Penn State or Rutgers?

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<p>Currently I'm attending a satellite Penn State Campus, Penn State Berks but I'm thinking of transferring to Rutgers because its more city based and a lot bigger than where I go. I have not yet visited the campus but I have friends who go there that love it. I'm majoring in Biology for PreMed and i'm in my freshman year right now. I was just wondering would it be better for me to stay at PSUB or transfer to Rutgers? If I stay at Berks will my diploma say that I graduated from Penn State Berks or will it just be Penn State? Because I don't intend on transferring to main campus, its too expensive and I don't want to be just a number up there. I love my college don't get me wrong but its just too small and I'm not sure if it's for me. Is Rutgers better than a Penn State Satellite campus academically? </p>

<p>I'm really confused as to what I should do right now.</p>

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<p>Ask at Penn State Berks what your diploma would read. The people there will tell you.</p>

<p>Whether or not Rutgers is worth the additional expense is something you will need to sort out with your family. Med school admissions is heavily numbers-based. You need an excellent GPA and MCAT score. The name of your university barely matters. Check with the pre-Med advisor, and find out what the MCAT scores of recent pre-Med students have been. Med school also is ridiculously expensive and there are very few scholarships. You will probably end up paying for it with loans and graduate with something like $200k - $300k in debt. So the usual advice is to get your undergrad degree for as cheap as possible.</p>

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<p>If main campus Penn State is too expensive, won’t Rutgers be too expensive also?</p>