<p>I've been having some problems in my college search and I was hoping that someone in this forum can give me some advice!</p>
<p>So I'm hoping to become a research doctor and I'm searching for schools with amazing medical, research, and biology programs. So far my choices are JHU, then U of M (I live in Michigan), and finally Wayne State University (they offered me a full paid scholarship). But I was wondering if anyone knows of any other universities that have diverse and prominent medical schools along with an abundance of medical research.</p>
<p>I'm pretty sure I have a good chance at any college, I have good grades and test scores but more importantly I've done research in two cancer labs and have two publications out and one pending. So if anyone knows any colleges that meet my criteria I would greatly appreciate your help.</p>
<p>Also I hear about "cut throat" medical schools, could someone please elaborate on this concept?</p>
<p>You might want to look into Rice University in Houston. It's located next to the Texas Medical Center, which is the largest medical center in the world comprised of 13 separate hospitals and 2 medical schools. There are a lot of medical research opportunities available for undergrads. Since you are interested in cancer research you should note that one of the hospitals located in the Texas Medical Center is MD Anderson Cancer Center -- a preeminent cancer hospital.</p>
<p>You might also be interested to know that Rice has a program where you're admitted to the undergrad school and guaranteed admission to Baylor College of Medicine. It's very competitive to be accepted, but an incredible opportunity.</p>
<p>look into emory university. it has the center for disease control (CDC) right next to campus so you could get alot of insight into medical research through internships etc. the emory hospital is also in the center of campus. just a thought.</p>
<p>Eleven of the top thirteen research medical schools in the country (by total NIH funding) have undergraduate schools associated with them, and if you include Rice/TMC/Baylor/UT Houston, you get twelve of thirteen. There's probably a lot more, but I couldn't decide how to count Cornell (Med school is in NYC; undergrad is in Greece) so I stopped.</p>
<p>definitely look into those combined BA/MD programs. They take off some of the pressure of getting perfect grades and MCAT scores, which in your case would allow you to spend more time doing research.</p>
<p>id go to wayne state. with a full ride, u'll basically be in no debt at all and you'll be competing with a less cutthroat group of students. this way u keep ur grades up and save tons of money.</p>