<p>Hi, I am going to be a transfer student to Northwestern or Notre Dame this fall. I am still deciding and I ask for your help. I have been to both campus, and I like both. Getting into medical school is priority for me. Therefore, I am going to make a decision totally based on which school would help me most.
I am more familiar with Notre Dame, and I am actually doing research there. Therefore, I have more questions about Northwestern.
I am going to be a junior, and I finished all premed requirements. I heard classes such as orgo and biology are typical weed-out courses at NU, and I am curious if other science classes including higher level ones are similar. Also, are those distribution classes hard? I am not a native speaker, and thus that is one of my concerns.
Somehow I learned that Notre Dame has a slightly higher placement rate, and the accepted students there have an average MCAT score of 31, which is lower than that of NU, 33-34. Does that mean NU students are smart, but due to the hard classes, they have a slight disadvantage in getting a good GPA and therefore medical schools?
I have more connections at Notre Dame. But Northwestern has a medical school. Do undergraduates at NU take much advantage of medical school resources? I heard from NU premed advisor that NU medical school gives preferences to NU undergraduates. Is that true?
P.S. I am an international studnet. I know it is generally incredibly hard for us to get into medical schools. But I know there were three international students getting into medical schools at Notre Dame this year, and the premed advisor at Northwestern said he didn't know any international students have made it to medical school yet since 2003. Could anyone clarify it? Should I take that into account?
PPS. I don't feel like taking theology classes at Notre Dame. I have the feeling that it would be my GPA killer.
I like both schools. I'm sorry if I offend anyone. I don't mean it.</p>
<p>hey buddy, im on the same boat with you, choosing between LSE and Notre Dame. You know what the worst thing is? There are less than 2 weeks until International student orientation…</p>
<p>I am a physician who graduated from ND and teach at an Ivy League medical school. To me, both schools offer an excellent pre-medical education. ND’s MCAT scores may be sl lower than NWn’s due to the fact that more Arts and Letters students take the MCAT from ND (these kids take less science classes). The key is choose the school where you are feel most comfortable and develop a good rapport with a faculty member who gets to know you and can write a personal letter of recommendation. The caliber of the upper level science classes at each school is excellent. If you apply to upper tier med schools, the gpa’s and quality of classes of ND and NWn would be considered interchangeable. As a rising junior, take some interesting non-science classes in addition to your core classes and enjoy school; med school is much more intense and you’ll never have enough time to savor a class on Shakespeare or Art Traditions. Good luck!!!</p>