<p>For all three of mine, the following are what they deemed most important and in order of importance.</p>
<p>Cost
Location
Major
Fit</p>
<p>as you can see for some reputation is important, other’s don’t mention it. For us, the strength of the major at each school was more important than the overall reputation of the college.</p>
<p>Also kathymom technically there is no “major” called pre-med that is requisite for medical school. Some colleges package up classes and call it pre-med, but you can go to med school with an Art major if you’ve got the GPA and MCAT scores.</p>