<p>I am an international accepted from: Davidson, Brandeis, Baylor, and Macalester. I am determined to study medicine in the future, and I am aware that being an international puts me to a disadvantage. However, I still think that my education in one of these institutions in USA will be rewarding and it will prepare me for the future.</p>
<p>First of all, I am waitlisted from WashU and it is definitely my first choice but at the moment I do not wish to linger on waitlists and proceed with what I have got at hand. </p>
<p>This is what I know so far:</p>
<p>Internationally Brandeis is more recognized, and it is nationally ranked. It has very good faclities available for medstudents. However, I have heard that the cut-throat premed academics in Brandeis give a harsh life to premed students there.
Davidson on the other hand is a great liberal arts school with a smaller community. What draws me to Davidson is the opportunity to be close with the professors and hold onto a relationship that will be useful in my college life. Also, Davidson may prepare me better for MCAT and etc.
Baylor is fairly down in the rakings but its medical school is top ten in the nation. Although it has a fairly good reputation I am afraid that the undergrad experience might not be so great since most money will be used for graduate students. However, I may be one of the more successful students with a higher GPA studyin and enjoying my life in a less stressful environment.
Lastly, Macalester is also a Liberal arts school where Biology is one of the more popular courses.</p>
<p>I am personally more drawn to Brandeis and Davidson, but I really don't know what would be the right choice.</p>
<p>If there is anyone who can enlighten me on this subject, I would be very happy if you could help me with this dilema!</p>
<p>Baylor undergrad in Waco, Texas and Baylor College of Medicine in Houston Texas have little, if any, relationship as far as getting into med school is concerned. International students, by and large, have a hard time getting a high GPA at Davidson-which is grade-deflated as it is. Brandeis may be a good fit for you.</p>
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<p>To clarify, Baylor University does not have a medical school. There is another medical school halfway across Texas which by historical coincidence has the same name. The two institutions are **not **affiliated. This negates the major pro (connection to BCM) and the major con (too much attn. to grad students) of Baylor University.</p>
<p>The best analogy is that Harvard has a dorm named Vanderbilt. It has no relationship to Vanderbilt University and living there doesn't give you any connection to the medical school at Vanderbilt; they just... happen to have the same name. Or Cornell has an Olin Library, which is not related to WUSTL's Olin School of Business or the dorm at WUSTL Med. And none of those are related to the Olin College of Engineering in Massachusetts.</p>
<p>I'm sorry to belabor the point -- it's just that a lot of people get this easily confused and I think it's a big deal, so I'm trying to make it very clear that there's no institutional connection.</p>
<p>Cutthroat is bad. In my opinion Brandeis should be out. I've never heard of Macalester, so I can't help you there. If you were leaning between Brandeis and Davidson, I think the choice between those two is pretty clear.</p>
<p>I've called Baylor's premed office and I really found the person very impolite... Trying to cut off my words, keep things short. Man now I'm very discouraged and depressed that I have nowhere to go... I thought I would hear good things about Brandeis from this forum about premed since everyone I know says good things about it.
Davidson... I just don't think I'll be able to work under the pressure of heavy workload, no place to go outside campus,... etc etc
Thanks for the clarification on Baylor though... They are soooo closed-minded really, after talking with one of the premed officers there !</p>
<p>the workload is manageable(Hell, I was the social chairman of my fraternity), what I was trying to allude to was that some of the international students have some trouble with the academics and some do feel a bit isolated in this part of North Carolina. Now, DASH is in a panic and I regret that. I thought that Brandeis was a bit larger and closer to a more cosmopolitan city, where he may find more social outlets.</p>
<p>hubbellgardner, you've totally read my mind. being able to go somewhere out of campus and somehow managing a social life along with heavy academics is what i wish to do.... honestly i'm no genius... prob an average guy who was lucky getting scholarship but if everyone thinks that the premed can break down and person's psychology, then i have a lot to worry about.</p>