<p>NYU gives undergraduate research grants to people in their special Scholars programs.</p>
<p>Let me rephrase:
"Would it[research grants] help significantly for getting into a good med school? I mean after good GPA and MCAT and LORs."</p>
<p>to become:</p>
<p>"Would it[research grants] help significantly** more than regular research with a professor or PI** for getting into a good med school? I mean after good GPA and MCAT and LORs."</p>
<p>If I plan to practice and not do research as a doctor, then should I instead go to a primary care med school? So, all these people getting into top research med schools are doing some researching as a doctor (other than continuing education)?</p>
<p>@BDM:</p>
<p>I notice that in your metric you didn't include "undergrad institution prestige" as a factor. It's not something like if you go to X college, you won't be considered, but it just won't be a little plus factor. Am I wrong?</p>
<p>Also, what do you mean by "application process"? They see if you're competent enough to perform an action to apply?</p>
<p>1.) Maybe. I don't know.</p>
<p>2.) Certainly research-oriented medical schools are (surprise) doing a lot of research. This includes their medical students as well as their residents and their faculty. While it's always possible to quit doing research once you enter practice, they're certainly intending to prepare you for a career where research is an integral part of it.</p>
<p>Put it this way: a research-oriented medical school will be quite proud of alums who never see patients and only do reseach. They consider too many alums only seeing patients and not doing any research to be an embarassment. You COULD always go into either track (or both of them), but that's not the way the school is trying to educate you.</p>
<p>The primary care rankings are poorly constructed. I happen to think the research rankings are quite well constructed as long as they're used properly, which -- let's face it -- they're not. They're good measures for eventual academics, but that's it, and kids don't seem to understand that.</p>
<p>Bottom line: (a) See thread: "Why go to a better med school"
(b) A good set of rankings for anybody other than eventual academics doesn't really exist.</p>
<p>3.) See thread: "Good pre-med schools". Pay special attention to "on prestige" and "on grade inflation".</p>
<p>4.) Apply early.</p>