<p>Hey, my best friend got into notre dame and NYU, and hes too lazy to post so I will.</p>
<p>He wants to go to Medical school after College, and he wants to know which is better for the pre-med track, NYU CAS or Notre Dame.</p>
<p>Assuming competitive GPA and MCAT scores, NYU and ND place equally well in Med School admissions. NYU might have one advantage in that it has its own medical school and hospitals where a pre-med can arrange for research and other extra curricular activities associated with the health profession. These ECs do count in the admissions process and are not available at ND, at least directly.</p>
<p>I agree, a great GPA and MCAT score is the most important...if your friend has these he should be fine at either place. Also, NYU undergrad is a top feeder to NYU med. school while ND doesn't have a med school....all grad. schools to a slight degree do favor their own undergrad (of course this doesn't guarantee admission in any sense), so I guess NYU has the edge there. </p>
<p>Your friend should visit both schools, talk to pre-med students, and get a sense of things. My advice: go with the school he likes the best as grades and test scores will be the most important things for getting into top medical schools.</p>
<p>I use these two because there are major differences between the admission processes. Both place major emphasis on college course work (GPA) and standardized test scores (MCAT/LSAT). At this point, the two separate. In the case of Law School your scores are so predictive that your chances for admission can be calculated (25/75), and there are truly students who are "auto-admits". For Med School, your high scores will get you an INTERVIEW. The interview is the big discriminator between candidates, almost all of whom have high scores (weaker candidates having been weeded out along the way as undergrads.) Remember, there are NO "third-tier" Med Schools in the US - probably no second-tier ones either. Our Med Schools are all top notch. So, the interview will assess a candidate's dedication to the medical profession and his/her suitability to become a physician. If a candidate has top scores but has never set foot in a hospital for all of his/her undergraduate years, the committee will certainly note that.</p>
<p>lmao i went on the notre dame board and cleared up something udderly incorrect some lady said about evolution, and i was totally unbiased, and factual and like no dissing at all... and my reply was deleted...</p>
<p>glad im not going to a school like that...</p>