<p>Yeah, well I didn’t receive any email or snail mail for undergrad acceptance so that’s really weird considering that I interviewed. Did you also receive scholarship information?</p>
<p>I just checked my online account for UMiami, and it says my application is “still under review” is this the same for anyone else that interviewed for UMiami?</p>
<p>@cheerioslover it’s like that for me too</p>
<p>@smartdude- slu came by snag mail.
@bombingrange - we have a private full ride.</p>
<p>Private program?</p>
<p>Gahh UConn…it’s early March…just send out them emails…</p>
<p>Does anyone know when lehigh is coming out? The wait is killer gah.</p>
<p>are any of you that got rejected from some of these programs considering going to the school? (eg rejected at gw but going anyways)</p>
<p>last year, lehigh was the last to send their notification. I believe the order was Villanova, Drexel, then lehigh.</p>
<p>If you get into Nova, I highly recommend that you attend!</p>
<p>Nope. Will do an ivy instead. If he gets in, or a second tier
school which are his safeties</p>
<p>I got rejected from Siena/AMC and am definitely not going there- they are liberal arts and gave me a crappy scholarship, I would rather go to an engineering school.</p>
<p>The only problem with vllanova is that its so expensive! And they give reaaaally minimal scholarships</p>
<p>I checked myUM and I was accepted. Does it STILL say under review for you? Can you please let me know? Do you think it’s any indication of rejection/acceptance to the HPM program.</p>
<p>out of curiosity, why would you go to an ivy if you didn’t get into one of these programs? i’m sorry but I just think ivies are very competitive and hard to get good grades in. Sure when you apply to med school it will look great to have a diploma from an ivy, but chances are the top kids in your class will be applying to the best med schools. ii’m not trying to put down your ideas of going to ivies, i just would like someone to explain what I am missing about the perks of an ivy league education besides prestige</p>
<p>If you don’t have a full tuition, full ride, or at least a good chunk of change, I don’t see any value in going to an expensive school, including the ivies. No matter what, medical school is expensive, and scholarships from them are pretty rare because they are taking the best and brightest minds with the intention of creating doctors, and they have no reason to give out money to attract students. If I don’t end up getting into a program, I am going to an engineering school for Biomedical Engineering and working my way up with that. I have a few full tuition+ scholarships from those schools, and it is really nice to think about graduating undergrad debt-free in preparation for the hole that medical school will put in my pocket. I just don’t see the value in going to an ivy or other expensive private school because of the name.</p>
<p>@TheBombingRange, well said. In addition, most med schools have a cut off GPA. A GPA of around 3 from ivies may carry higher standards then a GPA of 3.5/3.6 from a lower ranked college. But the GPA of 3 will not even get you pass the first look from the Admissions Officers whose first job is to sieve out those who do not have the basic entry requirements. So, the med school may not even get the chance to see that your 3.0 is from ivies.</p>
<p>I didn’t even bother applying to ivies. I want to go to medical school and I am from a family with 4 kids who will be going through college in the next 6 years (I am the first). I wouldn’t be able to afford it anyway, I don’t have any need. It’s a ridiculous system, but I view this programs, especially the cheaper ones like NJIT, Stony Brook, and Brooklyn College, as a great way to get a good undergrad and good med school education, all without the high price tag. I’m doing what I have to do, and I am really hoping I can get into at least one program, it will make everything so much easier.</p>
<p>People also go to ivies for the quality of education, the campus, the opportunities the school provides, the environment, and many other factors that aren’t prestige/rank/name.</p>
<p>You can’t argue that you won’t get any of those other factors at another institutuon. It all depends on tastes.</p>
<p>Other institutions can’t offer all of those opportunities in one university like some ivy leagues can, but the opportunities you need do depend on the type of person you are.</p>