<p>my daughter is a very serious student that wants to move on to grad/premed, does it make a difference to go to an expensive top rep school, i am afraid that she will be like all the rest there or go to a lesser aclaimed academic school that she may be at the top, is it worth the money? does it increase or decrease the chance for med school?</p>
<p>where you go for undergrad doesn’t matter. going to a more “elite” institution isn’t going to boost her chances to get into med school. she just needs to maintain a really high gpa wherever she goes (and also do well on the mcat).</p>
<p>^ not true…There are many top schools that have 80-90 pre-med acceptance rates into medical school for their pre-meds…and not all of these schools weed out their undergrads or require a committee letter.</p>
<p>probably because the students are naturally driven and motivated etc, hence they got into said top schools</p>
<p>but if you go to a top school and have a lower gpa than someone who went to a state school, for example, you’re not going to have an advantage over them just because you went to a top school</p>
<p>^^^ not always true…if the student at the top school had a higher mcat score…</p>
<p>at some top schools its harder to earn a higher gpa than at a state school, as a result, medical schools will use the mcat scores to put the different student’s gpa’s into context.</p>
<p>the problem is that it is a lot harder to get a high gpa at prestigous schools and if it doesn’t matter then the money difference would not seem to be worth it…thanks for all of your replies</p>
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<p>Not quite. Grade inflation is pretty abundant in many elite schools, whereas it is much less common in state schools.</p>
<p>If it’s a money issue, the State School is clearly the winner. post-undergraduate schools turn into significant debt.</p>