Best Colleges for Pre-Med
Pre-med isn't a major; it's a course load you can take at any college. But the school matters enormously because of research opportunities (you need lab experience for med school apps), pre-med advising quality, and med-school placement track record. These schools combine all three. Don't optimize for prestige alone — Harvard pre-med is famously cutthroat with a notoriously low retention rate.
Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard
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Johns Hopkins University
Maryland · Private nonprofit
6%acceptance rate - 2
Harvard University
Massachusetts · Private nonprofit
4%acceptance rate - 3
Stanford University
California · Private nonprofit
4%acceptance rate - 4
Duke University
North Carolina · Private nonprofit
6%acceptance rate - 5
Washington University in St Louis
Missouri · Private nonprofit
12%acceptance rate - 6
University of Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania · Private nonprofit
5%acceptance rate - 7
Yale University
Connecticut · Private nonprofit
4%acceptance rate - 8
Columbia University in the City of New York
New York · Private nonprofit
4%acceptance rate - 9
Cornell University
New York · Private nonprofit
9%acceptance rate - 10
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
Michigan · Public
16%acceptance rate - 11
University of California-Los Angeles
California · Public
9%acceptance rate - 12
Vanderbilt University
Tennessee · Private nonprofit
6%acceptance rate - 13
Rice University
Texas · Private nonprofit
8%acceptance rate
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