<p>There are no colleges or universities that are “best for pre-med.” Go someplace where you’ll get a great GPA, where you’ll be happy and academically focused and motivated to do your very best as an undergrad, and where you won’t rack up a ton of debt or deplete your (or your parents’) assets. Med school is expensive, and they won’t care so much where you went to college or even what you studied, so long as you meet the basic curricular requirements for med school admission. They will care about your undergrad GPA and MCAT scores.</p>
<p>This ^^^</p>
<p>After having just gone thru this process with my younger son, as long as you go to a school that has good science classes (and many colleges do), and you do well, that’s good enough as far as undergrad goes.</p>
<p>After reviewing many “student profiles” on that “other” premed forum, it’s obvious that it doesn’t matter. I see kids from TOP schools having no acceptances or maybe only one from some lesser known (but very good) SOM. I see kids from a regional state school getting into a top SOM. </p>
<p>Seriously, it’s almost kind of funny to see a student from a tippy top undergrad thrilled to death at his one acceptance to a rather unknown SOM. Such a student is exactly right to be happy…he’s going to be be a MD.</p>
<p>If you have a high GPA and a strong balanced MCAT, and you apply early and broadly (and reasonably), you’ll likely emerge from the app season with at least one US MD acceptance. And, one is all you need since ALL US MD schools are excellent.</p>