What are the best pre med colleges in illinois from hardest to easiest to get into.
Northwestern
UChicago
UIUC
DePaul / Loyola Chicago
UIC
SIU Carbondale
Probably don’t need to go further, since any student who can’t get into these schools would be highly unlikely to succeed as a pre-med anyway.
University of Chicago’s acceptance rate is actually lower than Northwestern’s.
UChicago
Northwestern
Wheaton
Illinois Wesleyan
Loyola Chicago
Knox
Affordability is a very important factor for most pre-med students.
From that perspective, UChicago and Northwestern could be among the best choices, or among the worst.
It depends on your family financial circumstances and eligibility for need-based aid.
Run the online net price calculators to get a cost estimate for these schools (or any others that interest you.)
Virtually any research university or liberal arts college will cover all the expected pre-med courses.Your GPA and MCAT scores will be the two most important considerations in med school admissions.
If cost is in fact an important consideration, then in may be short-sighted to restrict yourself to schools in Illinois (unless you want to take advantage of reduced in-state public school rates.)