<p>So currently, I'm a freshman undergrad at a state school, one of the top in the nation, but still, it's no Columbia or Yale, so I'm not sure how much the value of an undergraduate institution would impact an application to Harvard Medical School.</p>
<p>I understand transfer acceptance rates are significantly slimmer than undergrad, but would I boost my chances of getting into HMS by transferring to a Ivy? Or would it be better to stay at my current school (where I'm currently part of the honors program, on the board of a student organization, and starting out in a Neurobiology lab whose supervisor is from Princeton)</p>
<p>And truly, I've heard so many conflicting things, what does it take to get to HMS???? I've known highly qualified applicants, stellar GPAs & MCAT scores with ecs to boot who didn't get in.... There has to be some method to the madness???</p>