PRE-MED at DUKE, JHU, PENN, or CORNELL

Pre-Med & Medical School Pre-Med Topics
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<p>Hey guys,</p>

<p>College for me is going to be a big decision. I want to do pre-med and I believe that at Cornell, Penn, JHU, or Duke, I will find the resources, faciltiies, and environment to better myself to succeed. However, the ultimate goal is to get into medical school. With that in mind, you need a great GPA of above 3.5. Can someone shed some light as to which of the colleges - Duke, Cornell, Penn, and JHU have great inflation in their Pre-med classes. I want to follow a certain routine that can make my life easier through studying and having fun. I know at times it can be stressful at any college, but when I apply to these colleges, I want to know which one I will have a great time, and most importantly do reallly well academically.</p>

<p>Thanks,
Med_Tmuds</p>

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<p>No grade inflation:
Johns Hopkins
Cornell (brutal curves)</p>

<p>Grade Inflation:
Duke</p>

<p>Not sure:
UPenn (I think they have grade inflation)</p>

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<p>hmm, what about vanderbilt? do you know whether it has grade inflation?</p>

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<p>what do you mean by "Brutal Curves"????</p>

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<p>As in their grade deflation is brutal, the % of people able to attain an A is low. </p>

<p>Take into account, you are competing against some of the brightest kids in the country.---national science fair winners, researchers, etc.</p>

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<p>i think the science classes may have bad curves, but I heard bio is curved at an B- and chem is curved at a B.</p>

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<p>^ is correct.</p>

<p>Cornell does have brutal curves. Especially in the weed out courses like intro bio, orgo, etc. </p>

<p>I'm not sure if I agree with their system as it tends to hurt the majority of students. It's a Gaussian curve, where if the mean is set (usually) to a B, then 64% of the class gets between a C and an A, 18% below and 18% above the curve. It's taken that one Standard D above or below corresponds with its respective letter grade increase or decrease. </p>

<p>Frankly, without hard work, a pre-med can get burned at a school like Cornell. Make no mistake, a low GPA - even from a school like Cornell - will not impress med school adcoms; a big misconception is that the Cornell 'name' holds a lot of weight. It does only if the grades are competitive.</p>

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<p>i may be mistaken but i don't think duke has grad inflation...it def isnt near jhu/cornell but it is no cake walk...for a pre-med though in terms of prestige i would say itd be...</p>

<p>jhu
duke
cornell
penn</p>

<p>grade inflation
penn
duke
cornell
jhu</p>

<p>fun
duke
penn
jhu/cornell tied cornell i think had the highest suicide rate for 03 or something</p>

<p>all in all if your ultimate goal is medschool i would go with duke where you can party/have fun yet get a great education with a good name</p>

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i don't think duke has grad inflation

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<p>I don't know, seems pretty inflated to me.</p>

<p><a href="http://www.gradeinflation.com/duke.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.gradeinflation.com/duke.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Compare that to some of the other schools that are known for inflation.</p>

<p><a href="http://www.gradeinflation.com/harvard.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.gradeinflation.com/harvard.html&lt;/a>
<a href="http://www.gradeinflation.com/stanford.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.gradeinflation.com/stanford.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>Yeah Duke has inflation, Mine Is Different. The pre_med path is no cakewalk given the the number of people who still quit being pre-med, but the inflation is with out a doubt present.</p>

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<p>At DUKE, s there inflation in PRE-MED courses especially like orgo chem, biology, and so on??</p>

<ul>
<li>In addition someone told me that duke pre-med gets easier after the first year, which is really a determinant factor of who can survive during the coming years.</li>
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