<p>this is a more specific post from one i wrote on the admissions forum..</p>
<p>I'm an international student and so far i've gotten into carnegie, emory, and rohcester, waitlisted at washu, and rejected from oberlin. I'm gonna assume i'm most likely gonna get rejected at my remaining schools save 1 (they're much harder).</p>
<p>New college may be the only one I can afford it I get in, but I'm a little worried about its lack of GPA and its liberal cirriculum. I think its great, but will this affect med school admissions? also I know that this question has been beaten to the ground but the fact that its not highly ranked comapred to ALL private and public universities (not just the public liberal arts ones) gonna hurt also?</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>Re: Rank: "Excelling is a panacea."</p>
<p>The lack of GPA is probably going to be solved by AMCAS, which has taken the responsibility of translating various schools' weird systems into a meaningful and consistent format. I'd be surprised if your school is too weird even for AMCAS to handle (i.e. P/F grading all the way through).</p>
<p>ah, that does make sense</p>
<p>but is my way of dealing with undergraduate college a smart way to go?
I mean, going to the school that I can afford even though it's not "the best" by whatever standard... but one i know i can perhaps be near the top</p>
<p>I really don't wanna be deep in debt BEFORE entering med school .. and I could go to emory or rochester for around 45k and take out loans for about 40k .. and I know that they're known for pre med yah da yah da</p>
<p>does not having a huge amount of undergrad debt help in the long run?</p>
<p>Certainly I do think it's easier to get into a medical school from a stronger college because I think the bars are set a little bit lower. If you see the discussion BRM and I have in the "Good Premed Schools" thread (sticky-ified in this forum), then the consensus is that:</p>
<p>A "good" school can help you get your foot in the door, but it's very easy to un-earn yourself that spot.
Meanwhile, a school that they don't know as well requires you to have a little something extra to get that door open in the first place -- but that's by no means impossible.</p>
<p>Hence, my favorite phrase from BRM: "Excelling is a panacea."</p>
<p>And, yes, $160K of debt is an awful lot of money that takes you a long, long time to pay off.
<a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=307704%5B/url%5D">http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=307704</a></p>