Best med school out of the Ivies?

Pre-Med & Medical School Pre-Med Topics
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<p>No, I am not one of those Ivy League-obsessed people who must get into *HarvardYalePrinceton<a href="or%20the%20rest">/i</a> at all costs--I'm fully aware that there are plenty of other comparable schools, I'm just curious. Anyway, I know the kneejerk response is "Harvard," but their web page is honestly just so lacking. It tells me nothing, unless I'm looking in the wrong place. So anyway, what do you guys think?</p>

<p>Edit: Oh, better yet, if you could rank the seven of them, that'd be great. :]</p>

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<p>Best for what?</p>

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<p>Not sure, but I think Princeton has the best med school.</p>

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<p>Riiiiight :rolleyes:</p>

<p>To echo NCG, on what criteria do you want this based? Personal opinion? Board pass rates? Research money? Avg GPA/MCAT? Med school curriculum?</p>

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<p>Princeton med is far superior to the likes of Hopkins or Harvard medical school. shoot, Princeton law/business is up there too. :-P</p>

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<p>pointless thread</p>

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<p>lol at Phead, but hey, if thats the way we're gonna play it...</p>

<p>UC System FTMFW! UCSF, UCLA, UCSD, UCI, UCD - Princeton can suck it</p>

<p>:D</p>

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<p>^ that, btw, was a joke - lets avoid the online fisticuffs :)</p>

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<p>I actually prefer MIT's medical school.</p>

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<p>i really hope OP gets the joke and doesn't end up making another thread entitled "what should i do to get into princeton med?"</p>

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<p>For most students in most states, their state schools are best, as with both you end up with an M.D. degree, but with a lot less debt.</p>

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<p>Shraf: what joke?</p>

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<p>Cornell - Weill</p>

<p>My dream has always been to attend Princeton Law School, though.
Alas!
Well, there's always Princeton Business School.</p>

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<p>I'm pretty sure the OP will get the joke, seeing as the questions was asked 'out of the seven"...unless the OP can't count. In which case, the OP should definitely apply to princeton med :)</p>

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<p>Harvard is best for potential medical researchers, not practitioners.</p>

<p>Washington University in St. Louis is better for research than any of the ivies save fair Harvard.(much to Yale's chagrin).</p>

<p>If you want to be the person who helps people by delivering the fruits of the super-genuis researchers' efforts to ordinary folks, your state medical school is usually the best bet.</p>

<p>Medical school admission is super-, hyper- uber- competitive even for less well know schools. Get a perfect MCAT score, a 4.0 average, win an Olympic medal, write a symphony, and build some fallout shelters for homeless kittens. Then you might have a chance at Harvard medical. Fortunately many accredited schools admit lesser, but still well qualified, mortals. Otherwise none of us could get a broken bone set, a hot appendix removed, or treatment for a heart condition.</p>

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<p>What school is that? Washington University of the State of Washington? That's a mouthful, lol. I heard that is a pretty good school for primary medicine :D</p>

<p>Also, this is an IVY thread. </p>

<p>UPenn's med school outranks WUSTL med in terms of overall NIH research funding.</p>

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<p>university of washington SOM is known to be great for primary care. However, the school being referred to is WUSTL, Washington University of St. Louis, and is often considered one of the 'ivies' using rank as the determining factor.</p>

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<p>Medical school is so easy to get into. And that MCAT test is so easy. I breezed through it and got a 42.</p>

<p>Pshh...You guys are exaggerating.</p>

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<p>The USNWR rankings are fairly useless when it comes to medical schools.</p>

<p>The fact of the matter is that the difference between medical schools is NOWHERE near the difference between undergraduate institutions. All medical schools in the United States are at the very least "pretty good", and even the worst school that you apply to is significantly competitive. </p>

<p>As someone on here said, you need to have stellar stats to have a shot at a school like Harvard medical school. And even then, you're not even assured of getting an interview. Yes, it's that competitive</p>

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<p>chris2k5 wooow thats a high schore</p>