<p>Oh please children. Have a life, a very full one, which includes my 3rd son who certainly WILL make his own decision, as I would want him to. He appreciates his parents’ input and values others’ opinions and would never put them down for expressing them. That’s called respect. Now do go crawl back under your rock, seriously. Nothing to say on the subject of the thread? and taking the time to write on a site for kids on Saturday night? You should probably consider, with all due respect, “getting a life”.</p>
<p>Thank you Oldfort. Very well put. This is certainly not a site just for students. And the college students that I know feel nothing but gratitude for their parents who have cared for them, guided them and sacrificed in many ways, not the least of which is financial support for their education. No 17 year old that I know, wants to make this big decision totally on their own.</p>
<p>momwithpride,
is the $13K in loans a total number or is that per year? That would make a difference. Can you clarify?</p>
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<p>This is of course why the behavior of some parents on this board is so pathetic. I’m primarily here for the kids who don’t have their parents holding their hand, but polite and respectful parents are okay by me. It’s pretty easy to figure out which parents are full of themselves and think their little Sally is obviously the best student ever and are rubbing all of their privilege in the faces of others.</p>
<p>Jym626. It is per year.</p>
<p>didn’t you mean that tulane has guaranteed med programs through linkage things with other schools? meaning, your child didn’t get into one of those, they’re just available? if he’s not already in one that guarantees him acceptance, i’d pick cornell</p>
<p>if your son hates the cold then having mostly sunny school days is defintely a plus…</p>
<p>From Cornell’s website:“Eighty percent of those Cornellians with a GPA of 3.4 or better were accepted to medical school in 2009. Grade Point Average is one useful predictor of acceptance.”</p>
<p>does this include alums? ^</p>
<p>CR2005 - when youngster are polite and know how to behave on this forum I will tolerate them. I am also here for parents who students think they could dump their anger on because they haven’t learned to have a mature relationship with their parents or with any adults.</p>
<p>ignore the ■■■■■■ lool!</p>
<p>as a first generation american whose parents do not speak english and are not aware of how education works in this country, </p>
<p>i wish i would have had parents chime in to my college admissions and decisions…</p>
<p>in order to succeed in college one requires a great support system…whose very foundation is most often one’s parents! D:</p>
<p>Tulane has two guaranteed med programs. They are not linked to other schools. One that is brand new. He actually would be the first class next year. You apply as a freshman and find out if you are in as a freshman and it guarantees Tulane med school after three years-2 undergrad and 1 year volunteering. They also have program that you apply to as a sophomore that guarantees med school at Tulane after finishing undergrad. Son has a good chance of being accepted for both of these programs. He has also heard the premed at Cornell is really, really tough. Since the goal is to go to med school his dilemma is that Cornell has no such program. But again it is Cornell and if he does well, he will get into med school I imagine.</p>
<p>I would just be very careful about the stipulations in the guarantee. They all have some kind of stipulatoin that they must maintain a certain gpa or something similar.</p>
<p>Premed is going to be tough no matter where he goes. Some will be tougher than others. But my point is, the guarantee is worthless if he doesn’t maintain whatever requirements they stipulate.</p>
<p>I don’t understand your point usafa. The guarantee is only IF you have certain GPA and test scores that you then have a slot. Of course you have to maintain requirements, you can’t go out and party every night and get C’s and D’s and expect to go to med school in any program. I must be missing your point completely, because the programs are always “We guarantee you a spot if you meet certain (very tough) requirements”, not “we guarantee everyone a spot”.</p>
<p>Obviously wherever he goes he will be working hard. He understands the minimum GPA to stay in the guaranteed programs. Hard work goes with the territory if you want to be a doctor in the US. He is clear that he will be working very hard at Tulane or Cornell.</p>
<p>my point was that the OP made mention that perhaps it was better to take the guarantee vs going to cornell because it might be hard to maintain a high gpa at cornell. It will also be hard to maintain the high gpa at tulane as well.</p>
<p>And I would argue that if you maintain the high gpa at cornell, you will have the opportunity to get into plenty of medical schools, thats all.</p>
<p>Ah, OK I see now. I tend to agree then. If someone does well enough at either Cornell or Tulane to meet the requirements of a guaranteed program, then they will also get into some of the top med schools elsewhere for sure. It all comes down to the same thing. You have to really shine and work your butt off to get into top med school programs. But I can understand the thinking of knowing that having that guarantee is a nice feeling, even if having those stats will probably get you into other programs.</p>
<p>I do think that the Tulane merit scholarships are for 4 years, and so if you do enter med school in your third year of school, I think the scholarship still applies for 2 years. You would need to double check that, but if true that could be a significant factor to consider.</p>