Shoot high or settle?

<p>Don’t assume that admissions is going to favor bigger, research oriented schools. There are colleges with no grad programs that produce more PhDs per capita then the well known research universities. [nsf.gov</a> - NCSES Baccalaureate Origins of S&E Doctorate Recipients - US National Science Foundation (NSF)](<a href=“http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/infbrief/nsf08311/]nsf.gov”>http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/infbrief/nsf08311/) And for med school, if you don’t meet the gpa and mcat requirements, it won’t matter what kind of research you’ve been exposed to.</p>