<p>ok..... umass amherst honors progrma+premed(major in biochem). i will get excellent grades and own the MCAT. I am getting a full ride+room and boarding.</p>
<p>OR</p>
<p>boston college w/ the same thing(BUT , paying 30,000$ a year), and i can pay it, but i'm not rich at all, i would be quite broke for med school and wuld have to get some heavy loans.</p>
<p>help guys, i really don't know what to do... i really want to get into a reallly good/prestigous medical schoool. </p>
<p>thanksss</p>
<p>i would go for umass</p>
<p>their program sounds pretty prestigious and good grades and a good mcat score from there should allow you to get into many medical schools</p>
<p>thanksss any other options, i think i'm leaning towards umass too</p>
<p>but is it possible to get into a top 20 med school if i dont go to a good undergrad?</p>
<p>i think so...an honors program at umass sounds like a pretty good undergrad anyway</p>
<p>and I believe that a good GPA and good MCAT scores are more important in deciding where you go rather than the quality of the undergrad education</p>
<p>umass 99% for me, if i got a full ride there, versus BC i'd go umass to the fullest.</p>
<p>There have been various threads about whether a different undergrad college name has any bearing on med adcoms. People have a really hard time accepting the stats that show it doesn't mean squat where you go undergrad if stats/MCATS/EC's are equal (which they never are).</p>
<p>Go to UMASS and be a star. Your reqs will be better, your GPA will be better, and you'll improve your chances at med.</p>
<p>Even those people who believe in the Ivy factor would have a hard argument that BC is so far up the foodchanin from Honors UMASS.</p>
<p>go to umass and take the full ride stop being cocky thought b/c u are acting like u are very conceited</p>