Decisions Thread

Pre-Med & Medical School Multiple Degree Programs
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<p>I have seen over the years that people keep asking where one got into and what one decided in the end as well as why one choose to go there. These have been on multiple threads and quite hard to locate. Thus, it would be easier to put it all in one, allowing future applicants to compare and contrast and get an idea for reasons. </p>

<p>So, I go first.</p>

<p>Accepted: HPME, Rutgers BA/MD, Duke, Johns Hopkins, Cornell, Yale.</p>

<p>Decision: Rutgers BA/MD</p>

<p>Why: Close to home, MONEY!!! (Super full ride: $12,000/year stipend), can complete in 6 years, med. school (easy to get good match for residency, taking intraschool competition into account).</p>

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<p>Accepted: Boston University Accelerated Medical Program, Duke, Johns Hopkins, Rice, Berkeley, University of Rochester, Case Western Reserve, University of Maryland</p>

<p>Decision: Boston University
Why: Good medical school, guaranteed. Boston > Baltimore and Durham.</p>

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<p>Accepted: Brooklyn MD, Sophie Davis MD, Union/AMC, Miami HPM, BU SMED, HPME, Duke, Rice, Harvard, etc.</p>

<p>Decision: HPME</p>

<p>Why: HPME love.</p>

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<p>Accepted: VCU, UMKC, GWU, Brown, U of M, various other colleges</p>

<p>Decision: GWU</p>

<p>Why: D.C. is amazing, and their med school rocks. =D</p>

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<p>accepted: BU 7 year prog, University of Illinois at Chicago 7year program (GPPA), NU, UChicago, USC (full tuition), Case Western (trustee)</p>

<p>decision: BU 7 year prog</p>

<p>why? it's Boston, stupid!</p>

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<p>accepted: yale, columbia, cornell, penn, swarthmore, union/amc (only prgrm applied to), georgetown, tufts, nyu</p>

<p>decision: union/amc</p>

<p>why? it's not just a dual degree program, it's a TRIPLE degree program, u get a masters and bachelors in 4 yrs, and eventually ur MD, good med school
----it's ill</p>

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<p>Accepted: TCNJ/UMDNJ, Drexel program (with lehigh and drexel undergrad), Univ of Miami 7 year, and a host of other unnotable colleges</p>

<p>Decision: TCNJ/UMDNJ</p>

<p>Why: Full ride, couldn't refuse it and the med school is much cheaper compared to the other ones (Drexel said it is currently running at $60k a year!!!!)</p>

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<p>accepted: tcnj, villanova/drexel program, johns hopkins (bloomberg scholar = full ride - EFC), RPI physician scientist program, GWU 7 year ba/md</p>

<p>decision: GWU 7 year</p>

<p>why: good medical school with fixed tuition rate at 33k! plus, they have awesome dorms and GWUMS is a good med school</p>

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<p>Accepted: Rice/Baylor, Northwestern, Brown PLME, BU 7 yrs, Stanford</p>

<p>Decision: Stanford</p>

<p>Why: My heart was at Stanford; however, I am completely in love with Baylor and will definitely apply there for med school. Undergrad will be stressful, but I think it will be worth it :)</p>

<p>Everyone seems to have amazing choices. Congrats!</p>

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<p>Accepted: union/amc, rpi/amc, MSU MD scholars, PSU/Jefferson PMM prog, Dartmouth, and a bunch of other American and Canadian universities (regular undergrad) with full tuition for almost all the Canadian ones...</p>

<p>Decision: PSU/Jefferson prog</p>

<p>Why: Just a few of many reasons:
1- LOVED everything about both Jefferson and PSU when I visited them
2- finish in 6 years
3- good med school
4- i find this program to be worth the money for me, as compared to the other combined programs (considering how i don't get federal aid since i don't qualify [not a US citizen], and Canada doesnt give students money if its not being spent on a Canadian univ...ugh:rolleyes: ) </p>

<p>SO...Congrats everyone, we've all made it! :)</p>

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<p>Brown PLME!</p>

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<p>Congrats to all. Keep putting stuff up people.</p>

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<p>Accepted: Case Western Reserve University BME, Johns Hopkins BME, Boston University BME, University of Miami, Penn State, Rutgers, University of South Florida 7 year program, Drexel 7 year program</p>

<p>Final choices: USF and Drexel combined programs</p>

<p>Final decision: Drexel</p>

<p>Why: Pressures mounting on all sides to stay close to home. 95% of the people who kept saying that I should go to Drexel are people I'm never ever going to see again, barring high school reunions. I don't know why I cave into pressure. Not one person told me to follow my heart--only theirs.</p>

<p>Sorry for the negativity. I'm excited about going to Drexel, I'm just *<strong><em>ed off that everyone had their own agenda for keeping me close to home. It's my life they're screwing with. What *</em></strong>es me off is that people were saying, "Oh, blah blah blah stay close to home," when they were going to schools across the country or they were juniors who are planning on going to schools that are an 8-hour drive from home.</p>

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<p>Accepted: NYU, Yale, Princeton, HPME, Brown, Duke, University of Rochester, MIT </p>

<p>Decision: HPME</p>

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<p>Accepted: Northwestern, Johns Hopkins, University of Maryland, VCU BA/MD, Union/Albany Ba/MD, UMKC BA/MD, Cornell</p>

<p>Decision: UMKC BA/MD</p>

<p>Why: 6 YEARS!!!!</p>

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<p>Accepted: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Dartmouth, Northwestern HPME, Harvard, Washington University in St. Louis</p>

<p>Decision: HPME</p>

<p>Why: Close to home, caliber of school, beautiful campus and stellar academics</p>

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<p>Accepted: Duke, UPenn Vagalos, Brown PLME, 8-year Baylor/Baylor program</p>

<p>Decision: Baylor/Baylor</p>

<p>Why: Awesome med school, MONEY!!</p>

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<p>Accepted: Emory, NYU, Georgetown, Carnegie Mellon, TCNJ (full scholarship), Rutgers, Lehigh, Rensselaer/AMC...as well as some other 4 year mediocre schools</p>

<p>Decision: Rensselaer/AMC</p>

<p>Why: Because it is the only combined degree program I got into out of the 9 I applied to (I got 3 interviews though). Competition this year was absolutely sickening!!!!!!!!!!!! I also like its proximity to NYC, Philadelphia, and Boston. The trip from Albany to Philadelphia is a little less than Dallas to Houston. Not bad considering that if I did not enroll in this program my parents would probably have forced me to go to Emory, since it is a decent college and much closer to Florida (I do not like living in the Southeast). Another great thing about this accelerated program is that AMC is much less competitive and that most of its students match at their top choice residencies.</p>

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<p>Could you guys post basic stats? (SAT's, GPA, Rank)</p>

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<p>Accepted: U. Chicago, Northwestern, Carnagie Mellon (carnagie scholarship), Rice University, Case PPSP, U. Miami HPM, Miami U./U. Cincinatti, Lehigh/Drexel, RPI/Albany, Union/Albany</p>

<p>Decision: Case PPSP</p>

<p>Why: awesome medical school</p>