<p>I think I'm still going to apply to the med programs, but I'll also apply for normal undergrad schools and maybe make my decision between them when the time comes.</p>
<p>Do waht you please, but why waste money like that? Why take away seats from other students? You realize that you'll get in anywhere that you'll apply unless like BDM said a freak accident were to occur.</p>
<p>Choose one or the other preferably. Definitely consider applying to your parents' alma maters, and if you do choose to apply to programs...
Do ones like WUSTL, Pitt, or go to a place like UMICH and do their sophomore acceptance thing.</p>
<p>I see no harm in applying to a couple schools of each if you feel strongly that you'd like to go for a med program, at least for an application. Apply to WUSTL and Rice for their programs, and apply to the big three for their undergrads. Toss in an app to another couple really strong schools while you're at it in case something really bizarre happens (Penn, Duke, Stanford).</p>
<p>But, as I said before, when the actual decision day comes, I would strongly recommend that you accept your spot at Princeton, Yale, or Harvard rather than one of the programs.</p>
<p>I agree with bluedevilmike- go and apply to as many as you want (just remember you're taking spots away from other people) but pick a good college.</p>
<p>These other people will get in off the waitlist. It's just more stressful for them to have to wait.</p>
<p>exactly...i'll be one of those on the waitlist lol</p>
<p>please, please, PLEASE do not apply to HPME or PLME </p>
<p>The thing is that I'm applying to those two places and I would really be sad when you take up a spot for kid like me, waaaahhhh :(</p>
<p>so please, reconsider on those schools? (j/k- well actually not, maybe, hopefully?)</p>
<p>I'm sure there's plenty of room for all of us. =D</p>
<p>I hope so :)</p>
<p>yea, why'd you ask again? you're in dude. seriously.</p>
<p>original poster....i wouldn't pay any attention to some of these people... i know for PLME at brown, not sure about the other schools, you can take u'r MCATS and apply to other med schools without risking your spot in the program meaning you could still attend Harvard or another great med school, but this way you would have a guarenteed spot at another school as well. That would take the pressure off you that would allow you to have more fun. Do one of the combined programs.</p>
<p>most of the time you cannot apply out without risking your spot though...brown is an exception</p>
<p>The other thing is: what if the OP happens to like Princeton better than Brown? Or thinks he might get a better education at Stanford than Brown?</p>
<p>The problem is not that he's officially locked in. The problem is that he could be sacrificing a powerful undergraduate experience for a guarantee which he effectively has anyway. Now, if he happens to prefer Brown undergrad over Harvard and Duke as well as others (because let's face it: he's getting in everywhere he applies) like Yale, Princeton, etc., then certainly the guarantee doesn't cost him anything and he may as well take it.</p>
<p>But what if - and I speak semi-hypothetically - Harvard premeds have more choices than Brown premeds have when the time comes to choose a medical school? What if Penn premeds do better in medical school? What if premeds from Duke get better advising?</p>
<p>My point is not that they do - my point is that they could, and the OP should not be willing to give these things up simply because he's "guaranteed" to get into a middle-tier medical school.</p>
<p>This is all I know. My cousin is currently a practicing doctor at Harvard Med. He told me this: Get into Havard, Yale, Princeton, MIT, or Stanford and you will get accepted to some medical school no matter what, regardless of MCATS. Getting into an IVY is basically like getting preaccepted to med school. However, at Brown, Columbia, Dart, this isn't the case. Thats my two cents.</p>
<p>I'd say he should prolly apply to some combined programs and ivys as well...then make a choice...although it would suck for alot of us here, it's his decision and based on what he's accomplished...he deserves it.</p>
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<p>I really don't know about that. I have heard monumental sources that state the exact opposite of what your cousin has said. I don't know if he was just exaggerating, but I don't believe that to be true in the smallest amount.</p>
<p>As for OP, I was a little frustrated for my first message.</p>
<p>Awesome job in school, be VERY proud of where you are. But honestly, every place you have mentioned, you ARE getting in. No question about it whatsoever. As for decididing between combined and normal programs, that is YOUR choice, and I agree w/ BDM and say that go visit schools for their undergrad AND their med school and see what combo you prefer the most.</p>
<p>On average, approximately 85% (I have not done the math, this is just my approximation) of the premeds at the schools mentioned above will be admitted to medical school in some place or another.</p>
<p>Short of some kind of health issue that shatters his grades, the OP will not be in the remaining 15%.</p>
<p>No, you won't get in anywhere. Come on? Do you have to ask...</p>
<p>No, you won't get in anywhere. Come on? Do you have to ask...</p>
<p>I should clarify that I generated the 85% estimate loosely from the fact that I know all the schools in question are in the 70-90% range, and most are closer to 90.</p>