Should I apply to Northwestern ED?

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I’m a senior, I want to go to the best pre med school which has the least weed out and isn’t in a high cost area for houses. I have a 1520 new sat, SAT 800 Math Level 2, 770 US History, score of 5 on 4 AP tests, 3.93 uw, 4.57 w, 14/483 rank, average EC’s, nmsf. According to the expert’s choice colleges with best pre-med, Northwestern is listed. I’ve also heard Northwestern is the hardest in the country for pre-med, so that kinda deters me. I have to pay 23,000 per year at NW, or I may want to go to OU to go to school for free, and I would shine more at OU. Thoughts?

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I have no experience in this subject as I am a junior in HS, but through out this forum ive heard almost everyone say that is you are looking at pre med go to a cheap school as med school is going to cost a lot. Based on that I would say OU.

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yeah but med schools list prestige as an important factor, as much as people don’t like to admit it

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Med schools do not consider prestige. Show me where it says that. They consider GPA and MCAT.

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Link: https://www.aamc.org/download/434596/data/usingmcatdata2016.pdf

Page 3. Or somewhere at the beginning. It says undergrad prestige highest importance for private medical schools. old man u just got pwned LOL

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@“Erin’s Dad” I came across this. It is not about admission, but according to this paper, there is a marked difference in incomes

http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2473238

Seems to applyprimarily to men though

So this paper is arguing that even when you get into Medical school, at least for men, there is a big differential in pay for those who go to an elite undergraduate program and then earn a MD degree, vs somebody who goes to a “tier 4” school and then earns an MD degree. Even after adjusting for family background, the differential may be as high as 20%.
That would suggest that one should carefully consider the common wisdom, I have often heard. Go to the cheapest undergrad school you can and do well there and then get into medical school You may get into medical school, but you may not earn as high as someone who went to an elite school.

Not sure if this is selection bias. Maybe these men are choosing and getting into better and higher paying specialties because they have better Step scores and they may have done better no matter what, but it certainly makes you pause. Just thought I would pass it on.