<p>I’ll admit I might be out of date, and the physicians I know are now middle-aged, but I know a lot of MDs, including radiologists, neurologists, dermatologists, and cardiologists, and many of them went to mid-level public universities for undergrad. or little regional LACs you have probably never heard of. Some are in private practice now, some are on the faculty of the State Medical School (at flagship U). They live nice lives. Most are not famous, if that matters to you. They were all top students where they went to school. Furthermore, quite a few have advised their own children–who hope to attend med school eventually–to attend our state flagship (mid-level rank), rather than a top private, in order to save money for medical school.</p>
<p>Not ALL are sending their kids to public U. Others think it worth the extra money to have a non-large public overall college experience, but I haven’t talked to one who thought his/her kid could not get into medical school if she/he went to state flagship public instead.</p>