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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What colleges are known for their personal and great pre-med advising starting freshman year?
Which colleges have research/volunteer positions "reserved" for pre-meds?
I understand good foundation in sciences to do well on MCAT matters too - which colleges offer that analytical way of thinking in organic chem, etc.?

Student is very [b]high stats, 1570 SAT, perfect grades, highest rigor.  [/b]Great ECs but not medical.  Has done research in science (via cold emailing a prof) but not medical.  Mid-atlantic magnet public HS. Cost not an issue.[/quote]

For this type of student, aim for the very top: Every top-20 private that has a medical campus affiliated with the school and close enough to campus (quick shuttle) will yield the top list. These schools all have decent grade inflation, av GPA 3.7-3.8, with median stem courses usually curved to a B/B+ for the typical frosh/soph hard premed stem. Most ov these ivy/+ have stats indicating 80-85% over a 3.3 or 3.4 get into med school in the US. 3.3 would be bottom quarter ie pretty great results. However a bottom-quarter mcat at these places is usually 508-510. Smart kids. Look at top publics and investigate whether they are supportive. Our premed did not want big public but did apply to W&M, talked to lots of premeds, and was impressed. They do very well with med school matriculation.
For backup schools, expand to T50 and include publics with nearby med centers or known for rigorous premed but no med school(William and Mary is one). My premed is at one ivy and my non-med engineer is at a different ivy. Neither of them have research "reserved" for premeds, never heard of that on any tour and we toured almost everywhere in the T30. That would be completely unfair to the pre-phd kids and many others. However both schools have practically guaranteed research for any student who wants it. Premeds can do any type of research with a professor. Some do public-health related sociology research, others do basic sci, some do engineering. Med schools do not care what kind of research, unless one is going for MD-PhD then there is some strategy involved as they narrow phd interests. [/quote]

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