<p>i'm still kinda deciding which undergrad school to go to. for med school i'm thinking northwestern, vanderbilt, baylor or columbia. these are my choices:</p>
<p>1) brown (applying ED, not sure if ill get in tho)
2) vassar
3) williams
4) notre dame
5) emory
6) northwestern
7) university of virginia
8) rice
9) georgetown
10) amherst</p>
<p>sorry for the long list, but im trying to keep my options open. thanks for any info!</p>
<p>are u joking....do u already have planned out who u r going to marry, how many kids you will have, and when u will die? </p>
<p>i dont think you should be wasting ppl's time when u havent even applied to any of these schools let alone gotten into any. And "not sure" u will get into brown....y not, seems like you have it all planned out, y dont u say ur sure u will get into columbia med school too. </p>
<p>Bottom line when it comes to college admissions....they chose u before u chose them!</p>
<p>Ditto, I'm sure Shraf is just a little irked by the many premeds who seem to have their entire lives planned out.</p>
<p>Especially at the medical school stage, the odds of admission into any four given schools - particularly all schools in the top 15 or so - is just so astonishingly low that you would really need a much longer list than that, no matter what your qualifications are.</p>
<p>As far as picking an undergrad school goes, go ahead and apply to most of the schools you think you'd be happy at - wait and see which of them come back, and then make your decision based on where you think you'll get the best undergraduate education.</p>
<p>The question to ask yourself at the end of that day - which will come, if I'm not mistaken, around a year from now - won't be "Which school will help me get into med school" or "Which school will prep me best for the MCAT". The right question will be: "As I spend more and more time around these students, which ones do I want to be more like at the end of four years?"</p>
<p>geesh im sorry. i was merely asking which schools would prepare me best on an all-around level for med school, and no i don't have my life planned out. in fact, my second choice after brown is UCLA and that's not even on the list. i'm also asking because i don't want to spend $70 on an application, when beforehand i can know that i could've gone to a school that had a better program but i wasted my 70 bucks somewhere else.</p>
<p>oh n with wasting ppl's time, i don't think you contributed hardly anything so i guess that's a turn around. furthermore, i'm not asking anybody to absolutely comment. if you don't like it, don't help. i'm not trying to waste anyone's time at all. if you have time and you have a helpful answer, please respond by all means. if you don't, that's fine with me.</p>
<p>bdm, thanks for being helpful. yea, the whole "go where you love" thing is defenitly my top priority but i'm trying to narrow it down, since i really like all these schools but there's a lot of them.</p>
<p>Well, as long as we're discussing where to apply:</p>
<p>(This is how I earn my handle.)</p>
<p>dittogal,</p>
<p>Do yourself a huge favor: Don't even begin to plan your med school. Like most other med school applicants, you'll probably be applying to around 20 schools and hoping for a few interviews and maybe a couple acceptances. You won't be nearly as picky about where you go after that, trust me.</p>
<p>Also, don't choose your undergrad based on "pre med" thinking. Choose it based on what kind of experience you think it will offer you. Many (and I mean MANY) undergrads change career tracks midstream. You do NOT want to be stuck at a school if you only liked it for a specific major. Look at the programs more holistically. </p>
<p>Also, try to visit the campuses.</p>
<p>I see...DUKE Blue Devils....good choice.</p>
<p>UCLAri, what kind of schools would those be then if i were to keep my gpa and my mcat score really up. i really do hope i get into duke or UT tho. would you happen to have any admissions stats?</p>