<p>utd's stats are not posted online. however, their marticulation rate hovers around 78% from what i hear (ask a utd student or email the premed adviser there). this rate is extremely good. however, just as john hopkins does, you must have certain qualifications to receive advisory help (called the HPAC process). at jhu, you need a 3.2, or else they wont give you advisory help. i suppose at utd, it is similar, and in any case, one probably couldn't get into medical school with a 3.2 anyways.</p>
<p>i have talked to many students and friends who go to utd and they all say generally the same thing: classes are not difficult at utd. for instance, classes there are much smaller - it is not like ut austin, where everywhere squarefoot is occupied by a body; in comparison, utd is much smaller, and thus has less students per class. soo in this case, its easier to get to know the professors and make a higher grade - there is less competition among other students to get the A (if the professor has quotas on A's, like UT). even so, they have said that most of the classes do not have grading curves - what you get is what you end up with. GPA is calculated differently at utd though. a 93 is a 4.0, but at ut, a 90 is a 4.0, and at utd, a 90-92 is a 3.67, and at ut, a B is a 3.0. so do the math. both gpa scales have their advantages, i dont think one is particular better than the other - you'll have to work hard either way.</p>
<p>i think among other factors, it is easier to do the other stuff, like research and volunteer work, at utd. research is abundant at utd. my friend, a freshmen, got research work his first semester i think (although it is EE research). at ut however, i hear there is even a research club, where you wait in line to get research! uttlerly amazing...</p>
<p>overall, i would say, in my unbiased opinion, utds premed is superior in that its easier to get into med school. its school is smaller, more resources seem to be available, and if utd has such a high rate, it must mean that students are making the grade they need while also being just as prepared for the MCAT as UT students. however, as always, stats can sometimes be moot - they never include those who dropped out of premed nor does it show what med school the students made. yes, in general, it does not matter where one goes to medical school if you just plan on practicing. but if you want to be a medical professor of some kind, better hope you get into harvard med (or something high up there), which honestly, i bet is near impossible to make from utd. one can probably only get into texas medical schools (there are 8), although i am sure some go elsewhere as well.</p>
<p>oh, and just to answer your last question a little more, getting the grade is competitive at ut austin. im not a college student yet, but i already know it is - a couple of hundred students crammed into a lecture hall for bio 101, probably at least a quarter of which are premeds, everyone competing for the A because of quotas and curves. soo yeah, its probably easier to get a better gpa at utd than at ut.</p>
<p>however, just because premed is probably easier at utd than at ut, does not mean one should pick utd. as i have stated earlier, if you find out medicine is not for you, as that might be the case, then you might have a hard time finding a particular major you like at utd - no doubt utd has many majors, but ut has even more and it is much easier to diversify there. in any case, you could still go to utd for premed, see if you like it or not, and if you dont, transfer out if the major of new interest to you is somewhere else. and finally, ill just add that, premed at ut is not impossible, it is just much more difficult and you will find yourself studying 24/7 - you can forget about the party scene.</p>