<p>Forgot her SAT II scores (Bio & mathII - 740, US History - 730)</p>
<p>You daughter looks to be right on target for Georgetown and other top schools. Georgetown generally and the premedical admissions committee in particular looks very favorably on community service/volunteerism along with medically-related activities. Your daughter’s academic profile looks great, and I hope she winds up attending Georgetown–it was the best decision of my life!</p>
<p>Thanks Medman. I hope she gets in - but thats a parent talking.</p>
<p>I’d go to BC!!!</p>
<p>BC is a great school–but of students admitted to both Georgetown and BC and attending one of the two, over 90% choose Georgetown.</p>
<p>Mere puffery…Go to BC!!!</p>
<p>"I think it would be a stretch to say that there’s no better place to be premed than Georgetown. It’s science facilities trail those available at the Ivies, Hopkins, Duke, Stanford, etc. by a significant margin and it’s research spending isn’t even in the same realm. Also, Georgetown is no where as well represented at the top medical schools as many other top 20 institutions. "</p>
<p>I would tend to agree and would also strongly consider Tufts!!! Check out the Fiske Guide book. Medman’s posts are very biased and are not open minded at all. Very rarely gives credit to other fine institutions</p>
<p><a href=“https://www.aamc.org/download/161116/data/table2-7.pdf[/url]”>https://www.aamc.org/download/161116/data/table2-7.pdf</a></p>
<p>Georgetown had 178 students apply to medical school in 2011 compared to 355 for Duke, 358 for Hopkins, 471 for Cornell, 206 for Yale and 296 for Harvard. It has half the premed population as some of the private schools medman mentioned but is about 4-5 times less represented at the elite medical schools.</p>
<p>[Who</a> Chooses WU](<a href=“http://medadmissions.wustl.edu/HowtoApply/selectionprocess/Pages/WhoChoosesWU.aspx]Who”>http://medadmissions.wustl.edu/HowtoApply/selectionprocess/Pages/WhoChoosesWU.aspx)</p>
<p>Harvard: 88
Duke: 79
Stanford: 74
Cornell: 46
Yale: 46
JHU: 37
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Georgetown: 14</p>
<p>Don’t choose Georgetown for premed over any of the above mentioned schools or you will regret it.</p>
<p>Washington U. is ONE of the top medical schools in the country, not the only top medical school. Additionally, Georgetown undergraduates tend to value location, having attended college in one of the most desirable cities in the world. They are less inclined to spend four years in a city like St. Louis. I would suggest that you look at Georgetown’s representation at top medical schools in great cities–San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, Boston, New York–and you will come to a different conclusion</p>
<p>^Classclown: Your name clearly applies. I completely disagree. I attended Duke–great school–Georgetown–great school–Hopkins Med–great school. Georgetown the best EXPERIENCE of the three, by far. That’s all I’m saying. Why is that so hard for you to take?</p>
<p>I still completely support medman. After all, it is very important for the student that the school is right for him / her. The overall environment along with great education and other opportunities at Georgetown fits with my D’s personality. It is not just about numbers…it is the whole experience which is important…</p>
<p>Me think Medman been robbing the medicine cabinet…Affects his vision…or lack thereof…</p>
<p>“Washington U. is ONE of the top medical schools in the country, not the only top medical school. Additionally, Georgetown undergraduates tend to value location, having attended college in one of the most desirable cities in the world. They are less inclined to spend four years in a city like St. Louis. I would suggest that you look at Georgetown’s representation at top medical schools in great cities–San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, Boston, New York–and you will come to a different conclusion” </p>
<p>More opinion puffery…why can’t you accept Goldenboy’s facts?</p>
<p>I can just tell you from my D’s desire…to go to a school which is compatible with her interests…it is not necessarily to go to the TOP school…as I mentioned before - the choice of a school is very personal…and sometimes not necessarily rational…</p>