<p>The “well-rounded-ness” an education is a far poorer measure of medical school placement than is the actual med school placement rate (95% at washu to 75% at carleton. I could not find an official number for UChicago, but no source presented a rate above 70%). If you do wish to receive a well-rounded education, then I contend that you certainly could do so at washu. Many of it’s non life sciences programs are highly rated nationally, so it’s certainly easy to take strong courses in many areas during your 4 years at washu.</p>
<p>If you want a brand name college in order to apply to medical school with, then washu has a better pre med reputation.
If you want a brand name college to help get a job, then the employers won’t care about your undergraduate school, only the med school.
If you want a brand name college for the purposes of bragging to friends and family, then UChicago might be slightly better, at least in some areas.</p>
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<p>@muckdogs07</p>
<p>I do think that table is slightly misleading. I don’t know the numbers, but I’m nearly certain that washu attracts more pre med applicants than does uchicago. The table more accurately represents reputation than it does actual quality, IMO.</p>