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How do you know if your college is good for Pre-Med and MCAT preparation?
OK, I'm going to read between your lines. You want to maximize your odds of getting into med school. OK, here goes.
Unless you're in a top-ten college--an Ivy, for example--then the specific program won't matter much. In fact, med schools don't even care if you major in pre-med or something else! Officially, they hold that they want med students who have a broad undergrad education.
OK, so here's a plan--go to whatever college will cost the least, so you will have the least amount of debt from student loans when you enter med. school. That might mean starting at a community college and transferring to a state u. for the final two years.
If you major in pre-med, then use all your electives for breadth--arts, social sciences, phys ed, humanities. Or major in anything, but use your electives to cover all of the science and math that any pre-med major would complete.
While in college, try to work (pay or volunteer) at a medical clinic or health center or anyplace where you can make the acquaintance of doctors. Talk to them about your long-term goal of becoming a doctor--they'll like you for that.
MCAT prep is often best done individually--there are a number of test-prep packages out there, get one or several of them a few months before you take that test and you should be OK.
Now, when you apply to med schools, you'll want to ask the doctors you know which ones they'd recommend for you. You might get those doctors to write letters of recommendation--many med. schools require letters, and the ones from doctors impress the best. Many med. schools require you to come in for an interview; your doctor acquaintances can tell you what questions to anticipate and how to answer them.
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