<p>When planning on going to a medical school, is it better to go to undergrad at a college like UGA and stay on the top academically, or is it better to go to a hardcore university like Emory, and work your butt off but still be mediocre?</p>
<p>Whatever makes you happy and that you can afford- med school is expensive. Enjoy the undergrad years. Its your years of freedom before the structured medical school world.</p>
<p>*or is it better to go to a hardcore university like Emory, and work your butt off but still be mediocre? *</p>
<p>Do you mean mediocre GPA? You want to avoid a mediocre GPA.</p>