What schools are the best for pre medical students and how importance is university rank when choosing? Best answer on the web

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07 Jan 2009
  • Hey. I'm graduating from high school next year in May and so I will start applying to colleges this year in the fall. I want to go into medicine but I'm not sure what colleges/universities I should be looking at. I live in Maryland and I want to stay on the East Coast. I would preferably like to go to New York. What are some good schools I can go to. I want to go to NYU but im not sure if I can get in. How important is a universities rank for fturue med students. I just want to make sure I pick a good school to provide me with the best experience and services since medical school is so challenging. I know I'm just going into pre med but I want to get off to a good start. PLEASE HELP.


  • I don't know how you are prepared: how are you going to pay college? what grades you got?

    However, if you don't want to spend too much money on pre-med classes, you should try local collegy or university. Pre-med is simply easy. Wherever you go, if you can take pre-med classes (1~2yr physics w/lab 1yr calculus 1yr biology w/lab 2yr chemistry w/lab and some general classes like philosophies and compositions) and there classes are transfereable, you may take them both in collegy and university near you and compete with others. I don't think how good your school is matters when it comes to competing with others getting into med school as long as your GPA is high and you score good on MCAT.

    If given a same circumstances, if you go to any college and got good scores on these classes, you have better chance of getting into medical school than others from good college with lower grade points. College administrators know that most colleges and universities share simular concepts and difficulties regarding what colleges they are. So if you could score all As from your university, you are highly likely to be accepted into many medical schools with good MCAT score.

    It's important you plan ahead of everything. So you don't get stuck with bad grades in college.

    However, classes in college is way more difficult than in those in highschool. For instance, you are better off if you take calculus I and II as your math since you need some physics and organic chemistires. I don't know about others, but I find calculus I and II as one of the easy classes I have taken so far and I don't like math. Many classes are time consuming and require many infomations remembered. I recommend to plan a long way. You can't hurry medical school unless you are Jimmy Neutron. If you are regular like myself, you better use your time, money, and energy well. If I were you I'd go to closest college possible and start taking classes and somewhat years later transfer to good school for your needs.

    Good Luck!


  • Considering where you at Johns Hopkins pre med and medical school is top in the country. With the lowering of standards in all medical programs due to a trough in medical school applicants, a solid science pre med program at any solid University would work with a good GPA, core courses, and of course an excellent MCAT score. Throw some good activities, and organizational memeberships and you should be alright.


  • Definitely go to a school with a good reputation, but more importantly get good grades and do lots of extra curricular activities. Make sure you do internships and are very involved, as well as get great grades. Also, I recommend working at least a year after you graduate undergrad and before going to medical school. Medical schools love to see people have some work experience first. Be an EMT or something for a year.