Old_Mil said:
I'd rule out any school with more than 5,000 students for my undergrad based on size alone.
If you do this, you will be discounting a large number of good schools. You've got to remember that if you go to a school where the faculty to student ratio is 10:1, you will more than likely also go to a school where the research facilities are, at best, second rate. If you're interested in doing research (a great way to get looked at by schools), then small colleges are not necessarily the best route.
My undergrad had approximately 17,000 students. I never once waited in line behind other students to talk to a professor. In fact, most professors encouraged us to email them and they would usually respond in less than 24 hours.
You can get into medical school from big schools, as well. What it all boils down to is three things: 1.) Your college academic record (GPA, MCAT) 2.) your social skills (Extra curriculars, can you hold a conversation with the interviewer) and 3.) did you convince the interviewer that you are sincere in your desire to practice medicine.
Guys, don't give puppet a hard time about his questions. Yeah, if he's a troll, then he's a jerk. But if not, we have all been in his place wanting to know where to go next.
Puppet, my advice to you is to keep working hard in high school and learn as much as possible so that when you get to college, the basic science (general chem, bio, physics) will largely be a review. Then work hard so that you get A's in all of those classes. Don't freak out if organic turns out to be hard...very few people find it to be easy and if you mess up in that class, the ADCOMS understand.
But make sure you get involved in organizations at your school (another thing that is more difficult at small schools). Do research. Have fun. Med schools don't like people who spent four years in college doing nothing but reading in their dorms.
