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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DC1 will be the 3rd generation MD in my family.  In our experience any school that is a R1, because it offers the best opportunities for research and hours. Then it's the GPA and major. A computer science or engineering major from Ohio State will have a better shot than a psychology or biology major from Harvard, at similar gpa and mcat. My child was an Ivy undergrad and he's at a top med school,  with a lot of students from state schools.  
Hopkins, Emory, Washington U, WIliams are incredibly cut throat, so unless your child is a superstar, I'd avoid these schools for premed. 
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That’s not my experience at all but I guess it depends on the med school. Yes, gpa and mcat are paramount but if two kids have 4.0 and high mcat/research chops the sociology major from an ivy will do better than the chem major from state flagship or random LAC (unfortunately, imo.) [/quote]

The 4.0s with the same mcat would do similarly as a true 4.0 remains rare. The 3.90-3.99, still difficult but could be 20-30% of the school, the Ivy grad will do better than the non-top-3 public because the students at the ivy are known to be a more competitive group: the 3.9 is considered more impressive when done at an ivy as long as that ivy does not have extreme inflation.
In reality when one looks at data from schools, the 3.90 student from non-top public typically has a 510 mcat. The 3.90 from an ivy/elite usually has 517+. 
The harder major comes into play when med schools compare students within the same school or same tier. Otherwise it is not a factor. 
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