Last Day!! USC or UT Austin for PREMED

Pre-Med & Medical School Pre-Med Topics
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<p>Today is last day I have to decide. Must commit tonight. USC vs. UT Austin</p>

<p>Univ. of Southern California - I was accepted to Science Honors under the Presidential Scholarship. Biology major. Tuition = about 30,000</p>

<p>UT Austin - Have not heard back from Deans Scholars. Biology major. Tuition = about 11,000</p>

<p>*I want to return to Texas for Medical School = Southwestern, Baylor if I can. I live in Dallas so UT has cost/distance appeal and maybe will look better for TX Med Schools. Which school should I choose for premed???</p>

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<p>If you want to go to med school in Texas, state law requires that 90% of their slots go to Texas residents. I would seriously consider UT if you're absolutely commited to that plan. Baylor doesn't have to adhere to that ratio though because they are a private school, but if you want UT-Southwestern, you would be in a lot better shape at UT.</p>

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<p>If you're currently a Texas resident, going to USC shouldn't jeopardize that status. Baylor also favors Texas residents, although not to that extent.</p>

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<p>bluedevil - can you explain? Does that mean TX medical schools favor Texas RESIDENTS not necessarily Texas UNDERGRADS? So going to USC still means im a texas resident being favored at southwestern/baylor?</p>

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<p>UT-SW and Baylor both favor students whose official state residency is in Texas. They might ALSO favor Texas undergrads; I have no idea. You are unlikely to lose Texas state residency (or gain California state residency) by going to USC.</p>

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<p>they favor texas residents, not where they went undergrad. I was a texas resident and attended and out of state college before returning to Texas for medical school. Many of my classmates also went to out of state colleges-but all were texas residents when they applied for medical school you do not lose your state resident status by going out of state for college if your home of record remains in texas. To see the statistics for the most recent year available for the Texas public medical schools(all but Baylor):</p>

<p><a href="http://www.utsystem.edu/TMDSAS/Final%20Statistics%20Report%20-%20Entry%20Year%202005%20-%20Medical.pdf%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.utsystem.edu/TMDSAS/Final%20Statistics%20Report%20-%20Entry%20Year%202005%20-%20Medical.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>Thanks so much guys. I chose USC. No regret, it was the better choice.</p>

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<p>You're nearly home free now! Only four years of premed hell to go! :P</p>

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<p>lol true dat. gotta chew through metal for this one.</p>

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<p>Eh, premed's not that bad.</p>

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<p>It certainly is for some. No way to deny that...</p>

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<p>Rephrase: premed shouldn't be that bad.</p>

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<p>I was mostly kidding about "premed hell". It is rough for some but if you work hard and keep a clear head you'll come out all right.</p>

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<p>You chose USC??? Big mistake. Did you know that the average in science classes at USC is a C? GOOD LUCK. You're going to need it.</p>

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<p>I have more classmates from USC than I do from UT Austin, and I believe USC's a smaller school. Not that Austin would have been a wrong choice, but USC's fine.</p>

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You chose USC??? Big mistake. Did you know that the average in science classes at USC is a C?

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Isn't it like this everywhere? I'm not sure how it would make a difference anyway. A student that is pre-med and that will be a serious candidate for admission to a medical school won't be getting Cs in all science classes, regardless of which undergrad school they are at.</p>

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<p>Is not like this everywhere. Look at Stanford. Average in science classes there is A-/B+. One thing med schools look for is grades when it comes to eliminating first round applicants. Getting A's at USC pre-med classes is not easy as only 10 percent or less gets them.</p>

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<p>gee guys how assuring. haha no it's alright. I never heard about USC's tough grading but I think I can do it. I'm in the Freshman Science Honors program so I'll get special treatment (smaller classes, better professors, accelerated classes). Maybe the C's are in the normal classes. I hope.</p>

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Average in science classes there is A-/B+.

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Anybody from Stanford care to chime in? I will eat my hat if this is a correct claim. Among other things, it seems to assume that there's a standard curve among Stanford's classes, which is clearly bogus.</p>

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<p>One of the hardest working and smartest women I have ever met decided against a career in Medicine after struggling with Orgo at Stanford. At that time, Stanford even offered the "do-over" program which allowed you to retake a class to improve your grade and make the other grade disappear. Not sure if that program is still in place though.</p>

<p>She went on to graduate Summa Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa and earned her MBA/JD at Columbia then landed a top paying job at a Wall Street Law firm.</p>

<p>Maybe she just discovered wasn't really cut out for medicine but I suspect that an A-/B+ would not have derailed her plans. I find that grade "average" to be on the high side as well.</p>