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I was hoping you guys could help me with this ordeal. I am trying to pick a university in which I can do premed and get into some really good medical schools (i.e: UCLA,Northwestern, University of Michigan, maybe some IVY leagues if I can).
I am from Michigan and I have been accepted to Wayne State University with a full scholarship but I have also been accepted into the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor which is very prestigious (in the top ten for med schools). I am sure that I will have a 3.3-3.5 gpa at u of M (or even lower) because it is a very competitive school. On the other hand I think I can manage a 3.8(maybe higher) at Wayne State's honors college. Both are Carnegie Mellon Top Tier research institutions.However, at Michigan you can start research from freshman year but at Wayne they say from sophomore/junior year. Being honest I think I can outshine the other students at Wayne but not the ones from U of M.
I know some who have done premed at Michigan and haven't been able to get into medical school. Wayne State has its own medical school (3.6 avg gpa) and many of its premeds get into. SO the question is....is going to a prestigious school and getting a lower gpa better than going to a mediocre school and getting a high gpa in order to get to a good medical school?
they say a 4.0 at Wayne can not even compare to a 3.5 in Michigan. I don't know how true that is though.
THANKS FOR HELPING.
I was hoping you guys could help me with this ordeal. I am trying to pick a university in which I can do premed and get into some really good medical schools (i.e: UCLA,Northwestern, University of Michigan, maybe some IVY leagues if I can).
I am from Michigan and I have been accepted to Wayne State University with a full scholarship but I have also been accepted into the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor which is very prestigious (in the top ten for med schools). I am sure that I will have a 3.3-3.5 gpa at u of M (or even lower) because it is a very competitive school. On the other hand I think I can manage a 3.8(maybe higher) at Wayne State's honors college. Both are Carnegie Mellon Top Tier research institutions.However, at Michigan you can start research from freshman year but at Wayne they say from sophomore/junior year. Being honest I think I can outshine the other students at Wayne but not the ones from U of M.
I know some who have done premed at Michigan and haven't been able to get into medical school. Wayne State has its own medical school (3.6 avg gpa) and many of its premeds get into. SO the question is....is going to a prestigious school and getting a lower gpa better than going to a mediocre school and getting a high gpa in order to get to a good medical school?
they say a 4.0 at Wayne can not even compare to a 3.5 in Michigan. I don't know how true that is though.
THANKS FOR HELPING.