<p>I'm in at both schools, and I can't decide which one to attend. I'm steadfast on the pre-med track for my undergraduate studies and I understand most of the intricacies of what makes a good pre-med school, i.e good advising, no grade deflation. Here's where it gets interesting, I have a $30,000 dollar scholarship to Wake every year, so I makes me wonder if Michigan is worth an extra monay after four years with the onset of medical school (hopefully). Both of them of similarly regarded though I personally view Michigan higher. In addition, Wake has a liberal arts curriculum that fully supports the pre-med track, however Wake is notorious for grade deflation. I don't know if this helps, but given Michigan's size, they have 550 kids apply to med school in the end with roughly 60% getting in, whereas given Wakes 5,000 strong size, they have around 85 kids apply to med school with 80% getting in. I know these are just numbers and aren't the most important factor in getting into med school, but I thought I'd put them out there. I'm wondering how much will Wake's smaller classes help me compared to Michigans much larger classes.</p>
<p>Calling all College Confidential connoisseurs, what would you guys recommend for me and if you were in my shoes, what would you?</p>
<p>You sound like you’ve done your homework, so I’m sure you’ll be similarly successful no matter the difference in class size.</p>
<p>I just had a financial aid presentation at medical school orientation yesterday, and the amount of debt we could potentially accrue pretty much scared the crap out of my class. From that standpoint, I would personally try to minimize debt, especially with graduate students getting screwed over by Congress with the elimination of subsidized graduate student loans.</p>
<p>In your situation, I might even consider a backup plan(s) for med school and then compare Michigan vs. Wake Forest from that perspective. Even if you are adamant now, I believe only 1/3 of pre-medical students make it to matriculation.</p>
<p>Are you instate for Michigan? Also, don’t look at the numbers directly… some schools actually prevent students from applying if they have a low chance of getting into medical school… not sure if wake forest does or not but 80% seems unusually high compared to Michigan’s 60%, so i’d find out that too</p>
<p>@eziamm just pretend its not August haha. I am out of state and this year Michigans total cost went up to about 50k. @gregc123 Wake does prevent some students for applying so thats a turn off there.</p>
<p>Not too keen on the double deposit. Please go to Wake Forest. UM once again botched its yield predictions and instead of getting the class of 5500 that it wanted, it is now expecting a class over over 6,000. With the extra-large class last year – 6500, and the larger than expected class of 6,000+ this year, you may find it hard to register for some of your pre-med classes. Use your double deposit for good and go to Wake Forest, it will be easier for you to get the classes you need there, and you will be helping out all the UM kids who did not double deposit.</p>