Received merit and scholarship money to both. GWU would be about $10K more expensive a year. GWU location in DC is great but how is the pre-med advising, clinical opportunities, science classes? Does GWU try to weed out students as some of the big state schools do? Rhodes seems to offer a more personal experience and has excellent pre-med advising.
Rhodes has an early selection program to GW Med School. Does that appeal to you? Does GW undergrad offer a similar opportunity?
George Washington SOM has a early selection program with several partner colleges. Only a very limited number of students (<12) in total are admitted through the Early Selection programs
Partner colleges include: Chaminade College (HI), Franklin & Marshall College ( PA), George Mason University (VA), Hampden-Sydney College (VA), Knox College (IL), Morgan State University (MD), Rhodes College (TN), University of Mary Washington (VA), and North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University.
Students applying for the Early Selection program must be approved by the Health professions committee at their undergrad prior to applying. Students accepted through the Early Selection program must maintain a 3.5 GPA with no C grades AND attain a MCAT score that GWSOM sets. The score changes every year and is dependent upon the median MCAT score of GWSOM matriculants from the previous cycle. Applying to med schools other than GWSOM voids the Early Selection contract and a student’s provisional acceptance will be revoked. Early Selection students must also undergo a final review and approval by the admissions committee before their acceptance is finalized.
IOW, the Early Selection program does not offer a guaranteed admission. It offers a provisional acceptance with lots of strings attached.
I wouldn’t let the presence or absence of the early selection program be a determining factor in making a final decision about which undergrad to attend.
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