Pre-med Decision

Colleges and Universities A-Z Columbia University
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Hi everyone!

I am extremely excited that I was accepted by Columbia (likely letter). I was pretty much set on going until I found out I got into Brown PLME as well. I have a few questions about Columbia as I try to make my decision; any help would be really appreciated.

  1. I know Columbia’s beautiful 90% med school acceptance stat, but does Columbia limit who actually applies? I know some schools don’t give cover letters for sub-par applicants. And of the 90% of people who get into medical school, roughly how many get into top 20-30 medical schools?
  2. How competitive are pre-meds at Columbia?
  3. How easy is it to get biomedical labwork?
  4. GPA-wise: How difficult is it to maintain at 3.7-3.8ish GPA?

Just a bit of context: I would be a Medicine, Literature and Societies major at Columbia. I’m interested in biomedical research, creative writing, and global health.

Thanks so much for any input!