<p>Hey guys
i was wondering how comparable these two programs are.</p>
<p>Which one is harder to get into?</p>
<p>How do their programs compare?</p>
<p>Which one would would you say is "better"?</p>
<p>thanks</p>
<p>I won’t say which is better, but I know Brown’s is generally more selective.</p>
<p>If either program guarantees admission, then NU’s HPME will get you into a higher-ranked medical school (19 vs. 34), if it matters (probably not). I don’t know anything about the undergrad programs themselves. I also don’t know if a higher medical school rank means the school is more selective. I don’t know how selective the undergrad programs are or how much more selective one is than the other.</p>
<p>HPME is probably slightly more selective because 1) the med school is higher-ranked and 2) the program can be finished in 7 years if you choose to (you don’t have to). These two factors likely make it more desirable. It doesn’t hurt that the med school is next to the Magnificent Mile.</p>
<p>HPME asks for test scores/GPA and prescreens before sending you the application package. It also requires Chem SAT and 1 yr of calculus before enrollment; PLME does not do any of that. The applicant pool for HPME is likely more self-selected, if not stronger.</p>
<p>silverturtle,
as per your arguments in the other thread, how do you define selectivity in this case? did you finally <em>gasp</em> adopt the standard definition of selectivity? the next thing we know, you will argue that U of I’s med school is more selective than Harvard’s and WashU’s lol.</p>
<p>Arguing with silverturtle is likely a waste of your time- according to his profile, he’s a freshman in HS.</p>
<p>ohhh that makes sense. many HS freshmen sound like they’re trying too hard to sound smart.</p>
<p>“…harder to get into?”
The stats of entering Northwestern HPME er’s will be a bit higher that those at Brown. But Brown is less likely to go by the numbers in decisions. Like undergrad admissions there, they tend to be much more unpredictable (“quirky” ?) than at comparable schools. Both NU and Brown will be very, very competitive. Hard to say for any individual applicant that one will be “harder” than the other.</p>
<p>“Which…is “better”?”<br>
Both are great programs. Northwestern Med is not only better ranked, it’s a much larger clinical and research institution, if that matters. If your goal is academic medicine, this offers some advantage. If goal is clinical medicine, no difference. NU also offers option of 7 or 8 years. If opting 8, you’ll have lots of choices about how to spend that one extra year.</p>
<p>Also need to consider…
Evanston and Chicago vs. Providence. 8 years is a long time to spend in one place. Chicago would be my choice given how much more it has to offer. Northwestern’s med school location and campus are phenomenol. If I had to do it all over again I’d go to NU but honestly believe I’d have had a great experience at Brown as well.</p>
<p>Yeah, I really think that one of the two programs will decide for me by rejecting me. I’m definitely going to apply to both programs.
@Bala: yeah Im not sure about the whole location thing yet. I’ve never visited either yet. But 2 weeks from now I’m going to be visiting Brown. So ill see how I like it there. And then sometime during the school year we are probably gonna drive down to chicago ( I live in MN). So then I’ll have an idea. I have no doubts that both campuses are going to be beautiful though.</p>