<p>Hello all!
I've never posted a thread before, but I have definitely found useful this website during my application process.
The dillemma is such: I got into Georgetown (CAS) and UPenn (Engineering), and I ultimately would like to major in somethiing completely unrelated to the sciences, as that seems to be a popular and more attractive path for most pre-med students to take. If I attend Penn, I will almost certainly transfer out of the Engineering school in to the College. My only hesitations are with each schools respective PREMEDICAL programs. I know that both aren't too astounding in terms of the sciences, but if you had to pay 44G+ a year to go to one of these two schools, which would it be, based purely on the academic standpoint, particularly with an emphasis on science?</p>
<p>I only have a couple of weeks before I will be forced to make a decision here... I have no idea what I ought to do. Perhaps one of you can offer some insight to me.
Another option is to attend Case Western Reserve University with a blanket 14,000$ scholarship... which is nice but nothing spectacular. But is Georgetown or UPenn 20,000$ better of an education than Case? I don't know, probably not.</p>
<p>ANY responses would be GREATLY appreciated: for I can't find much information by researching on my own.</p>
<p>I can only speak on Georgetown, and my experience is limited. My roommate freshmen year started off pre-med and eventually switched to English. Actually, most of the people that I know that started off pre-med aren't doing it anymore. Georgetown sciences are VERY demanding and require a lot from students, which is why most change their majors. But, if you know you're going to stick with it, I would say that Gtown gives you some good options. You can always get a job at the University hospital doing work or at a local DC organization if you want to explore health policy and things like that. A few of my friends who want to go into medical school actually transferred to the Gtown school of nursing and health studies. Truth be told, I don't know too much about that school...except that the study body is small so everybody knows each other. But you might want to look into that as an option.</p>
<p>I was accepted to the nursing and health studies school...but the "great" thing is that i don't know much about it...just that it is small
how is viewed by the other students of the other schools at Gtown? does it have "prestige"....is it truly worth it?
i was accepted at JHU ...
and waitlisted for UPENN!
ahh i dont know what to do :-O</p>
<p>Either way (whether it is deserved or undeserved), a UPenn diploma is going to open more doors. For 44 grand I think you are entitled to as many options as you can hold on to.</p>