Opinion of Top State Schools

Pre-Med & Medical School Pre-Med Topics
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<p>Norcalguy stated in Post #8 above that being a Div I athlete is a great EC for med school. Realizing that one needs to have the GPA and MCAT scores, does being an athlete give you an advantage?</p>

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<p>This is actually a good question.<br>

  1. If this Div 1 athlete has no research, no volunteering, or no other EC’s, I am not sure if I can see the leadership quality.<br>
  2. If this individual has all the other EC’s on top of the Div 1 involvement in four years, he/she must be spending less time to get great GPA and MCAT score. I guess the student is super smart and could be a future leader.
  3. If this individual can accomplish all these and spend two extra years working as an assistant coach in a college or a coach in a high school, the leadership quality is more apparent.</p>
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<p>Sorry to bump this up, but I will be applying to Ivys because a lot are need blind for internationals. My question, however, is if there is any difference between the Ivy League schools…</p>

<p>I know BDM and others have great stats showing that Duke is a great school because a lot of people go to med school with low GPAs, etc…but if there anything like that between the Ivy League schools? </p>

<p>Are there any that would be better to attend than others as a premed shooting for a top med school? (I’m not saying that I will get into all of them, I’m just gauging where it would be good to apply and which schools to omit, and perhaps where to ED).</p>

<p>I was thinking of ED’ing Dartmouth…other than the location it seems to offer everything I would want. However, is this a good choice? Is there another Ivy that would be better to attend than Dartmouth if I were to shoot for a top med school (are there any stats like BDM pulls out for Ivy schools other than around 85% of Dartmouth applicants get into med school?).</p>

<p>I know all Ivys have high med school acceptance rates but are there any other stats of real importance?</p>

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<p>The only other stat of real importance, IMO, is mean gpa. Brown has the highest, and next would be Yale (I believe). </p>

<p>But to your question: ‘is there any difference between Ivy League schools?’, the answer is a definite Yes, but its mostly social/cultural/financial. The academics are superb at all of them, as are the opportunities. H & Y have the best need-based finaid packages…</p>