top feeder colleges for med schools

Bigredmed
Sun, 23 Jul 2006 14:05:20 +0000

bruinboy is much closer to the mark.

Obviously a 3.5 at harvard is “better” than my 3.5 at a State school. thanks for the insight.

The question becomes just how much better is Harvard. Is a 3.4 at harvard better than a 3.5 at a state school? probably, but in the eyes of a medical admissions committee, so slight as to be inconsequential (at most places). Is a 3.4 harvard better than a 3.6 at a state school? absolutely not.

Going to a more prestigious/difficult school is not enough to make up for academic deficencies in your application. And given that GPA is only ONE part of the picture for admission to med school, it simply doesn’t make sense to choose a school simply b/c of it’s name when medical school is your ultimate goal. You must consider the whole atmosphere and culture of a potential undergrad instituion and how well it fits with you. It must be a place where you can be successful.

To the original poster: I can’t emphasize this enough but look for the best school FOR YOU. Just b/c a school has a decent placement rate doesn’t mean that you are going to be successful there. For me the best school had the following things: good location away from home, great city, relatives close by, big size, lots of opportunities, great fraternity system, big time D1 sports, great campus, right scholarship package and so on…for some people going to school there would have been hell but it fit me. You need to find that school for you.