<p>University of Colorado
Washington State University
Arizona State University
Oregon State University
Western Washington University
Virginia Commonwealth University (8 yr combined program)
University of Oregon
University of Arizona
University of Washington
Drexel University (BS/MD Program)
University of the Sciences in Philadelphia
Colorado State University</p>
<p>What school(s) do you guys recommend for pre-med? I know Oregon, Washington, and Colorado are good..but other than those 3 what would be the next wisest choice?</p>
<p>Also check out Wayne State University, it's located in the heart of Detroit (the nice part of Detroit) and is very good for Pre-med. It would probably a safety for you.</p>
<p>I'd say take one step at a time. Have you done volunteer work in medicine? Are you strong in math and the sciences?</p>
<p>the school matters, but not as much as your gpa, mcats, recs, essays, and relevant experience. Take care of those, you can go anywhere and have a good shot. Agonizing over the school is placing the emphasis on the wrong thing.</p>
<p>Agree with mikemac. D's boyfriend was a music major at Loyola New Orleans (full scholarship). He took the courses he needed for med school, did well on the MCAT and was accepted to several med schools. He is at UT Houston Med now.</p>
<p>I have shadowed a doctor and I volunteer at a hospital. I am good at biology, chem, and pre-calc. So undergrad doesn't matter at all? Or does it have very little effect?</p>
<p>For example, if a student from Arizona State University and University of Colorado apply to med school...and the student from ASU has a higher GPA does the UC student have a chance?</p>
<p>For example, if a student from Arizona State University and University of Colorado apply to med school...and the student from ASU has a higher GPA does the UC student have a chance?</p>
<p>Yes because UC gives you a better education in the sciences (imo), so the CU-B student might have a higher MCAT. Which is just as (if not more) important than GPA.</p>
<p>What happens if they get the same score on the MCAT? Another question I have is, once you are in college will there be time and opportunities to volunteer or get the medical experience? If so, how?</p>
<p>where you do your undergrad has very little effect. No, its not zero. But within schools of roughly equal rank like the ones you gave it might as well be. So if you want to make a mountain out of a molehill and stress over which gives you "the very best chance" you're welcome to do so. But in the real world its a waste of time because the effect is swamped by all the factors under YOUR control.</p>
<p>For example -- recs are very important in the process. But at state schools profs aren't going to get to know you unless you make the effort by things such as going to office hours. Completely under your control, not determined by the name on the diploma. Or research -- it looks good on the app, helps you stand out from the herd of other applicants. It will take persistance and determination to get a job in a lab; they aren't going to have an announcement in class "who wants a lab job?". Again, totally under your control.</p>
<p>You take care of the things that YOU can control (and you ought to be reading thru books on med school admissions so you know in advance what they are; its too late senior year to learn about things you should have done) -- and you'll be just fine.</p>
<p>And I'll tell you right now, I'm a bit worried by your approach. You write
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once you are in college will there be time and opportunities to volunteer or get the medical experience? If so, how?
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The successful applicant makes it happen. If you decide that you want these things, you do what it takes to get them. You figure out a way. What I'm sensing, and I hope I'm wrong, is a passive "are there X, is there Y" approach in which you expect things are either provided to you or impossible. That's not the approach thats going to get you into med school.</p>
<p>I didn't want to seem that way. I was just wondering if there were opportunities because as far as I know..there aren't many hospitals near campus universities. I prefer state universities far more than LAC's and I was just wondering if there were opportunities on campus to do that. I understand that I have to take the initiative to create one but I was also wondering which of those 12 colleges allow students to become involved in medical-related stuff. </p>
<p>Another question I have is, How can I make professors recognize me, in order to get good recommendations?</p>
<p>I hope I still don't sound the wrong way, but I was just curious at the opportunities that lie ahead of me.</p>