would i be able to get into my dream school’s medical school (which is very selective) even if i end up going to my state school for undergrad? Its not that its a bad school, its just that i dont think its the best for pre med students.
if i have to go there, could i get into a selective med school if i make the most of my opportunities and earn good grades?
It will largely depend on your GPA and MCAT score. planning on med school you should also keep your undergraduate debt to a minimum.
All US MD schools are excellent. Which one is your “dream” med school?
i really like the feinberg school of medicine
How you can like something without even being interviewed there.
All Med. schools in the USA are excellent. Ironically, my D. had to turn down Feinberg for another school, but still proudly wearing a T-shirt. It was one of her finalists, but at the end, one can go only to one school.
“It will largely depend on your GPA and MCAT score.”
This is not true. A frequent and informative poster (iwannabe_brown) is on point by stating GPAs/MCAT are “important for not getting rejected but not important for getting accepted.” Successful admission to med school is a process. Med schools want to graduate people who will be good physicians, whether clinically, research, teaching, etc. This process generally starts by looking at GPAs/MCAT to help med schools determine if an applicant can cut it academically and do well on standardized testing as standardized testing will be an important part of an MD’s future. If not rejected because of numbers, med schools will comb through the rest of app (ECs, LORs, secondaries, PS) to see if applicant has qualities/characteristics the school is looking for (eg altruism, compassion, team player, communication skills, fit in with school’s mission statement, research, etc). If yes, they’ll extend an interview invite to see if you’re more than just pretty on paper and can you hold an adult conversation, maturity, etc. Even with spectacular numbers, a poor interview (eg, rude, arrogant) and you can kiss your chances at that school bye bye. So acceptance to med school is a process and weakness at any point can get you rejected or waitlisted. Your goal is to have a competitive app in ALL aspects. Even some with competitive apps do not get accepted because of space or failing to apply strategically by just applying to perceived “good” med schools. All US med schools are good schools
Also, although not of zero importance, the name of your college is not a big factor into whether you gain a med school acceptance. As to college choice keep in mind most med students pay for med school by loans so graduating from a college with as little debt as possible should be a consideration.
Stop it you! You’re making me blush 
What do you like about Feinberg?
anyway, it really is silly to be focused on any one particular med school, particularly as a high school student. You can “hope” and you can “do your best,” but there will be top students from top schools getting rejections from Feinberg and other med schools. And, there will be accomplished students from state schools that will get admitted.
You can get into any med school from any reputable school.
Your undergraduate degree may very well be your terminal degree so in my opinion you should attend the best University/College where you can thrive and survive the economics. If you were a good student in H.S. there a fair number of top schools that meet full financial costs and will leave you with about `25K of reasonable undergraduate debt if you have need. These tend not to be public schools. The situation gets more complicated if your parents have some assets but are not wealthy so one must decide how much to budget for College and how much for the possibility of medical school. Understand that most H.S. students entering College with an ambition of medical school never make it.
Your question about your state school as a conduit to medical school is impossible to answer as there is a huge range of state school quality from your Berkeley, UCLA, Michigan, Virginia to …One also needs to understand that generally one’s best shot at medical school is your instate public school. California being one obvious exception. Public medical schools tend to take most of their students from their instate schools and most of these are public.schools. Therefore if your instate school is at least “average” and you have an instate public medical school, you have a decent chance of advancing if you excel and do the necessary work. If however you are looking at private medical schools the quality of your undergraduate school is more important, especially for the top private medical schools like Northwestern. That does not mean you cannot get into these schools from a public state school, its just more difficult unless you are coming from one of the top Publics or are at the top of your large Flagship State U.
Lastly it is true that for most doctors it does not matter which medical school they attend unless they want to go into academics or into a competitive specialty.
This student can’t just go to a school “that meets financial need.” He has divorced parents and his step mom makes a high income, but won’t be contributing.