<p>I live in Wisconsin, I have applied to...
-University of Wisconsin Madison
-University of Chicago
-Northwestern</p>
<p>Im looking for a school that will give me good chances to get into med school. I have a 31 ACT and I'm in the top 10% of my class.</p>
<p>juniata in Penn. It has a 100% acceptance into law/med school</p>
<p>Well, I kinda want to stay near WI. Anyone have any opinions of the Universities I listed?</p>
<p>The universities you listed are great. Small liberal arts schools are good pre-med options too. In your area schools like Carleton, Macalester, Grinnell, Knox, St. Olaf and Lawrence, among others, do an excellent job preparing students for med school.</p>
<p>Hope College. More undergraduate research published in peer reviewed journals in biology than Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Columbia, Johns Hopkins.</p>
<p>Here are some good Midwestern universities:</p>
<p>Carleton College
Grinnell College
Macalester College
Northwestern University
Oberlin College
St. Olaf College
University of Chicago
University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
University of Notre Dame (Yuk! LOL)
University of Wisconsin-Madison</p>
<p>You could try Wash U in STL. Its a little drive, but they have a great premed program and top 2 med school in the country.</p>
<p>Alright, thanks for the imput guys.</p>
<p>Northwestern is pretty bad for pre-med i think. In the viewbook, they said only about 55% of their undergrads applying to med school will get in. That's pretty low, especially since the school attracts a higher caliber applicant to begin with.</p>
<p>Good point sanguine. I also noticed that only 22% of NW applicants to Madison's Medical School were accepted compared to Chicago's 42% and Madison's 51% (bias obviously) Still, 20% more from Chicago, which is rated a lesser, poorer University then NW.</p>
<p>university of minnesota-twin cities</p>
<p>U of Chicago is not RATED a "poorer, lesser university" (than Northwestern). </p>
<p>US News has RANKED it lower than Northwestern, despite the fact that the US News peer academic rating is significanty higher than Northwestern's. For a variety of reasons it would be no surprise to me that U of Chicago's med acceptance rate is higher than Northwestern's.</p>
<p>The advice that I have gotten from doctors and med students is that its very important to not get lost in the crowd, have research ops, and good rec's from professors. Look at the LAC's already mentioned - especially the minnesota schools.</p>
<p>University of Iowa is a good public school and Washington U. in St. Louis is a great private one for pre-med</p>
<p>Northwestern is pretty bad for pre-med i think. In the viewbook, they said only about 55% of their undergrads applying to med school will get in. That's pretty low, especially since the school attracts a higher caliber applicant to begin with.</p>
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<li>55%? That is just not true; that number is more like over 90%.</li>
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<p>Knox College in Illinois is also worth looking at. They have an early admissions agreement with Rush Medical in Chicago - strong candidates can apply to Rush after their Freshman year at Knox. If they meet the criteria, they're guaranteed a spot when they graduate from Knox. Unlike some other similar programs, you're still allowed to apply to other med schools if you want. Admission to the Knox-Rush program is pretty competitive.
<a href="http://www.knox.edu/premedearlyadmission.xml%5B/url%5D">http://www.knox.edu/premedearlyadmission.xml</a></p>
<p>Two other liberal arts colleges you may want to consider are Denison and College of Wooster.</p>
<p>Does University of Illinois at Chicago have a good pre-med and what is the best Pre-med college or university in Illinois?</p>
<p>University if IL Chicago does have pre-med only for IL residents I believe, do a search under garanteed preprofessional program. Knox this year has agreement not only with Rush Medical school but also with GWU for same early identification program. Also among LAC Lake Forest College has 100% acceptance and I believe Illinois Wesleyan University has something close to 100%.</p>
<p>Look at some of the other threads that are most recent. </p>
<p>There is really no school "good for pre-med" because that is not a major. If you are looking for schools with high placement rates realize that many small schools have pre-med committees that may prevent everyone but the best applicants from applying from their school - I go into this more in depth in several other threads. What it basically does is skew their stats so that they can say that 100% of their applicants get accepted.</p>
<p>The general thing though is that you should go some place where you will be comfortable, have a great four years academically and socially. If you do the work and get solid grades then medical school can be yours. You can get into medical school from ANYWHERE, but no undergrad university guarantees you admission somewhere. So you should really be looking for the place at which you feel the happiest.</p>