Cornell or duke for premed

Colleges and Universities A-Z Cornell University
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<p>Plan to major engineering/PreMed and am comparing these two choices. Seems like</p>

<p>Cornell has better broad engineering offering and is well respected so engineering is a real option should I decide I can't make the committment for the long haul towards med school residency etc. Classes are hard and grading is tough but if you are seriously considering med school I'm not sure that you can get by without that level of effort/competition. Opportunities for research excellent but hospital exposure seems lacking except during he summer. </p>

<p>Duke has a better biomedical program hands down but you wouldnt have any exposure to any other ranked discipline in engineering that you would have at Cornell. Grading seems slightly better or easier and competition somewhat less than Cornell. With the Hospital and med school right there I would think its rather easy to fit in quality time working/volunteering in the hospital. Obviously the weather is a lot milder. </p>

<p>Thoughts?</p>

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<p>I’d probably go with Duke.</p>

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<p>Pre Med ,would go with duke. However, many students tend to change their major throughout college so in that case you would be screwed</p>

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<p>How would he be screwed if he changed his mind? That doesn’t make sense.</p>

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<p>I really think that academically and prestige-wise, the differences are too marginal to base your decision off of.</p>

<p>It really comes down to whether you would rather live in the South or the NorthEast, and your views of the two school cultures.</p>

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<p>Are you a Junior? If so you have time to visit each. In addition, if accepted to both you can determine any differences in financial aid (if that is any factor). Although I never attended either as a student, I’ve spent a lot of time on each campus…you can’t go wrong with either!</p>

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<p>If you are a high school junior, worry about this later, after you applied and see if you even HAVE these two options.</p>