UNCW or App State for pre-med?

Learn what it takes to get into med school by reading thru the very informative https://www.rhodes.edu/sites/default/files/PreMed_Essentials.pdf. There is also a good handbook at https://www.amherst.edu/campuslife/careers/gradstudy/health/guide and no doubt many other websites, as well as books.

Any college in the country offers the lower-division science and math needed by premeds. Whether a kid works for good grades, get to know some profs so they get strong recs, take part in appropriate ECs, and develop compelling essays is up to them. The concern I would have about some of these schools is not whether they are capable of teaching the material but the milieu. If most kids around you are slacking off or don’t take academics seriously it could be socially uncomfortable to be the “nerd” that is at the library studying.

The real question to address at this point is not what college, but why an M.D? Have she looked into the medical field and considered the alternatives? Its almost a reflex action among HS kids, they think of a career in medicine and its “I’m pre-med!” Doctors are far from the only ones in the health field that help people. Physical therapists, radiology techs, nurses, speech pathologists, physician assistants, to name but just a few. Spend a few hours browsing on http://explorehealthcareers.org Unless she’s considered the alternatives and has spent time actually working in a health care setting (which is an unwritten requirement to get into med school, BTW) its better to think of her as interested in exploring a career as a doctor rather than someone who has already made the decision.