<p>I’ve never thought of myself as a nerd!</p>
<p>As a person coming from one of those competitive colleges but one that has phenomenal undergrad advising, I don’t regret my decision a bit. But I do agree with the advice of posters above, that going to a college where you might stand out instead of be one of many of very competitive students may be much better in terms of recommendations (and your grades!). </p>
<p>The reason why I love being at Washu so much has nothing to do with my grades but because of the research opportunities I have here, the premed advising team which has been there for me at every turn, and some really cool professors. I do however have to take small classes that aren’t my first choice if I want a rec. Go way out of my way to stand out to the prof. And my grades aren’t stellar (3.6) where I probably would have better elsewhere. </p>
<p>And the stuff I listed above, you can find at many other schools both public and private. I didn’t have the advice of CC when I was applying to colleges or I probably would have gone to mizzou and saved a ton of money so that I wouldn’t have to worry about that for medschool and maybe even has stellar stats like Kristin!</p>