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How are schools like Northwestern and UChicago for pre-med? I know that it is extremely difficult to get a solid GPA there and they are really expensive for undergrad. Loyola University Chicago is nearly as highly ranked, but is the pre-med program there good?
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did you read what I wrote above?
Anyway…Loyola Chicago HAS A MED SCHOOL, so do you really need to ask if going there as a premed would be good??? Do you think that they bother to have a med school, but then have lousy Bio, Chem, OChem and Physics classes for undergrad? If you want to become a doctor, develop your critical thinking skills.
Is your question about NU and UChi concerned with GPA there? Well, you might want to read some posts from a mom of a UChi graduate who didn’t get even one MD med school interview because her GPA was a 3.5 and her MCAT was solid. She applied to (I think) over 20 MD med schools and didn’t even get an interview. Do you think they may now have second thoughts about having sent her to UChi when if she had gone to - uh - IU or Purdue or Ohio State or Alabama or Iowa, etc, she likely would have graduated with a higher GPA and would have gotten some interviews? My own son, who went to Alabama, only completed 6 med school apps (I know, too few), but he did get 3 acceptances, so it worked out.