<p>I'm currently an undergraduate student at U of M. Does it help, in terms of med school admissions, that I attended U of M for undergraduate and then applied to the UofM med school? Do they give more favor to students who completed their undergraduate work at that school?</p>
<p>Varies from school to school. Some (I'd argue most) put their own at a disadvantage. Some give their own an advantage. Some claim to be neutral.</p>
<p>It's important to notice that all schools will APPEAR to give their own an advantage, because more Michigan students will apply to Michigan and more Michigan students will matriculate to Michigan, so there's no way to tell based on that data whether Michigan admits are being advantaged in the ADMISSIONS process.</p>
<p>There is one unscientific way to tell, and one statistical one.</p>
<p>Cruise around mdapplicants.com. Search for students from Michigan (home state) who are ultimately admitted to UMich Med and see whether the students from Michigan undergrad are compellingly more or less qualified than the others.</p>
<p>Alternatively, take a series of schools that have approximately the same selectivity as Michigan, and then see whether Michigan undergrads - controlling for student quality and home state - are admitted to one school at a higher rate than the other.</p>
<p>As BDM says, it depends. Cornell's dean of admissions says that they put Cornell undergrads at an advantage although I don't have the admissions numbers to prove.</p>
<p>It would make sense that undergrads are given an advantage considering we're paying hundreds of thousands of dollars to attend their university and we've shown a lot of commitment and love for the university if we are willing to spend both our undergraduate and graduate years there.</p>
<p>One more unrelated question: I realize that most med schools require two semesters of general chemistry, but at Michigan the chemistry sequence goes something likes this: 1 sem Gen Chem, 2 sem Orgo, 1 sem PChem. I'm not sure if Gen Chem is an accelerated course here or not, but there is no Gen Chem 2. I'm very confused.</p>
<p>Michigan is a public school. Hundreds (plural) of thousands of dollars would make you out-of-state. Be aware that that will make admissions more difficult.</p>
<p>And no. Your tuition money is what pays for your education and your diploma. A boost at the next step is not necessarily part of the deal.</p>
<p>Take pchem.</p>
<p>CCRunner, I advise you to talk to a premed advisor at your school (if they exist). They will know exactly what needs to be done at your school. For example, my school does not offer 2 general chemistry courses either; there are also no general chem or p-chem labs. My school has a specific chemistry sequence that premeds are told to adhere to, and medical schools understand that; students from here are admitted to top med schools.</p>