<p>I have heard ALOT of different things about how important the prestige of your undergrad will impact the prestige of the medical school you get into. It seems to me that those who go to cornell, harvard, yale, upenn will argue that it matters ALOT. But im going to ask the question: how would going to U of Florida or U Miami which are top 50 schools affect your chances of getting into JHU med or Harvard of UPenn med vs. attending the ivy's, emory, georgetown. </p>
<p>And while im at it what do you guys think of UF and Umiami. I know that in florida they are very prestigious and very good schools but how do other schools or just people that live out of florida see them? </p>
<p>Discuss and thank you!</p>
<p>You will be fine if you go to your Florida choices. They are fine schools and those undergrads of the proper caliber are frequently found in the med schools you are concerned with.</p>
<p>For medical school where you went to undergrad matters less, that said a majority of students at the top medical schools come from elite schools. </p>
<p>As for Florida school prestige I think they are looked at as good schools but I wouldn’t say ‘prestigious.’</p>
<p>For the Florida school question…their prestige depends on who you ask.</p>
<p>If you ask someone who pays attention to the ratings and such, you’ll get the answers above - good school, worthwhile, but not elite.</p>
<p>If you ask the average person from outside of Florida who doesn’t pay attention to rankings - all they’re likely to know is football, and they’ll be surprised to find out that they’re top 50 schools. But they’ll know those schools far better than they’ll know Emory or some other elite LAC and that name recognition might get you farther if you were simply looking for a job in say Kansas City or Dallas or New Orleans rather than trying to get into medical school.</p>
<p>thanks everyone for your responses!
yeah my college decision was basically narrowed to those two schools after learning from the financial aspect at Emory, UMich and Wake Forest. I could not afford them and thought it to not be very wise to take up loans. I know wanting to go to those medical schools is ambitious but it is defiantely something im willing to work extremely hard for.</p>
<p>Why are you bumping?</p>
<p>I know that my D. will be surrounded by many from Ivy’s at her Med. School. We have seen the list of Second Look event visitors. She is coming from state UG that has been a perfect place for her, providing her with all kind of opportunities while on full tuition Merit Scholarships. College GPA, MCAT score and decent EC’s (most pre-meds have them) are considered by Med. Schools first, name of UG, major,…etc. seems to be secondary considerations. Others might have different experience and they will have different opinion based on their experience.</p>
<p>i’d just like to add in my two cents from what i’ve researched when i had this same question -</p>
<p>the reason you see so many ivy kids at ivy meds is because the kids who get into an ivy have what it takes to get those same grades at a state undergrad. while kids at a lower undergrad definitely have the potential to make ivy med school level grades, many don’t, simply because they’re state schools - ivies have ONLY the top caliber kids from the beginning.</p>
<p>unless you’re going to harvard, princeton, or yale, i really wouldn’t worry about it. the name of your undergrad is pretty much equal coming in from any other school. miami and florida are great schools! i’ve heard wonderful things about the premed advising at umiami.</p>