text: The following link is a great resource for getting the answers you seek.  You can ask any number of questions, and get good answers from people who really know.\n\nThe last link is a popular site that most people agree will give you a very poor impression of the difficulty--everyone on it who posts seems to be disproportionately competitive, and a lot of "real people" who did worse in ugrad but still succeeded are under-respresented.\n\nGood luck.  I took the MCAT and all, but decided against med school (though my MCAT study advice was briefly shown on the MCAT home page where you register for the test!)\n\nEdit: the previous poster is giving some wierd info.  20 is no where near competitive, and with a 17 MCAT, you might as well forget it.  I think she means 30 and 27, respectively.  There are also far more than 26 med schools in the US.\n\nSee http://homepage.mac.com/dsacco/schools.html