Hello! I am currently a rising junior in high school.
What can I do right now to increase my chances of going to a top tier medical school?
I have heard that it is a smart idea to go to a not-so-competitive undergrad so that one can get a really high GPA and save money.
As a HS student, there is nothing you can do in HS to increase your chances at a “top tier medical school” and all US medical schools are “top tier”. Medical school admissions is all about what you do in your Undergrad, so High GPA/High MCAT scores, taking all the required pre-med courses and having hands on medically related EC’s. You as a High school student should take Biology, Chemistry, Physics and Calculus courses during HS to have a basic knowledge of these subjects which will help you get through the pre-med pre-req courses in college. You can start shadowing an MD, PA etc… to get direct exposure to what being an MD will involve.
I suggest you check out this forum on CC and look through the discussions. One thing to keep in mind is that the majority of college students that start out in the “Pre-Med” track never make to the application process. Have a backup major/career in mind.
All med schools in the US are excellent. What people call “top tier med schools”, are the research-heavy med schools, but most people want to be physicians so it doesn’t matter.
What you CAN do to not kill any chance at med school right off the bat:
In addition to prepare yourself academically, you need to be exposed in the Medical Profession to see if you are still interested. You should volunteer in Hospital or shadowing a doctor(perhaps a relative or a frend of your parents) to see if medicine is for you.
About my courses, I should be fine in math (in senior year, i’ll be taking complex analysis and multivariable calculus). I have taken biology, and will be doing AP chem in my junior year and ap physics c in my senior year.
You don’t need AP Physics C. Pre-med physics is typically algebra based, not Calculus based. Physics 1-2 would be a better introduction.
At some colleges, physics for biology majors and pre-meds does list calculus as a prerequisite, but typically uses less math than physics for physics majors (which may use math like multivariable calculus for E&M).
My undergrad university had an affiliation with a medical school. As a sophomore in college, I worked as a lab assistant for one of the faculty members at the medical college. Not only was it an invaluable experience, but that professor put in a good word for me with medical college admissions that I have no doubt contributed to my acceptance. Just food for thought.
Ah. The thing is, I have already taken regular physics… Also, I like physics so I’ll be taking Physics C! However, do you think that organic chemistry would be better instead of Physics C?
Don’t take Ochem in HS. Adcomms want to see students take core pre-med classes at a 4 year college if at all possible.
Then, do take AP chem and physics C! 
Look into Case Western Reserve, URochester, Rice, St Olaf, Bates. Very different colleges, all excellent options for pre-meds.
What are some good BS/MD Programs? (with somewhat high acceptance rates)
There is no such thing as a BS/MD program with even a somewhat high acceptance rate. The acceptance rates for these programs is about the same as for the most selective undergrad schools…under 10%…maybe less.
None. They’re all very very difficult to get into and even then they have conditions that mean you’d get into med school anyway. It requires you to be 100% certain that being a physician (often in family practice, sometimes in underserved communities) is for you.
However, if you already have lots of volunteer hours at a clinic and have shadowed a variety of practitioners (DO and MD family physician, rural and urban public hospital doctors, surgeons, etc) as a HS student and are still certain you want to work in medicine:
Look at the following to get an idea:
https://honors.ucf.edu/admissions/burnett-medical-scholars/
https://medschool.ucr.edu/pipeline-programs
I don’t know about UCFlorida, but for UC Riverside, I am sure the applicants must be CA resident. I am not sure which state OP is from
Absolutely: UCR is for CA residents only, UCF isn’t (but tilts toward Florida residents). However generally speaking I hope OP can read on his/her own and see the criteria ie., no “high acceptance rates”.
Well if op like to attend a “FOR Profit” med school, CA Northstate SOM, the BS/MD program from that school has a pretty “high” acceptance rate, at least for now. However, its been condemmed by many posters here and in SDN.
Welp, I still got 1 more year to think about this…