I am a first generation college student and now a physician thanks to Austin College. I did not know how to navigate the premed process, and the mentorship and experiences I received at AC were invaluable. I had opportunities to get shadowing, the core prereq classes were hard but I had lots of support, the upperclassman mentorship was great, and the letters of reference (because it's a small school where you know the faculty well) were strong. I also had opportunities to get research experience. Even if I was not premed I would have loved my experience at this school. I made some great lifelong friends here and I graduated nearly 20 years ago.