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Does it matter where you get your undergraduates degree when going into medical school?

I am a sophomore in high school and am looking to become a neurosurgeon. If wanting to get into a good medical school, do I have to go to a well-known university first? #college #medicine #university #graduate #medicine-school #surgery #surgeon #undergraduate

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Felicia G’s Answer

Hi Andrea! I would suggest doing research on the medical school that you want to attend and find out where they get most of their candidates.
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Michael’s Answer

It is not critical where you go to undergraduate school, so long as the choice has a reasonably good science curriculum and a tract record of having a reasonable number of students apply successfully to medical school. Most colleges have a pre-medical committee which tracks this data and can share it. As you select a college this is one feature to ask about.
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Ken’s Answer

Hi Andrea!


The answer is no. The important thing is how well you do - in life as well as in school. In fact, many doctors got their start a community college. The cost is low and the credits transfer. The same goes for the college that you transfer to - it is how you do that matters, not the name of the school. If you talk to the head of the alumni relations department of your local community college, as I suggest that you do, you will be surprised at the number of doctors got their start that way.


Best of luck. Please let me know if and how this might be of help. Keep me posted. I would like to follow your progress.
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