<p>On a journey towards earning a professional (PhD, MD) degree in the field of biomedical engineering....what might a prospecting undergraduate student consider? Would attending a research cultured state school like Pitt vs an ivy league or equivalent such as MIT hinder the journey towards a terminal degree? How about considering no cost scholarships?</p>
<p>Medical school is expensive, so keeping undergraduate cost and debt down is of high priority for pre-meds.</p>
<p>Note also the biomedical engineering job and career prospects are not as good as other engineering at the bachelor’s degree level, so keeping debt down is a priority if you choose not to medical school or do not get into any (or do not get into any that have a reasonable price for you).</p>
<p>The Ivy League schools should not be automatically assumed to be top schools in engineering.</p>
<p>“Med school is expensive” I hear that!
I’m wondering if there would be a significant difference in the number of students admitted to top tier medical programs whose undergrad education was MIT vs Pitt. </p>
<p>…anyone wanna help me research 
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<p>The conventional wisdom is that what matters most in med school admissions is (1) GPA & MCAT scores, and (2) personal qualities expressed in the interview. What college you attend makes little difference after controlling for those factors (with perhaps some adjustment for grade inflation/deflation).</p>