This is anecdotal, but one thing I’ve noticed about people I know, work with, and am acquainted with is that the ones who’ve done well (regardless of what they studied in college), is that they hit the pavement and did everything they could to get experience. They worked during the school year and/or summers, they got internships, they volunteered, whatever. D’s friend’s sister majored in philosophy…she got a job at a nonprofit after college. Sure it wasn’t major related, but she got the job before she graduated, made decent money, and was able to advance. She worked while she was in school and did a lot of volunteer work. Students need to pound the pavement and get experience while they’re in school.
Medical school admission rates from undergraduate colleges are typically not comparable, since pre-med advising can make a big difference in who actually applies. In some colleges, there is a pre-med committee who writes a recommendation letter for the student; medical schools expect a strong committee letter from an applicant at such a college. If a college’s pre-med committee writes letters only for the strongest pre-meds, then it will have a high medical school admission rate. Even if there is no committee letter, pre-med advising may tell weaker pre-meds early on that their chances of admission to medical school are minimal, so that they switch to other paths and never make futile medical school applications.
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OP hasn’t been here for over a year. Closing.