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<p>I completely disagree with this - referring to undergraduate opportunities. On the graduate level, most med students are working so hard just to pass med school they don’t do a lot of additional research except very short items. My D1 is a 3rd year med student now and an FSU biochemistry grad. She graduated Phi Beta Kappa (which is impossible at USF, UCF, etc) and PBK makes a difference when applying to med school, probably much more than where you went, as PBK itself is commentary on the quality of the undergrad school. Only about 10% of all universities have qualified to host a PBK chapter. We should note USF has [failed</a> about seven times](<a href=“http://www.tampabay.com/news/education/college/usf-falls-short-again-in-bid-for-phi-beta-kappa-chapter/1110840]failed”>http://www.tampabay.com/news/education/college/usf-falls-short-again-in-bid-for-phi-beta-kappa-chapter/1110840) so far in applying for a chapter of PBK:</p>
<p>D1 also performed her research at the Mag Lab - the only national lab in Florida, also hosted at Florida State. USF has a nice med school, but I doubt undergrads do much research in it. They’d have to compete with all the med students, the residents, the researchers and other grad students for research opportunities.</p>