<p>I hear a lot that a lot of colleges dont have the "pre med" program. So i technically dont mean like a "pre med" program. Just a college with really good biology courses and stuff that pertains to medical school. What are the pros and cons of each college?</p>
<p>The general premed requirements such as intro calc, english, biology, chemistry, physics, organic chemistry are standard at all universities…</p>
<p>What matters is faculty resources for research (easy access to clinical/lab research opportunites?), accessibility to professors (how easy is it to know professors and ask for recommendation), how good is the premed advising office (do they have former med admissions officiers on board who can give you valueable advice on how to improve your chances to med school), how tough is competition from your peer classmates, how tough is the grading curve, acceptance rate into med schools (not the best indicator, but one worth noting). </p>
<p>Does the university mobilize it’s vast faculty resources to offer MCAT prep classes? (i’m not sure if any university is doing this right now, Johns Hopkins is introducing a program that will compete against Kaplan MCAT prep classes at half the price… Kaplan prep classes can cost upwards of $500 to thousands of dollars! so if a university can offer MCAT prep using their own Professors at half the price. :-P)</p>
<p>I just decided today that I am no longer premed 
Be warned, getting into a top 25 med school is 4 or 5 times harder than getting into MIT percentage wise. Don’t do it for the money. Do it because you love medicine (whatever that means lol). GOOD LUCK, we need more primary care doctors in the future…</p>
<p>Yea, i love medicine and i love helping people! and i really think its meant for me, but how come u dropped out of premed?</p>
<p>and possibly, could name some amazing universities that have bio/premed type thing?</p>
<p>I would say the USnews top 50 overall ranking is a good guide for the best premed schools. You need high GPA (means you should look for schools that have higher mean GPAs), and good recommendations and research opportunities. Stay away from tech schools, as they tend to have a lot of grade deflation. </p>
<p>I myself also dropped out of premed years ago, when I realized I cannot stand being around sick people, and deal with blood all the time, not to mention that one of the first classes in medical school will be dissection(human), where you will need to spend time in a morgue. I will rather not have to subject myself to that stuff.</p>
<p>It’s not a glamorous job, a doctor is in a way a mechanic for the human body, you can’t be afraid to get dirty, you really must feel a calling for it. I couldn’t do it.</p>
<p>I was a premed at Johns Hopkins. JHU was named “hottest premed school” in 2008 according to USNews… Hopkins has the best public health school in the nation, top notch nursing, top notch medical school, and the Johns Hopkins Hospital is the best in the nation…
Based on what I’ve seen, there are more research opportunities available at the Hopkins med school than at Harvard med school based on my experience with each respective student employment websites 
Big H’s resources are simply amazing to say the least… but opportunities for research at Harvard would not be difficult to get.</p>
<p>I realized that I could not get an MD degree if my ultimate motivation to become a doctor was for the money and job security. I would not live life happily… </p>
<p>I would consider WashU, Duke, Harvard, …</p>
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<p>The system would have to change for many people to become primary care physicians. The payoff for specialization is so high and the conditions so much better, it is a wonder that anybody stops after residency.</p>