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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Go to Alabama for free. [/quote]
Not a smart move if medical school is the goal (or a great education, for that matter): https://www.collegetransitions.com/dataverse/top-feeders-medical-school[/quote]
Meh, I don’t think this is across-the-board true. If you had the stats to get a free ride to Bama, then you had a good SAT/ACT score and should be able to do well enough in the pre-med classes. GPA and MCAT score are the primary factors to getting into a MD program. You can make it known on the app that you got a free ride to Bama. [/quote]

Here is the problem, not specifically directed at Bama. Recently as part of med school consulting we had a client with very poor MCAT scores after months of study and a review course, with subscores in the chem and biochem areas significantly lower than the other two. The student went to a non-flagship public ranked in Top75 that is very popular for DMV to attend out of state. They had received a B in organic chem and a A- in biochem, B in physics. never got a C. They did not recall covering half of the topics in the Kaplan review section for Ochem and biochem. They knew some basics but could not apply the knowledge to the questions. Their tests were mostly reaction recall, not application problems. We ask SAT scores; they were approaching the 75th%ile for this college. The student had the background to be capable but did not have a rigorous college coursework despite the great gpa. 
Our group of docs have experience on admissions of med schools, average to top ones. premed courses are not the same everywhere. MCAT prep takes a lot longer and can go very wrong when you do not have a solid understanding of the basics. 
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