<p>I got admission in Brandeis midyear and also to umass Amherst. I am going for pre=med but cant decide which on to go. some people tell me to go to Umass Amherst and get a high GPA and then I can go to a good medical school. But Umass Amherst is a state collate and Brandeis is a private. which one should I attend????????</p>
<p>You kidding? As long as money is no object, pick the Deis!</p>
<p>I just got 22,000 scholarship in brandeis. but to tell u the truth this post on this web scares the **** out of me:</p>
<p>"deispremed11-17-2005, 02:57 PM
The Brandeis pre-med program is overrated in my opinion. VERY, VERY, VERY overrated. (I'm currently a senior applying to med school)</p>
<p>Most of the professors teaching the pre-med program classes are not very good. The students are hypercompetitive, although most of them aren't outwardly jerky about it. The classes are very, very difficult and they give low grades compared to other colleges. This will severely hurt your medical applications; why would a med school want a 3.4 (typical pre-med GPA) from Brandeis when they have more than enough people with a 3.7 or 3.8 from an Ivy League or equivalent?</p>
<p>Admissions rates to med schools are so high here because they actively discourage many people from applying--every student who doesn't get in hurts the numbers so they try super hard to weed them out. Also, out of the people who do get in, the majority only get into and go to the less prestigious medical schools. Note--there's no such thing as a bad medical school, but it never hurts to have the top-notch name on your diploma.</p>
<p>Just my two cents. Good luck if you decide to come here. Frankly, for your own good I don't encourage it."</p>
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<p>Perhaps Brandeis's pre-med isn't the best in the world, but it is without a doubt, loads better than UMass's pre-med.</p>
<p>Brandeis....smaller, more attention.</p>
<p>but Umass Amherst is much cheaper and since I would get a lot of loans for med school. schouldn't choose Umass for undergrad.</p>
<p>JW, are you in at the commonwealth college at UMass?</p>
<p>is the commonwealth college much more respected than just the regular college? Whats its reputation, especially among other schools?</p>
<p>bump, anyone?</p>