<p>Hello Everyone!,</p>
<p>My question is this: I am a white male and will graduate in 2015. I am in the IB program and ill graduate with a 3.67 if i am not mistaken. I want to become a neurosurgeon but first i need to get through undergrad, what college(s) should i consider if i wanted the school with the best % of people getting into an M.D. program? should i go somewhere and then transfer schools? this information is seemingly hard to find, but i am sure someone on here can help.</p>
<p>You need to slow down. You don’t know what GPA you will have. You don’t know what you’ll want to do by the time you get to going to colleges. You don’t know if you can even get into the best undergrad med programs based on your future SAT, EC’s, etc.</p>
<p>Johns Hopkins, Northwestern, Emory, Duke, any Ivy League, are all good schools for premed, but again, you don’t know what you could possibly get into in the future.</p>
<p>I am confident this is what i want to do. I have a mentor, he is a local surgeon and i have hands-on time in the hospital environment and have observed surgeries.</p>
<p>That may be true now, but the average college student switches majors 3 times. You can’t really get college suggestions as a sophomore. You never know what colleges will be within reach.</p>
<p>Happykid has been focused on her career goal since she was a sophomore, so I know it is possible. </p>
<p>brennon272, there is a whole forum devoted to pre-med issues. Go to the main page where all of the forums are listed, and scroll down to find it. There is a lot of useful information there.</p>
<p>Med school is crazy expensive. There are almost no scholarships, and most med students graduate with ginormous debt loads. Your best plan right now is to get good grades and good ACT/SAT scores so that you have a decent chance to land some scholarship money for college which could mean that your family will have money left to help you pay for med school.</p>
<p>I think it’s great that you have a definite career goal. Two of my three kids want to be doctors and one is currently pre-med at Washington University in St. Louis.</p>
<p>However, you shouldn’t pick a college based on medical school matriculation rates. A lot of schools don’t even have pre-med majors and the pre-med prerequisites you will take will be the same at most schools (calculus, physics, biology, chemistry (including organic)…etc…). You should pick somewhere that offers a major (you can get into medical school with virtually any major) and an environment you love. Also, while it is great to look at top 20 schools, there is a strong argument for state schools as well. First of all, if you can get scholarships and save money for medical school that’s a plus. Also, you have a better chance of maintaining a high GPA in a less cut-throat environment and a high college GPA is a must have for medical school.</p>
<p>As others have said, you have quite some time to make these decisions. Have you considered attending a pre-medical summer program. My daughter is applying to one at Stanford and WashU but there are a lot of very good ones that may help solidify your college plans.</p>
<p>Good Luck.</p>
<p>State Flagships are great for Pre-med if you want to be a doctor in that state. They’re still good otherwise, but a local hospital might favor a local school more than Harvard, even.</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/pre-med-topics/377780-premed-forum-faqs-read-first.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/pre-med-topics/377780-premed-forum-faqs-read-first.html</a></p>
<p>Med schools want a high GPA, strong MCATs & a good interview. Accordingly, your undergraduate school doesn’t really come into play if you are certain that you want to go to medical school. Grades, however, do matter. As does one’s MCAT score.</p>
<p>P.S. Never lose focus on becoming an MD if that is your desire. Work hard & reap the rewards for the rest of your life.</p>