<p>“Just as not every premed student is the same (some major in music, philosophy, Classics- so they aren’t picking the cheapest school from which to apply to Med school, they are picking the best educational environment for them to flourish in their intellectual pursuits independent of Med school), not every physician is the same.”
-Yes, any major will do for Med. School and any combo of major(s)/minor(s), it does not matter. And the same goes for the UG, which ahs absolutely nothing to do with the specific student’s intellectual pusuit (which im my D’s case was to paly it down, she had enough of the personal push without push from anybody, while for many others, it is to paly it up). On the other note, those who need any intellectual push and not a self-reliant person, much more likely than not, will not get in, no matter hwere they are. Actually this type most likely than not will not get into Ivy’s / Elite UG, so it is not clear at all what we are discussion here. Everybody knows that the cream of the crop who gets in at the very selective places (for god sake, including very selective HS’s) are NOT the kind who needs any type of outside intellectual push, they have enough of it within. They are also engaged in a variety of activities and are getting educated outside of academics anyway.<br>
So, if Ivy / Elite fits personally and financially, and a dream of the life time, go for Ivy / Elite. If not (and most peope here do not have unlimited resources to pay for both UG and Med. School), then choose whatever, you will find plenty, PLENTY of kids on your own standing and higher and absolutely any place and plenty of very rigorous classes which are more frequently taught by profs and not TAs at state publics than Elite college (another point), because Elites are gaining their status a lot from the Research Grants and guess what is primary focus of the faculty there?
I guarantee that no Ivy can afford having 3 profs in the class at the same time (as in one of D’s UG classes) each teaching their subspecialty of this class. Nope, they are busy producing results for their research.</p>