I am a current high school senior and have narrowed my college choices down to Saint Louis University and Ole Miss. I anticipate to study biology and minor in business with my end goal being to go onto med school. I am in the Honors College at both universities. I am in the Medical Scholars Program at SLU which does help with the process of keeping me on track to go to medical school with a strong curriculum. Does Ole Miss being seen as a less prestigious university hurt my chances of going on to Med School? Ole miss is about 9k cheaper per year than SLU with my current scholarships. Any thoughts…?
Do any of the adjoining medical schools give preference to their undergraduates?
From what I know there is preference at SLU with their Med scholars program as the MCAT is not a determining factor as long as I maintain the required GPA. The only preference I believe there is at UM’s medical school is for residents of that state.
Then I think SLU is a better option. SLU has an excellent medical school. This would be a case where the additional cost provides a tangible benefit.
Do you think there would be a difference if I was to apply to a medical school that wasn’t SLU’s or UM’s between attending either of the schools for undergraduate.
Med schools will not consider SLU to be better than Old Miss.
Where is your home state? If it’s not Miss, there’s no advantage to going to Ole Miss. Miss’s med school must largely favor instate students.
How would the extra $9k per year get paid if you went to SLU? what are your parents saying?
What are your other choices? Are you a NMF??
My one concern about SLU medical scholars is that it’s not as much of a shoo in for med school like other BS/MD programs can be.
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SLU’s Medical Scholars have the unique benefit of applying to the School of Medicine during the spring semester of their sophomore year, two years before traditional pre-med students in their class, and are notified of their admission status before the start of their junior year.
While Medical Scholars enjoy early application privileges, their acceptance to SLU’s School of Medicine is not guaranteed. Medical Scholars must still sit for the Medical College Admission Test (MCAT) at the appropriate time, however their test score does not impact their admission to medical school through the program.
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And you must maintain a 3.65 BCPM GPA and cum GPA, while taking the premed prereqs in their recommended sequence.
What is the rejection rate for that SLU program for kids that are in compliance with the GPA requirement? That can help you decide whether the value of the additional cost is high or not.
Where will the money for SLU come from?
If your parents can afford it without a loan, it’s worth considering.
At Ole Miss, there are two tiers of Honors College: which one did you get (give us the name 
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Are you a strong test taker (2100 on the old SAT, for example)? Or are you better in class than on standardized tests?
SLU money would be part loan part from my parents. I am in the SMBHC at Ole miss and I am usually a strong test taker, I have a 31 on ACT but I do achieve in the classroom as well with a 3.82 GPA non-weighted with AP and DE courses throughout my schedule since sophomore year at a college-prep school.