Is it better to go to a lesser school if you are went to be premed

[Anonymous]

My son wants to go to med school. He is a rising senior and has excellent stats. I expect he will get into some top schools. I wonder if it will be better for him to choose a school that does not have a student population of mostly valedictorians and near perfect SAT scores. My kid also has the stats and extracurriculars.

[Anonymous]

If you are choosing between Harvard and Emory, definitely go with Harvard.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you are choosing between Harvard and Emory, definitely go with Harvard.

While I agree with this, if you are NOT choosing between Harvard and Emory - most schools publish or will tell you their med school admissions stats. Many SLACs are very successful at this. Good luck to your DC!

[Anonymous]

Look into BSMD programs

[Anonymous]

I vote for SLAC’s for your pre-med kid but I’m biased. The main thing about being pre-med is that the kid has to want it badly enough and be interested enough to get through the gauntlet of med school admissions and training. Pre-med students can be successful at all kinds of schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you are choosing between Harvard and Emory, definitely go with Harvard.

While I agree with this, if you are NOT choosing between Harvard and Emory - most schools publish or will tell you their med school admissions stats. Many SLACs are very successful at this. Good luck to your DC!

These are unregulated claims and cannot be fully believed. Different from college admissions stats disclosed in the CDS as those ARE trustworthy.

[Anonymous]

Does budget matter? I know lots of doctors that went to oos public flagships on full rides.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you are choosing between Harvard and Emory, definitely go with Harvard.

While I agree with this, if you are NOT choosing between Harvard and Emory - most schools publish or will tell you their med school admissions stats. Many SLACs are very successful at this. Good luck to your DC!

These are unregulated claims and cannot be fully believed. Different from college admissions stats disclosed in the CDS as those ARE trustworthy.

+1.

[Anonymous]

My kid is pre-med at an Ivy. Their thoughts:
-the pre med classes aren't impossible and peers are not a crowd of geniuses.
-the medical school results are really good. The seniors my child knows personally this year are going to Yale, UVA, Mt. Sinai, and Hopkins. All top tier med schools. No gap year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kid is pre-med at an Ivy. Their thoughts:
-the pre med classes aren't impossible and peers are not a crowd of geniuses.
-the medical school results are really good. The seniors my child knows personally this year are going to Yale, UVA, Mt. Sinai, and Hopkins. All top tier med schools. No gap year.

Mine is at an ivy and ivies are generally known (most) for significant grade inflation.

[Anonymous]

For the two previous posters above, can you please name the Ivy? I'm thinking there are varying experiences at, say, Brown v. Princeton or Cornell v. Harvard. It would be helpful for me to know. Thanks.

[Anonymous]

Should you believe your son may benefit from a purely undergraduate-focused environment, then consider LACs with notably high matriculation into medical schools, such as Williams, Amherst, Bowdoin, Hamilton, Swarthmore, Haverford, Pomona, Grinnell, Davidson and Wofford.

https://www.collegetransitions.com/blog/from-pre-med-to-md-understanding-the-pathways-to-medical-school/

[Anonymous]

Ivies are held as some pinnacle of higher ed and students are certainly smart for the most part but many students get in because they are recruited athletics, legacies, major donor or development connections or from an underrepresented geographic area.

Bottom line, go with where the fit is best.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you are choosing between Harvard and Emory, definitely go with Harvard.

Op here. I’m thinking schools like Columbia, Johns Hopkins, Cornell, UPenn vs Boston University, Emory, Georgetown.

Johns Hopkins and Cornell are supposedly great for premed but I know so many guys who went there and did not make it to medical school. Have heard Columbia is cutthroat.

My kid really liked BU’s campus.

[Anonymous]

A large number of kids who start as premed at any school do not end premed. They either realize they don't like the classes enough, or they find other areas and career paths they like more.

Go for the best fit - that way your kid will be happy on whatever path they find themselves in 4 years.