain colleges have certain features that help your chances. Some have awesome pre-med advisors, others have oustanding research centers, etc. And there are certain colleges that lack these things and actually hurt your chances compared to everyone else.

I mean, I once thought UC Berkeley was an awesome school to go premed (considering that its a top UC), but from reading in that sticky, I get the feeling that not only do Berkeley have non-high-quality advisors, but they are notorious for their GPA deflation which hurts your application process since most medical schools put a lot of emphasis on GPAs (from what I read).

But thats as far as I can get from reading the stickies. I dont know exactly what I should be looking for in a college to gauge their pre-med quality.

Does anyone have any recommendations for me? Or just general advice of what to look for? It would be greatly appreciated!