<p>My son has been accepted at Bowdoin, Colby (Presidential Scholar) and Tufts. He is interested in going to Med School, but his personality may be better suited for research. Which of these schools would give him the best undergrad research options and opportunity for Med school in the future. He will attend the admitted student day at each school.</p>
<p>I’d probably say Tufts will have the most opportunities, but it does have the most people. As for pre-med, the best fit school is the best choice. All of these schools probably have similar med school rates and getting into med school is often dependant upon the student not the school. He should go to the place he can do the best.</p>
<p>Tufts is not necessarily a traditional LAC, I’ve always seen it as a trade school with Medicine at the forefront. Bowdoin and Colby are more your traditional LACs with solid facilities and academics. Bowdoin has been on the rise in popularity and reputation and would probably open a few more doors to grad school and interships than Colby. They’re all “sister schools,” so it’ll come down to how serious He is about Med school. Visiting all 3 schools is the right start and in the long run, any of these schools will prepare him for a path to med school(probabaly one of his choosing).</p>
<p>I’m in a somewhat similar situation (minus knowing what I want to do with my life). I got into Bowdoin, Colby (Presidential and Bunche Scholar), and Princeton.</p>
<p>@alexcuad</p>
<p>Bowdoin, Colby and Tufts is not necessarily the same dilemma as Bowdoin, Colby and Princeton but I guess my first question would be, did you apply for financial aid at the 3 schools and if so how did they compare? If the packages are equal then I’d say go Princeton. If Princeton’s package is significantly less, then that’s where the choice gets really complicated.</p>
<p>I don’t want this to start hijacking the OPs thread so you might want to re-post your question in an individual thread and we’ll continue there.</p>
<p>thames, someone else just asked this so thought i’d just post it here too…</p>
<p>bowdoin used to be part med-school back in the day, and a bowdoin alum was one of the founders of mayo clinic! i think bowdoin has one of the strongest alumni network out of any small school… and not to say tufts is not great but i know bowdoin alums are always willing to bend over backwards and hook you up with opportunities</p>
<p>i’d say the main difference is going to be bowdoin being a smaller school in coastal maine versus tufts, a much larger school comparatively!</p>
<p>Tufts is a pretty good all around science/medical/research school. Its proximity to all the infrastructure that metro Boston has to offer may give your kid more opportunities, as others have already suggested, especially for internships, jobs, post-graduate education without traveling much. A smaller more isolated school may not lend itself as directly to such opportunities simply by matter of the size and isolation from large city centers, although I recall finding summer positions at large research labs without impediment based on my small school credentials. It comes down to these factors and a kid’s personal preference for large hectic cities with lots of things to do, or small town settings with “enforced focus”, as they say. I know that if I had gone to school in a large city, I would have gotten distracted quite easily.</p>