Rutgers vs Baylor - Premed

Colleges and Universities A-Z Rutgers University
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Hi everyone -

I am deciding which one would be the best choice for a premed track. I got admitted into Rutgers and Baylor. I am looking to pursue premed program. Please advise on which of these colleges will be a best choice that will help me get to med school. From my research, looks like Rutgers has a program where I can apply for med school during my sophomore year. Also Baylor seems to have higher med school admission rate (70%) - not sure how inflated it is.

Some questions are

  1. Is there any grade inflation/deflation in these colleges - would like to keep up the GPA
  2. Any advantage (leg up) in getting into home med schools by studying undergrad there
  3. Will my OOS impact my admission into Baylor school of medicine (I am from CA and I read that most of the seats (85%) goes to Texas residents)

Appreciate your thoughts and inputs!

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Rutgers actually has 2 but both are very very competitive. You can’t apply for medical school, but you can apply for a program that guarantees you a spot in medical school if you get a minimum MCAT and GPA but only 6/7 get into each program. Most of these people are from the honors college as well and get 3.7+ GPA so I wouldn’t bet on getting into these programs

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@Tictacmissus Thank you for your inputs