<p>I'm having a fairly difficult time deciding between these two schools. I've visited both schools and from what I've seen it seems like Wash U has a slightly stronger premed program, but I just loved Cornell and Ithaca. Not that I don't like Wash U, they were both great. I just have a slight preference for Cornell. I really don't know what to do. I'm set on pre-med and I know Cornell's med school is in New York City- will this be a problem? I know at WashU I can do research at the medical school, but I do hear that you can intern at the med school in NYC, but what exactly does this entail? </p>
<p>I really want to go to Cornell, but only if the opportunities available to premeds there are relatively similar. I know thta going exclusively off of acceptance rates, WashU has it slightly better, but I'm willing to take a slightly weaker program just for the chance to go to Cornell. </p>
<p>As for money, that really isn't an issue as I'd be paying almost the same at either school.</p>
<p>Any advice?</p>
<p>You seem to have some misconceptions.
Our med-school acceptance rates are phenomenal, any distinction between WashUs and ours are statistically insignificant.</p>
<p>You also do not need to be doing research at a hospital to be doing medical research.</p>
<p>We have medical and bio research being done in dozens of buildings/departments/hundreds of labs on campus. We even have a new state of the art biomedical building, Weill Hall ([Far</a> Above… The Campaign for Cornell | Life Sciences | Weill Hall](<a href=“http://www.campaign.cornell.edu/lifesciences/weill-hall.cfm]Far”>http://www.campaign.cornell.edu/lifesciences/weill-hall.cfm)) that is beautiful.</p>
<p>You clearly like Cornell. There is no door that won’t be opened if you go to Cornell. And if you decide you want to do something else, Cornell is fantastic at so many other disciplines.</p>
<p>Considering that Cornell produces more students who go on to get MDs or PhDs in the life sciences, I don’t think Cornell’s premed program is lacking in anything. And everybody who I have talked to at Cornell thinks that Cornell’s pre-med advising is excellent.</p>
<p>And by this measure of graduate rankings in the biological sciences, Cornell isn’t doing half-bad relative to WashU.</p>
<p>[Rankings</a> - Biological Sciences - Graduate Schools - Education - US News and World Report](<a href=“http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-biological-sciences-programs/rankings]Rankings”>http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-biological-sciences-programs/rankings)</p>
<p>Not that rankings mean much.</p>
<p>I’m pre-med and will be shadowing a bunch of doctors (most are Cornell alumni) at the med school in NYC over the summer … in terms of research/shadowing opportunities, Cornell is definitely on par with, if not better than, Washu.</p>
<p>cornell’s science is stronger…</p>
<p>but if you want a more traditional pre-med program then go to washU…the only big difference i see is saving $$$ from having to travel to NYC to intern (unless room + board is covered?)</p>