<p>I am entering college this fall and I'm considering the following schools:
Dartmouth, Cornell, Pomona College, Swarthmore, Wash U St. Louis, UC Berkeley Regents Scholarship, and UCLA Regents Scholarship</p>
<p>My future aspirations: All throughout high school I've wanted to pursue medicine beyond my undergraduate years, and naturally I committed to medical school at a pretty young age. Today I'm still leaning towards medicine, but I know that college shapes your decisions pretty heavily. I've heard a lot of different advice: Go to Dartmouth/Cornell for the name and east coast experience, go to Pomona for the friendly liberal arts feel and the best chance of getting into med school, go to Berkeley for the cost and privileges of being a Regents scholar.</p>
<p>Please help! What is your advice? I know it is probably impossible to provide an objective perspective, but the more objectivity the more helpful it would be. Thank you!</p>
<p>There’s a “WashU Premeds Questions and Answers” thread that I started at the WashU 2014 subforum. I think it gives a pretty good idea of the WashU premed program. PM me if you got questions.</p>
<p>A friend faced the same situation (Plus JHU and Duke) two years ago and chose Dartmouth.</p>
<p>Good grief…all of these schools are very different and excellent in their own ways.
You didn’t mention costs, however, if I were choosing for pre-med my choice would be Dartmouth if cost isn’t an issue. Berkeley in-state if cost is an issue.</p>
<p>Cost should be the main factor in your decision. Unless money isn’t an issue for you at any of theses schools, I would opt for Pomona(for the reasons you mentioned above)
A second to Pomona, would be Dartmouth.</p>
<p>However, if money is an issue, your choice should come down to UCB or UCLA or the cheaper option(assuming one of the private school offered you enough aid to bring the cost down to the UCs).</p>
<p>Cost should definitely play into this when you have so many years of education ahead.</p>