Pitt for Undergrad?

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I've been accepted to the University of Pittsburgh as an undergrad with a full tuition scholarship. I'm trying to get a good read on how good their undergrad is for getting into a top-ranked medical school. I know they don't have a set pre-med program exactly, but I'm more interested in the quality of their advising, acceptance rates into medical schools, etc. I want to double major in Molecular Biology and Computer Science or Math if that helps.

Also, I'm torn because I could go to Pitt and save a lot of money, or possibly go to a higher ranked undergrad program that would cost more. (I'm in the ballpark for the Ivy League, and I've applied to a few top 20 schools). Does it really matter where I go?

 

[Medstart108]

I've been accepted to the University of Pittsburgh as an undergrad with a full tuition scholarship. I'm trying to get a good read on how good their undergrad is for getting into a top-ranked medical school. I know they don't have a set pre-med program exactly, but I'm more interested in the quality of their advising, acceptance rates into medical schools, etc. I want to double major in Molecular Biology and Computer Science or Math if that helps.

Also, I'm torn because I could go to Pitt and save a lot of money, or possibly go to a higher ranked undergrad program that would cost more. (I'm in the ballpark for the Ivy League, and I've applied to a few top 20 schools). Does it really matter where I go?

Also though, don't forget that depending on your household income, you could get financial aid from many of the Ivy League colleges. When people hear Ivy League they assume 50k per year, which is completely unaffordable for most families. However, if your family makes less than 60k before taxes, you pay nothing and if your family makes less than 180k before taxes, you will usually get some sort of financial aid. Once you are accepted, they take into account your entire financial situation.

At the end of the day, this all depends on your financial situation. I would attend an Ivy League if either a) my parents could afford it b) i was receiving some sort of financial aid that made it reasonable to afford.

 

[Jas1360]

I've been accepted to the University of Pittsburgh as an undergrad with a full tuition scholarship. I'm trying to get a good read on how good their undergrad is for getting into a top-ranked medical school. I know they don't have a set pre-med program exactly, but I'm more interested in the quality of their advising, acceptance rates into medical schools, etc. I want to double major in Molecular Biology and Computer Science or Math if that helps.

Also, I'm torn because I could go to Pitt and save a lot of money, or possibly go to a higher ranked undergrad program that would cost more. (I'm in the ballpark for the Ivy League, and I've applied to a few top 20 schools). Does it really matter where I go?

I would take that scholarship. You will probably be borrowing $200,000+ for medical school four years from now so it will be way better if you can keep your undergraduate loans to an absolute minimum. University of Pittsburgh is good enough to get you where ever you want to go. It will be up to you to get the grades and MCAT score in order to be considered at top medical schools.

 

[FermiParadox42]

It matters much more how you do in undergrad than where you do it. A 3.9 GPA with a 35 MCAT and stellar ECs can get into a great med school from a top-tier university all the way down to the smallest backwater state-school.

Check out the table on page 6... Undergraduate institution barely affects how med schools make decisions...

https://www.aamc.org/students/download/267622/data/mcatstudentselectionguide.pdf

 

[DTrain3]

Pitt is a great school. I don't see why you would pass up a full tuition scholarship.