Undergrad USF vs FSU?

Colleges & Universities Florida State University
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<p>“And I wanted to go to UF because I feel it would be a better route to getting admission into med school. A med school would most likely prefer a 3.7GPA student at UF than a 3.7GPA student at FSU.”</p>

<p>Not really. The only time institutional GPA comparison really comes into play is if you go to a school notorious for difficulty or GPA padding. Also, as I mentioned before, some schools frown on upper-level and pre-req’s taken at CC’s. Your best bet is to figure out which schools you want to shoot for and do research on their requirements, use a site like mdapplicants.com to scope it out. I’m personally looking at FSU, USF, UCF, University of South Alabama, and LECOM-Bradenton (Osteopathic school, their PBL teaching appeals to me). I sort of tailor my academic career to their basic requirements.</p>

<p>“For med school they focus a lot on GPA I know.”
Indeed, I would dare say most allopathic schools look at things in the following order:

  1. GPA/MCAT.
    2)Physician shadowing/extracurriculars/research.
  2. Personal statement.
  3. Your mojo during an interview.</p>