what the pharmacist said

When I went to the pharmacy today I asked the pharmacist to what college I should go for pre-med. This was how it went:

A=Me
P=Pharmacist

P: Go to Hunter
A: But isn't it bad since it doesn't have a well known reputation?
P: Hunter is good. Its free. Why would you want to waste money on the garbage years of college? Med school is what mattters and what you'll probably be in debt for.
A: But doesn't going to a top/well known uni help you get into med school?
P: Nope, all that matters is your MCAT score and GPA in your college.
A: Are you sure? Could you give me an example?
P: My sisters daughter went to hunter and now she's is in Columbia Uni (The ivy league) for med school.

And he told me some other stuff but I think that's good enough.

What he said makes perfect sense. But I know Ill start debating it in a couple of days. Opinions...comments?

i honestly don't get whats going on..
ur applying for Uni atm.. and ur applying for a pharmacy course.. right?
thats basically med school.. so why are u going to another med skl after Uni (which is basically med skl)
and shouldn't u be doing ur MCAT now then?

daymn.. u ppl make things so confusing..

It's not confusing, it's just a different system.

First 4 years if uni is undergrad. That's when you take pre-med for example. Then you take the MCAT test and if you do well you go to a med school

so how many years is med skl then?

Depends on what you want to be

dude.. here; med skl for doctors is 5/6 years after 6th form and voila ur a doctor.. pharmacy is 4 years i think..

Great. But I'm talking about the USA. So any comments on what the pharmacist said?

do what he says.. if u ppl go to some other med skl anywayz u might as well got to a free "pre-med", work hard and get into a med skl...

True. But I feel that I'll do myself wrong by going into an average uni...

well then i don't know..

he has experience, trust him.

What would you do if you were in my shoes preid? Answer honestly?

Your heart doesn't 100% agree with going to an average uni...but what the Pharmacist sad made perfect sense.

i would trust him, but you can try asking a different pharmacist to get multiple views.

Im looking at my school's senior acceptance rates to the different colleges

Surprisingly Harvard accepted the most people (22%) from the people that applied from my school.

Columbia was the hardest (4%)

Yale was (14%)

I wanna med degree so I'm going to some uni in Finland for pre-med. for free!

Many countries actually have there Unis for free (in Egypt its for free too)

But there are also some free Unis in the USA.

you know Silence i talked about you with my mother (cardiac nurse) and she said you should look into botany and herbal medicines as well. She also said you should become a doctor and not a pharmacist, but we all know you have your heart set on that.

Actually, no. I either want to be a doctor or pharmacist. And botany and that stuff isn't for me.

actually the knowledge of herbs and such do help with being a pharmacist.