<p>My son is basically making a choice between NC State and Tulane. He was asked to aply for the honors program at NC State but hasn't heard yet.
He would like to attend medical school. If he got into the honors program at State, would that make any difference in his chances of being accepted into med school, all other things being equal? Right now Tulane is more attractive, but the closeness of State is a consideration.</p>
<p>Have you read the complete thread on here " I’m in love with Tulane, but my overbearing parents? Not so much. Help!"? It talks about this a lot. I think the bottom line essentially is that he needs to do very well in his courses and do well on the MCAT’s, and where he goes between those two schools probably won’t make much diffference. I don’t know anything about the NC State Honors program, but having researched honors colleges and honors programs a lot because of my daughter going to school this year (she is not pre-med or in anything related), the NC State program never even came onto the radar screen, so I don’t think its reputation will be a factor. He should go where he feels he will do the best and enjoy it the most (not too much if he wants med school, lol) assuming finances are not a factor.</p>
<p>Did you check out the grading systems at both schools? Tulane is a private school, so it grades on a +/- scale. An A- (below 94, I think) is a 3.77, not a 4.0, so that may make it a bit more difficult.</p>
<p>Seems to me in theory that should balance out, since he will get the advantage with a B+ vs. a B, but a disadvantage (strictly in the mathematical context) with an A- vs. an A, etc. etc. However, that really is no way to choose a school. If such an important part of your llife, a part most people tend to remember as one of the 3 or 4 major areas of their life, comes down to one school grading on a +/- system and the other not, then something is out of whack, I think.</p>
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<p>Not really bcos med school is (almost) all about the numbers (gpa+mcat).</p>
<p>Hey blue bayou i recommend your son goes to nc state. I, being a past student at tulane, know tulane does not care about their best and brightest students once they are there so if I were you I would send him to nc state</p>
<p>Tulane is not good with advising or job placement. For example, if you don’t get into med school, too bad, you’re on your own. Cutting all the science programs. More interested in educating LACs, lots cheaper. Would recommend NC State and let them live in the dorm if they want to be away from home.</p>
<p>Cutting all science programs? wat does that even mean?</p>
<p>wwvw, i would recommend you transfer away from Tulane. Seriously, all of your posts that you’ve made on CC have been about how much you hate Tulane. That’s ok. You’ve had a bad experience and I would’ve hated TU if I had had a bad experience as well. I had a great one though so I stayed, got involved, and found a major that I loved and have built a career in. I actually transfered into Tulane and it worked out well for me. I just don’t think you should stay at a school that is obviously making you miserable. Transfering is not hard to do, particularly if you were originally accepted to the university as a freshmen. You usually only have to send them your freshmen years grades at your current college and then fill out a quick form. Look into it.</p>
<p>Montegut’s comments make no sense and are opposite of what almost everyone says regarding advising and placement. And the statement about cutting all the science programs is utter nonsense. They did cut some engineering majors (civil and environmental engineering, electrical engineering and computer science, and mechanical engineering) because of cost considerations post-Katrina, and I am sure for other reasons as well. But to keep bringing up a singular event like that and to exaggerate and mischaracterize it also is highly irresponsible. In fact, that change obviously left more resources for the remaining engineering programs as well as the other science areas. Tulane has not only stabilized, but as the record number of applications (phenomenal increase) and the highly significant increase in the average stats and the quality of the incoming class indicates, it is on a great upward path.</p>
<p>wwvw - I knew guys like you that partied too much and wound up either flunking out or doing terribly, and then blamed everyone but themselves. How could Tulane have been ranked #10 in the Princeton Review’s category of students that are Happiest to be where they are if what you are saying is correct? In case you didn’t know, the Princeton review rankings are based on the responses of hundreds of thousands of students themselves in assessing what they like and don’t like about their schools, so Tulane students SELF-PRIORITIZED the thing they liked best about Tulane as their being happy to be at Tulane. Blows you right out of the water. So as Benetode says, just move on and try and be happy in whatever situation you now find yourself.</p>
<p>Personally, I would go with Tulane. I’m also interested in pre-med, and last week when I was there on a visit the pre-med advisor offered to meet with me even though I hadn’t decided on the school yet. A student I talked to there who was pre-med said that she was great and would make sure that you did everything you needed to get into med school. Also, I’ve heard nothing but good things about the academic advisory program; you get three (one to make sure you have what you need to graduate, one specifically for your major, and one for career).</p>
<p>OP - As others have pointed out, getting into Med School is about grades plus MCAT score. The name on your diploma simply doesn’t carry much weight. That said, there are a lot of pre-med students at Tulane.</p>