<p>I’m copying a prior post of mine because I think it’s relevant:</p>
<p>"A desire to go to a prestigious med school need not be mutually exclusive with a willingness to learn fundamental mathematics and science.</p>
<p>If the question is, “can I get into a good med school with a Caltech education?” the answer is yes. Will it require a substantial amount of coursework not found in a typical pre-med education? Yes.</p>
<p>I agree that if you don’t have a fundamental desire to actually learn mathematics and science, then Caltech is not a good fit. That being said, having such a desire should not preclude one from pursuing a medical career, and I would argue that an admissions committee for a top Medical School would be impressed by a candidate who challenged him/herself with learning something like Quantum Mechanics, even if it is irrelevant to medicine.</p>
<p>So I guess it all comes down to whether the original poster has this fundamental desire to actually learn about science and mathematics; if this desire is not strong then I would agree that Caltech would not help towards your goal of going to a good med school. However if you do have this fundamental interest, and enough of it (and native ability) to get through the rigors of Caltech, you can give yourself a good opportunity to go to a prestigious medical program."</p>