Boston College or University of Florida for pre-med?

That because those numbers don’t exist. Freshmen aren’t asked to declare a major, nor do they need to declare themselves as “pre-med” with a health professions advisor. Pre med is an intention. So there’s no way to even estimate how many freshmen pre-meds there are any given school.

D2 used to tell a story about her college. When she first arrived at college for orientation, she’d walk down the hall and every person she met said they were pre-med. After winter break and gen chem grades had come out, she’d walk down the same hall and now every one was an econ major. By the time she was packing up to leave to summer break and after calc 2 final grades were posts, everyone was suddenly a sociology major.

That’s pre-med everywhere. It’s estimated that between 70-75% of all freshmen pre-meds never actually get to the point where they apply for med school.

If money is truly not an issue, choose the one where you have the best combination of fit, opportunities and costs. The reputation of your college is a minor datapoint when it comes to med school admission. Your GPA, MCAT, ECs, LORs, essays and interviews are what get you accepted, not the name of the college you attended.

And you might want to to consider that if you do end up going to med school you can expect to graduate with about a $200K debt.