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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We are in this right now.
My son is pre-med and his college counselor stressed how important it was to find a school he could get the major he wanted and be able to research.  For instance, he is auto admit to UT Austin, but even though it is a great school overall, it is not great for pre-med due to huge class sizes, lack of faculty interaction, competition for research, etc.  Do people go to medical school from UT Austin? Of course they do, but it is not the best path, imho.  He has now gotten into a more prestigious school and we will pay the money, not only because it is a better fit for him at this time in his life, but it also because - if he succeeds at college like he did in high school - he has a lot more resources to get into med school. 
Obviously a lot of factors here - really it comes down to the kid and what they need and what they want their next 4 years to look like...and then of course financial resources and being able to pay. 
Take a look here https://texadmissions.com/blog/2023/7/27/applying-for-pre-med-to-ut-austin
We are not following that advice, but we did consider it. 
We have another child who was pre-med (changed major for other reasons) at a large public university. There was limited access to volunteer opportunities, almost no research, difficult to interact one on one with professors due to no structures being in place to find mentors - again, people go to med school, but it is a huge uphill climb even for the ones with very good grades...and several we know had to take the mcat 2 or 3 times (maybe that is common - I don't know)...which seems to prove your point. [/quote]

Complete agreement with one who graduated from a flagship public anf the other one at a T10 private. Good decision [/quote]

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