Best Pre-med school?

Applying to College
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What do you think is the best undergraduate institution to attend for pre-medicine?

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<p>Wustl ------</p>

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<p>bump...bump...bump...bump...</p>

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<p>jhu...duke..columbia</p>

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<p>i don't know...isn't UCSD very very good? is pre-med a ticket into med school? and what are some good med schools?</p>

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<p>all of of the above institutions are very good for med school</p>

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<p>UCSD is very good but not necessarily a ticket to a med school.</p>

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<p>isnt UCSD harder to get into med school, cause of the harsh grading polices?</p>

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<p>Harvard, Dartmouth, Johns Hopkins if you can survive the cutthroat atmosphere...</p>

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<p>UCSD isn't harsh as in, berkeley harsh. but none of the UC's will give you inflated grades, so you're going to have to earn them. </p>

<p>the argument for some is that berkeley and UCLA are too competitive for pre-meds, so going to UCSD will give you a better chance to stand out in a less competitive environment. UCSD also offers great research opportunities.</p>

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<p>Penn!!!------</p>

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<p>ChrisCuber's right... The cutthroat atmosphere and weeding out of pre-meds make Harvard, Duke, JHU, WUStL, etc. not necessarily the best choices. For example, at WUStL, 75% of their biology majors are pre-med! </p>

<p>Davidson College is excellent for pre-med.</p>

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<p>What about Mcgill?</p>

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<p>ucsd (one of the top programs in biological sciences; has one of the highest admit rate into med school among ucs...so i've heard)
wellesley (has one of the highest admit rate into med school)</p>

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<p>what happens if you don't get into med school? do you have to mope around or change majors?</p>

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<p>UCSD has a surprisingly low medical school placement rate; it hovers around 50%. </p>

<p><a href="http://career.ucsd.edu/sa/pmedhis.shtml#UGATMS%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://career.ucsd.edu/sa/pmedhis.shtml#UGATMS&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Hopkins and Harvard have about a 90% placement rate.</p>

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<p>any school that has a great reputation but has somewhat inflated grades...like schools in the Ivy League, Stanford, Duke etc can help you</p>

<p>Williams and Swarthmore are slightly smaller schools with good pre-med rates too</p>

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<p>I would look into Emory, Northwestern, Johns Hopkins.</p>

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<p>warbersrule86: two words-grade inflation!</p>

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<p>I'm sure the UCSD kids are probably well-prepared, atleast</p>