<p>thanks everyone for your input, but i kind of want to steer away from all of the arguments. i have a new question: i’ve always really wanted to go to a great university like stanford… but now i’m hearing that i should go to a weaker school so i can get better admission chances at medical school? i mean i am smart (really not trying to sound ******-y), but i’m not RIDICULOUSLY smart like i’m sure tons of kids are at stanford or duke or northwestern. so does that mean that i won’t survive there and won’t get into medical school? because although i really, really, really want to go to a great pre-medical school, i will consider going to a weaker pre-med if it means that i will get into medical school. if i could go to duke or something AND get into med then that’d be amazing, but apparently that’s not the case? i don’t know. help please! (without fighting)</p>