Is prestige of undergraduate school important in medical school admissions?

Pre-Med & Medical School Pre-Med Topics
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<p>I'm a senior in high school trying to choose a college. I'm pretty set on going to Medical School and I want to know if the caliber of my undergraduate would make a difference in admissions. </p>

<p>I'm trying to decide between UC Berkeley and University of Kentucky. UCB is a very prestigious school but I do not know if I will get higher than a 3.4 GPA because it is extremely competitive. </p>

<p>On the other hand, I got accepted to the Honors program at Kentucky with a great scholarship. I think I could get around a 3.8-3.9 at Kentucky, considering that being in the Honors program gives me access to more opportunities. </p>

<p>Would top tier medical schools look down on me for coming from a non-prestigious undergraduate school? Or would the significantly better GPA going to UK make up for it? </p>

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<p>Hum… Are you sure you can just back out? You better check the contractual agreement. You might owe money if you transfer to another med school because you took up a spot in a specific MD program.</p>

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<p>See the first two threads linked to in the Resources sticky thread at the top of this forum.</p>