Does your highschool matter to BS/MD Programs?

Pre-Med & Medical School Multiple Degree Programs
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<p>I was wondering if your graduating highschool mattered. For example, i'm currently at Lancaster Highschool in Texas whose, academic performance is not that great. I"m ranked 2 in my class(but can get that up to 1 no problem) but i also applied to Townsview magnet school which is ranked 4th or 5th in the U.S. A friend of my is currently attending the school and tells me i could probably get in if i applied. So what do you guys think. Should i do it, or stay in Lancaster with my friends, because in the end, we only go to highschool one time and i don't want to waste 2 years working my butt of in TownsView if i would make no difference to my chances of being accepted in a BS/MD program</p>

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<p>Don’t go. Stay at your current school. Your rank 2. Be grateful. Who the hell know what rank you’ll be at Townsview magnet school?</p>

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<p>I think being ranked second in your class is probably entirely equivalent, in the adcom’s eyes, to being somewhere lower at this high-ranked magnet school. AdCom people know the schools their students are coming from and take this into account. Do whatever feels right for you - it’s not all about getting into the BS/MD program, and it probably won’t make a difference either way.</p>

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<p>Your rank is important. HS is important only if it very well known school. I believe that D’s well known very small private HS made difference in her acceptance, but she was also ranked #1 (out of 33 in her class).</p>

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<p>Go to the better hs if you can</p>

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<p>I sure hope it doesn’t…</p>

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<p>i’m sure it affects admission when you are at a well known school, but they can’t fault you for not living near a better public school system…
instead of worrying about changing where you go to school increase your presence in your school community by getting involved and rising to leadership in clubs and volunteering at hospitals and shadowing a physician.
make sure you’re a well-rounded applicant… i have weaker stats than some of my classmates, but i got interviews to ba/md programs that they got rejected to because of my ECs…</p>

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<p>i would say stay at the school you are in right now. it is better to be a big fish in a small pond than a small fish in a big pond.</p>