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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]
Major: PreMed (Public Health/Data Science), wants to be a doctor.

Vanderbilt
UVA (In-State)
Northwestern
UCLA
UCB
VTech (Eng) (In-State)
VCU (PreMed, President's Scholarship/FREE degree)
UMass-A
PSU

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Vanderbilt/Northwestern/UCB/UVA/UCLA will do better for premed than the others,  unless they got into the BS/MD guarantee at VCU. 
Undergrad school does matter for med placement. Used to serve on admissions and it counts in part.[/quote]

I would recommend avoiding the UCs for pre-med.  UCLA and Berkeley are only slightly above the national average for premed acceptance rate to medical school, which I think is underperforming for their level of selectivity.  I'd question teaching and support in core classes and advising.  You can certainly do better with the amount you pay for OOS.   I'd also say do not do engineering (VT) as it is a difficult path to medicine.

UMass-A and PSU are not at the level of your other schools unless there is a special program and I would eliminate them.

Vanderbilt and Northwestern would likely be somewhat above UVA in % of premeds getting accepted, but UVA may be in-state for you and cost would factor.

That leaves VCU.  If you really have a "free" option there, I would strongly consider that if your kid is comfortable with the school.  Medical school admissions are largely stat driven (MCAT + GPA), so you could certainly go on to medical school from there.[/quote]

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