GPA/MCAT vs Undergrad School

[DahlkeA]

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Hey Everyone,

This is my first post on this forum, but I have been reading posts for a long time, but I've never come up against this question.

I was curious as to what has more Impact. Your overall GPA/MCAT scores, or the undergraduate school you went to. I live in Idaho and we don't have many schools here that are well known for their academic value, and we have NO medical schools whatsoever. I work at the hospital as a sleep technologist and have talked to some of the physicians who I work with daily, and asked them what my chances would be getting into medical school graduating from a school like Boise State. They almost all say that it would be extremely hard, even with a excellent GPA and MCAT score. Is this true?

I'm at Boise State right now and just finishing up my associates degree in Bio, and I was going to go on and get a degree in Bio or BioChem. But I don't want this to completely screw up my chances of getting into medical school. My only other option is to move to a school like UW, but then I would have to talk a year off or only go part time to get residency status, because I don't want to pay out of state tuition. ha ha. I would don't want to have to put off my education for another year, but I will do what I have to do to get into medical school.

So what do you guys think? Does the school you graduate from have a lot to do with if you get accepted or not? Or does it rely more on GPA/MCAT/ECs?

 

[Stumpyman]

Hey Everyone,

This is my first post on this forum, but I have been reading posts for a long time, but I've never come up against this question.

I was curious as to what has more Impact. Your overall GPA/MCAT scores, or the undergraduate school you went to. I live in Idaho and we don't have many schools here that are well known for their academic value, and we have NO medical schools whatsoever. I work at the hospital as a sleep technologist and have talked to some of the physicians who I work with daily, and asked them what my chances would be getting into medical school graduating from a school like Boise State. They almost all say that it would be extremely hard, even with a excellent GPA and MCAT score. Is this true?

I'm at Boise State right now and just finishing up my associates degree in Bio, and I was going to go on and get a degree in Bio or BioChem. But I don't want this to completely screw up my chances of getting into medical school. My only other option is to move to a school like UW, but then I would have to talk a year off or only go part time to get residency status, because I don't want to pay out of state tuition. ha ha. I would don't want to have to put off my education for another year, but I will do what I have to do to get into medical school.

So what do you guys think? Does the school you graduate from have a lot to do with if you get accepted or not? Or does it rely more on GPA/MCAT/ECs?

Wait, you've never come across this question? This thread is posted about 3-5 times every week.

Short conclusion: GPA/MCAT are way more important than undergrad school. After GPA/MCAT, then ECs, then waaaaay down the list is your undergrad school. It doesn't matter much at all, just do really good wherever you are.

 

[1TB4RKSB4CK]

I will probably matter if persons with similar stats come from a tier 1 and tier 4 respectively.

 

[StoicJosher]

Wait, you've never come across this question? This thread is posted about 3-5 times every week.

Short conclusion: GPA/MCAT are way more important than undergrad school. After GPA/MCAT, then ECs, then waaaaay down the list is your undergrad school. It doesn't matter much at all, just do really good wherever you are.

This. The only way your undergraduate institution is going to count against you is if you are up against someone who has identical GPA/MCAT, LORs, ECs but from a higher ranked school. But the chances of you ending up in such a situation in every school you applied to? Probably very little.

 

[deleted346323]

GPA/MCAT/Extracurriculars >>>>>>> Undergrad institution. Don't sweat it. I don't know where the physicians you were talking to got their information.

 

[kpcrew]

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