<p>This question has vexxed me and many others for a long time. To those interested in going beyond undergrad education, the issue of going to a cheaper less respected school in hopes of performing wonderfully and then attending a prestigious medical/law/business school. However, after seeing test scores and GPAs for all of these schools nobody has been able to answer once and for all if a person either by choice or is forced to (money, or grades) to attend a State school, and a well respected one at that, can they with a good gpa (3.75+) and test scores (90+ percentile) along with a record of excellence from professors and volunteer experience in whatever field you are aiming for. See for us, I most likely will attend MSU, we fear that because we will have MSU next to our name we will be automatically looked upon as a worse applicant to say Harvard med than somebody coming out of Stanford, Princeton, Yale. Do you guys know of anybody, either yourself a friend or a family member, who went to some state school or some lesser known school and ended up at Princeton or Harvard? And do you know if where you went to undergrad matters in the long run?</p>
<p>UConn is ranked #58 which is comparable to MSU at #71.</p>
<p>Here are some of its med school placements over the years:
[University</a> of Connecticut Pre-Medical and Pre-Dental Office | 2007 Acceptances](<a href=“http://premed.uconn.edu/2007.html]University”>http://premed.uconn.edu/2007.html)
[University</a> of Connecticut Pre-Medical and Pre-Dental Office](<a href=“http://premed.uconn.edu/2008.html]University”>http://premed.uconn.edu/2008.html)
[University</a> of Connecticut Pre-Medical and Pre-Dental Office](<a href=“http://premed.uconn.edu/2009.html]University”>http://premed.uconn.edu/2009.html)
[University</a> of Connecticut Pre-Medical and Pre-Dental Office](<a href=“http://premed.uconn.edu/2010.html]University”>http://premed.uconn.edu/2010.html)</p>
<p>A quick glance gives me:
2 x Michigan
2 x Mayo
2 x Yale
1 x Harvard
1 x Columbia
3 x JHU
1 x Penn</p>
<p>Obviously it’s possible to get into great medical schools doing your undergrad at a large, not especially prestigious state school. For qualified UConn pre-meds, however, the most likely outcome is to attend UConn med school.</p>
<p>I’m sorry, I do not exactly understand the links you provided. Is that Uconn undergrads who are attending both medical and dental school? Or those from other schools who are attending Uconn’s dental/ med school? Furthermore, the medical schools on the right dont have an MCAT listed.</p>
<p>These tales list UConn Premed students’ GPAs and MCAT scores, and the medical schools they chose to attend.
The table on the right does not include an MCAT score because, as the table indicates, those columns are for Pre-dental students.</p>
<p>I can tell you decisively that no one who goes to a state school gets into Princeton’s medical school or law school or business school. Not one state school grad had ever been admitted to those programs at Princeton in the history of time. Maybe they will one day, but Princeton will have to have a medical school or law school or business school before that can happen. Right now, Princeton University has none of those. You’ll be better served to ask your question on another Ivy’s thread where a medical/law/business school exists.</p>
<p>I graduated from a small Christian college and was admitted to an Ivy League law school (but chose to attend a different law school). I had many opportunities in college that I probably would not have had if I had not been at the top of my class, but had been one of many accomplished students at an Ivy League college.</p>
<p>I can’t speak for the schools your interested, but I can tell you my experience with Johns Hopkins medical school (which is one of the top medical schools).</p>
<p>I personally met a freshman at Hopkins med school over summer when I attended Hopkins for a summer program. The girl attended a university that I have NEVER even heared of for undergrad. Some university in New York, don’t know the name but it had buffalo in it (buffalo university? Idk). Basically, she assured us that it absolutely does not matter where you go for undergrad. Many of her fellow med students went to random universities too. </p>
<p>And if that was Hopkins, I don’t see why I’d be different for the ivies. If you are so concerned then pick up the phone and talk to an admissions officer! Call Princeton, explain your situation, and kindly ask if the officer can shed some light on your situation.</p>
<p>Thank you very much guys. It’s just a real concern for me and all of you have helped to relieve that tension and fear of going to a State school pushed the thoughts that I would be barred from the Ivy League because of where I went to undergrad.</p>
<p>Tigersmith Princeton does not have a Medical school or Law school…get your facts straight.</p>
<p>My sister just graduated from a state school in Texas, not even the highest ranked one, and she got accepted ED into Columbia Law.</p>
<p>So don’t fret, it’s all about how you use the opportunities you’re given. (:</p>
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