<p>Hi - can anyone tell me where I would be able to find information comparing UConn and UMass for pre-med? Any input is greatly appreciated.</p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>Look at this previous thread (<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/high-school-student-topics/535186-umass-amherst-good-enough.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/high-school-student-topics/535186-umass-amherst-good-enough.html</a>) to find out about Pre-med at UMass.</p>
<p>I don’t think there is much of a difference. While some prestigious private schools place more students into top medical schools, medical school education is the same basically everywhere and about 50% of med. school applicants do not get into any medical schools.</p>
<p>That being said, I think hard working students at either UMass or UConn are able to get into great medical schools and are able to graduate from college with minimal debt and have more money to spend on the medical school application process and medical school tuition.</p>
<p>The two schools are comparable for pre-med and if I were in your situation, I would go wherever it is cheaper (go to your state school unless you are offered significant merit at the other school). Many hard working and intelligent students at both schools get into medical schools.</p>
<p>Medical school application is largely a game of numbers. As long as you get a competitive MCAT score (31+ or 27+ URM), GPA (3.7+), and volunteering/research experience you have a good shot of medical school at either school.</p>
<p>Thanks for the reply. That’s basically what I thought.</p>
<p>Outside of pre-med, here are the salary figures for state university grads:</p>
<p>[Top</a> State Universities By Salary Potential](<a href=“2024 College Rankings by Salary Potential | Payscale”>2024 College Rankings by Salary Potential | Payscale)</p>
<p>Apparently, UMass and UConn grads make similar amounts of money.</p>
<p>The difference between “top” undergrad schools and other schools in medical or law admissions is that the former group is “better” overall. If you go to a big school, there will be more marginal candidates, partly because of sheer numbers. </p>
<p>If you’re a marginal medical school candidate, you’re marginal. If you’re a good candidate, you’re good.</p>
<p>One oddity is that in a few cases you have a better chance of getting into some programs when you go to lesser known school. For example, Yale Law is small and, historically, they take about 10 kids from Yale College each year. I can tell you it’s very, very, very difficult to be in the 10 ten of law school applicants from Yale - well, maybe it’s been different because of Wall Street employment over the last few years, but if so that will be changing right away. It’s easier to be in the top group of applicants from many other schools.</p>
<p>IPD, were you able to find any real discussion of their data and modeling? I couldn’t see any. I ask for a couple of reasons:</p>
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<li><p>The range is quite small and I wonder what generates it. The top 50+ schools are quite squashed together. Seriously. The spread isn’t $20k and I have no idea how sensitive the numbers are - meaning I don’t know how they’re derived and thus potential error.</p></li>
<li><p>It’s well known that geography has a major role in determining salary. Looks to me like geography plays a large role in their rankings. The bottom line advice is go to a school in a high income area of the country - with only a few possible exceptions. </p></li>
<li><p>I wonder how they treat schools with programs that earn less. For example, I see a few schools low on the list graduate a lot of teachers. People choose that career despite the relatively low pay.</p></li>
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