This seems important to me. For my son, the structure that his sport provided during his college career had real value, as did the camaraderie with his teammates and coaches. Pre-med is not an easy path, but it’s not necessarily the case that playing a varsity sport will make it harder for you. I don’t have direct experience with med school applications, but it is my understanding that, in that process, test scores and grades are substantially more important than school ranking. So it matters more how you do than where you go. If I were you, I would look at things like the school’s med school track record and the school’s/coaches’ approach to student athletes (academics should have a clear priority), as well as the availability of merit money (med school is expensive) and then decide where you would be happy to study and compete for the next four years, where you feel you can compete effectively both athletically and academically.
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