Pre-med at Harvard Vs Princeton Vs MIT Vs UPenn's LSM

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<p>Pre-med at Harvard Vs Princeton Vs MIT Vs UPenn's LSM</p>

<p>Please help me decide! Any advice or insight is greatly appreciated!</p>

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<p>Can you tell us a little more about what you want to get out of college, and what you’re like?</p>

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<p>I think personality wise, I’m pretty spontaneous and like to collaborate. However, I still enjoy being in a competitive atmosphere. So, I might be a more MIT type. However, I heard people at MIT don’t really like or look favorably upon pre-meds because they see them as grade grubbers and learning not for the sake of learning. But, I do enjoy learning for the sake of it and I’m not that grade- conscious. I really want to go somewhere with lots of research opportunities and chances to get to know my advisors and professors.</p>

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<p>^^^ this is sounding more and more like a Princeton decision</p>

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<p>Lol yes, however on the other hand MIT and Harvard’s location also provides a lot more opportunities than Princeton, since Princeton’s more secluded and doesn’t have a med school or large grad population</p>

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<p>Harvard or MIT, depending on which you like more. There are a lot of premeds at MIT and they aren’t looked down upon. Can’t say the same if you’re say… a management major. Just come to both admit weekends and see which one suits you more.</p>

<p>Princeton and UPenn are 2nd-tier (relatively). You shouldn’t go there unless they’re offering you something amazing (e.g. 10k/year extra aid or something). Just my two cents.</p>

<p>Also, Boston >>> Philly > whatever city Princeton is in.</p>

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<p>I had a Princeton friend who said that if they included Princeton in the med school rankings, they would be rated like #3.</p>

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<p>@ iceui2 Thanks for your input :slight_smile: lol Princeton and UPenn second tier? sounds a little harsh but I’ll keep that in mind</p>

<p>@collegealum314 Could you please clarify? How do you rank Pton if they don’t have a med school? Do you mean in terms of research level/ opportunities related to medicine?</p>

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<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/princeton-university/905719-these-colleges-have-highest-medical-school-acceptance-rates.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/princeton-university/905719-these-colleges-have-highest-medical-school-acceptance-rates.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>No, my friend was joking that these things are based so much on the reputation of the overall university that Princeton would end up #3 even though they don’t actually have a med school.</p>

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<p>Good luck getting high grades as Premed at MIT…</p>

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<p>^As of a couple of years ago, the average premed at MIT had a 3.6 GPA (out of 4.0) when applying to medical school, and the average accepted premed had a GPA of 3.7. Not much selection for GPA going on there.</p>

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<p>Lol no… Princeton and Wharton are definitely not “second tier” … :P</p>

<p>If you’re sure you want to do premed, I think doing a UPenn LSM double degree might make it a bit more difficult to fit a premed track as well, though.</p>