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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes, you have to earn your grades at W&M but medical schools and other graduate programs recognize this, so a 3.4 at W&M is equivalent to a 3.8 at JMU.

For a more quantitative measure the admit rate for W&M is 15-20% higher than the national average for medical school. [/quote]

You think premed courses at, say, JMU are easy? [/quote]

Not easy anywhere, but there is a difference.

Well known if you read any of the pre-med advising boards that there is no such thing as a boost based on where an applicant went undergrad. I wish there was- my kid at a T20 had a much more challenging orgo class than my other kid's roommate at JMU or her HS bff at VCU. But no brownie points for having gone to a T20. Hopefully the tougher curriculum will help net a higher MCAT score. 
The general advice is go undergrad where you can get the highest BCPM GPA and overall GPA. [/quote]

What are some of the pre-med advising boards that you read?[/quote]

DP, work in med school consulting. Most premed advising boards are just a bunch of moms who have never served on med admissions committees and are not physicians. 
The undergrad does matter, and med schools assign tiers to undergrad institutions, though it is not an overwhelming factor in the decision. Applicants are considered in the contest of the undergrad as well as the major(ie engineering gets a slight boost due to the intensity). Undergrad schools typically provide info on the average premed applicant gpa. MCAT is more important than GPA or school. Many below average students at elite schools are able to score 518+, so their 3.5 or 3.6 does not hurt them too much even though it is well below the average elite school gpa. A 3.5 or 3.6 from JMU and also a 518? Hard to know because that combination never happens IME. Even 3.9s from JMU rarely have over a 512.
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