Yale or Washington in St. Louis USP med?

Pre-Med & Medical School Pre-Med Topics
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<p>Hi, I'm currently stuck in a dilemma between these two choices:</p>

<p>Yale and Wash U concurrent admission to their med school. Wash U's program is not binding, but I am still required to take the MCAT and maintain a fairly high GPA. In addition, I still have to go through the application process, even though I'm basically guaranteed admission to Wash U Med School.</p>

<p>I know for sure that I want to go to med school, but I also have interests in other fields, like business, as well.</p>

<p>Does anyone know how strong Yale's pre-med is? Or even statistics on where Yale undergrads go for med school? I keep thinking that Wash U is a much safer bet, because it's probably a lot harder to get into a good med school from Yale than from Wash U, since Yale is a lot more competitive itself.</p>

<p>Does anyone have any advice or suggestions? Please help! Thanks so much!</p>

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it's probably a lot harder to get into a good med school from Yale than from Wash U

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I'm betting Yale does just fine relative to WUSTL. WUSTL itself does pretty well, too.</p>

<p>Obviously this guarantee is somewhat valuable, since the WUSTL requirements are considerably below their median GPA for actual medical school admissions, but that all hinges on whether you like WUSTL in the first place. If you could be happy going to school there, then by all means, the eventual offer is a nice bonus.</p>

<p>But if, as an undergraduate school, you'd rather go to Yale, then go to Yale. Kids from Yale are smart kids -- I'm sure they do just fine.</p>

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<p>Don't you need a 38 on the MCAT for WashU? That's not exactly easy.</p>