<p>Hello! Everyone. I got accepted and am trying to decide among those colleges: Boston College, Wesleyan University, and Middlebury College.</p>
<p>I currently want to major in pre-med, and I know that all those schools are good for preparing for med school. Here are some of my preferences:</p>
<p>Middlebury: I like the isolated and quiet setting, but seem to be very conservative.</p>
<p>Wesleyan: has more science reputation.</p>
<p>Boston College: plentiful internship, but very convervative, too? </p>
<p>I do not know how to differ Boston College between the other two colleges. Academicwise, which one is the best to prepare for the med school? Can someone give me some advice? Thank you!</p>
<p>1) Do these options all cost you the same? Will you be assuming a lot of debt to attend? Med school costs $200-$300k and they don’t give scholarships unless you are a URM or willing to work in an underserved area (Public Health Service) or join the military.</p>
<p>2) You can’t major in pre-med. Medical schools require that you take 1 year of bio, 1 year of organic chem, 1 year of inorganic chem, 1 year of physics, some amount of math and usually some English. You can major in anything so long as you take the prereq courses (which will also prepare you for the MCAT). About 40% of med students do NOT major in the sciences.</p>
<p>3) All three schools are reputable schools that will prepare you well. Med schools don’t care much about where you do your undergrad studies - it’s mostly about GPA and test scores. So where do you think you’re likely to find your optimal learning environment? Go for that one!</p>
<p>Forgot to add, we visited Middlebury. I wouldn’t call it conservative: But it is rather preppy. Only you know if that’s a positive or negative. It’s certainly a pretty campus in a nice - and very rural - location.</p>