<p>My top three contenders are Boston University, Cornell and Binghamton. At BU I was accepted into the school of management and was awarded a Presidential Scholarship $20,000 a year. At Binghamton I was accepted into the PwC honors program and at Cornell I was accepted into the school of Human Ecology (paying NY state tuition). I was originally deciding between going down the premed track or studying business. I want to be a doctor so premed it is. I want to know if it's possible to have a business major and still apply competitively to medical school. Also would premed at BU be easier than at Cornell, giving me a better chance at getting into med school? Tuition at BU is a little cheaper than Cornell, but does a Cornell diploma mean significantly more to med schools and job recruiters than one from BU? Overall I like BU's campus better but I know Cornell is an Ivy, so I don't know what to do. Lastly, it is possible and doable to transfer into AEM at Cornell from Human Ecology?</p>
<p>You can go to medical school as any major, as long as you do the pre-med requirements. You can major in business and go to medical school.</p>
<p>Also, BU is known for severe grade deflation, and pre-med there is very hard. It is hard at Cornell too. You will likely get the highest grades at Binghamton.</p>
<p>However if you feel you can handle the course work, then by all means, go for BU or Cornell.</p>
<p>You may want to rethink the business major for pre-med. They are changing the format of the MCAT in 2015. Natural sciences sections of the MCAT2015 exam will reflect recent changes in medical education and the addition of the social and behavioral sciences section, Psychological, Social and Biological Foundations of Behavior, will address the importance of socio-cultural and behavioral determinants of health and health outcomes.</p>
<p>You like BU’s campus better than Cornell? Have you checked your glasses lately? Yes you’d get the highest grades at Binghamton. Why not just print out a diploma for yourself if you are only interested in finding the school with the highest grade inflation? You will find the strongest students at Cornell followed by Boston. Are you looking for the weakest? What do you want out of college. The prestige of the degree is related to the rigor of the curriculum and the strength of the student body.</p>
<p>@stateissue, OP is perfectly fine in asking that question.</p>
<p>GPA is VERY important for med school admissions, and prestige will never account for a low GPA, unless you go to MIT or Princeton (known for severe deflation).</p>
<p>Ignore stateissue, if you like BUs campus more that is entirely your decision. Is money going to be a factor going forward? Because as I’m sure you know, Cornell’s contracts are twice as much as Binghamton, which continues to gain reputation. Plus Binghamton has strong programs in business and pre-med and you don’t have to declare immediately.</p>
<p>You don’t want to graduate with debt with medical school in mind. go to binghamton if you want to do premed.</p>
<p>A lot of people change their mind about med school. If you are not certain about it, Cornell would be a better choice.</p>
<p>BU’s grade deflation is greatly overstated. As I understand it, BU’s myriad curricula and schools enable the university to offer admission to lots of full-paying students, not all of whom are, shall we say, academically motivated. Those who do the work get the grades. </p>
<p>BU full-ride? Take it!</p>
<p>I see I read carelessly. Not a full-ride but a substantial scholarship. </p>
<p>It’s a bit closer to a toss-up but, on balance, I still say BU. (I have no personal connection with any of these universities, btw)</p>
<p>…just so there is no confusion…“in state tuition” for the College of Human Ecology at Cornell is $28,990.00 per year, while SUNY Binghamton is $7,600.</p>
<p>I was accepted into Cornell’s Human Ecology this year too. I was just there the other day for Cornell Days and one thing that might interest you is that some of the majors in Human Ecology like HBHS and Nutrition had 100% accepted into medical school in recent years. I know medical schools like majors that aren’t the traditional biology or chem, they get tons of apps from people with those majors. They like diversity, different majors, and many of the human ecology majors deal with the social aspect of medicine, which is what the MCAT is now deciding to implement into their test. The human ecology majors are much more applied than those traditional pre-med majors, so in my opinion I would do that. I know that’s a biased opinion but I just wanted to tell you that haha but it’s up to you! I know money is a big factor too. Good luck!</p>
<p>And to add to your other question, transferring internally at Cornell to the AEM I don’t think would be too difficult, you would probably need to wait a semester or two to do it though, and have a good reason why you want to do it.</p>
<p>My D is a soph Human Development major in the College of Human Ecology, planning to minor in policy analysis & management. Not looking to go med school route, but has already had many good experiences, working on infant research, doing a summer internship in NYC with the Urban Scholars program, etc.</p>