What schools should I apply?

[Onres]

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I realize this is somewhat personal and what not but I'm from SC, so as far as safe schools I only have 2, USC and MUSC. Now I don't want to go to USC, because I hate columbia, I've lived there and hated it. This kind of sucks because that leaves me with a bunch of OOS schools or top tier schools, and I'm not sure at which I have a better chance. I take the MCAT at the end of july , but based on my practice thus far, and all that I think I can reasonably expect a 32-34. Assuming I get this, what are your toughts? I really wouldn't be posting this if I didn't need some input from fellow pre-meds. So far I've basically picked schools that either have a strong emergency department(which I realize is sort of random) because this is what I want to do, or are in places I'd want to live.

 

[TexasPhysician]

Go with where you want to live, cost, etc. Don't pick based on emergency departments. I was 99% sure as a pre-med that I was going EM......I went a very different route that I fell in love with.

 

[surftheiop]

I realize this is somewhat personal and what not but I'm from SC, so as far as safe schools I only have 2, USC and MUSC. Now I don't want to go to USC, because I hate columbia, I've lived there and hated it. This kind of sucks because that leaves me with a bunch of OOS schools or top tier schools, and I'm not sure at which I have a better chance. I take the MCAT at the end of july , but based on my practice thus far, and all that I think I can reasonably expect a 32-34. Assuming I get this, what are your toughts? I really wouldn't be posting this if I didn't need some input from fellow pre-meds. So far I've basically picked schools that either have a strong emergency department(which I realize is sort of random) because this is what I want to do, or are in places I'd want to live.

If you go to college in SC your probably setting yourself up for trouble if you don't apply to both MUSC and USC. This isn't to say you won't get in anywhere else, but it might cost you 4x as much to go to a school that isn't much better.

 

[Onres]

I didn't say I wasn't going to apply. MUSC is awesome, I've actually been on a tour and loved it, but in case I don't get accepted to either USC or MUSC, I have to go somewhere else unless I wait a year, which I don't want to do...

 

[surftheiop]

I didn't say I wasn't going to apply. MUSC is awesome, I've actually been on a tour and loved it, but in case I don't get accepted to either USC or MUSC, I have to go somewhere else unless I wait a year, which I don't want to do...

Ah gotcha, from reading your first post I thought you weren't applying to USC

 

[morning]

I realize this is somewhat personal and what not but I'm from SC, so as far as safe schools I only have 2, USC and MUSC. Now I don't want to go to USC, because I hate columbia, I've lived there and hated it. This kind of sucks because that leaves me with a bunch of OOS schools or top tier schools, and I'm not sure at which I have a better chance. I take the MCAT at the end of july , but based on my practice thus far, and all that I think I can reasonably expect a 32-34. Assuming I get this, what are your toughts? I really wouldn't be posting this if I didn't need some input from fellow pre-meds. So far I've basically picked schools that either have a strong emergency department(which I realize is sort of random) because this is what I want to do, or are in places I'd want to live.

Not every private school is top tier. I don't agree with the concept of tiered medical schools anyway, but even in the minds of pre-meds there are plenty of private schools that don't have huge GPA and MCAT requirements. Like New York Medical College, Albany Medical College, St. Louis University, Drexel...try this link:

http://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q...t82Gz0&sig=AHIEtbRGBhKSb9onpAU4P-eESin97Sx8Zw