How does transferring affect Med School admission?
I’ve looked, and though I’ve found a lot of threads about undergrad prestige, I can’t find any threads about transferring. I was thinking about taking the “going to a less prestigious school with a full-scholarship, and *hopefully* transfer to a better school” route to reduce debt. I’m concerned that it would jeopardize the quality of my letter or recs when I apply to med school. I’ve heard that these letters are a pretty important component of your med school application. So, I’m wondering if transferring is a bad idea and if I should go to the more expensive, “better for me” school in the first place. Thank you! Secretly, I’m also wondering if this means I should go to an Honors program (with perks, like good advising, getting letters of rec from the DEANS of colleges, help getting internships, priority research jobs) at University of Pittsburgh (for $8k a year), or to a private university that I’ve wanted to attend since sophomore year with lots and lots of premed students (Rice for
