<p>I know that having a good gpa such as a 3.8 at a less competitive school will always be better than a bad gpa such as a 3.0 at a top university for medical school. Here is my question. Is the less competitive school really "easier" than a top university or a liberal arts college? Top colleges are known to inflate student's grades so what would be the best choice, going to a top university or a less competitive school for med school</p>
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<p>If It’s a decent school normally not, even if it’s a community college it may not be that easy. But if it’s a small private funding that all but sells degrees, probably.</p>
<p>Which school will better prepare you for the MCAT is something worth considering.</p>
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<p>Eh, any school can “prepare” you for the MCAT - really, the school has nothing to do with this. You must prepare yourself through self-study or by taking a course.</p>
<p>It’s nice to look at the MCAT and see that you’ve actually learned some of that stuff in class. I would think some schools do that better than others.</p>
<p>Post #6 is probably right:</p>
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<p>That’s how I’d frame it as well. Very very optional, but I can imagine that it would be a nice bonus.</p>
<p>Post #8 is 100% correct.</p>
<p>Schools do not learn for you… You have to do the learning and for the most part all schools teach the same stuff, have good and bad professors, and have people who do well and people who don’t. Many top schools do have “grade inflation,” but this is largely due to the higher abilities of the student body rather than some inherent policy to award higher grades. The school that is best is the school you feel you can fully apply yourself at and that offers the opportunities to allow you to reach your ptoential. This could be a prestigious private school, or your state school. Only you can decide which is best for YOU. Top medical schools admit people from all sorts of universities so don’t get stuck in the mind set of “I have to go to school X to get into school Y.” Are you someone who works well being under the higher academic pressure and competitiveness of a top school or are you someone who succeeds by being the big fish in a small pond? What school fits your “style” and allows you to dedicate yourself to success? You need to be asking questions like that, not questions about a schools prestige or where your GPA will come easiest(which varies by individual…).</p>
<p>What’s already been said, plus <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>Some schools DO have strong programs, though, and some DO, in fact, do a better job of helping students prepare for the MCAT. My UG actually had an in-house MCAT review course as well as a number of associated pre-med practicum programs and international partners and programs through which to send pre-med students abroad to do clinical work abroad (typically limited to first aid type care or whatever level of training the student had attained in healthcare but still definitely an international clinical experience they can use on their resumes).</p>
<p>apumic, what school did u go to??</p>