I was recently taken off the waitlist for U of Michigan LSA. Previously, I considered going to Michigan State’s Lyman Briggs College and the honors college. If I want to go Pre-med or Pre-dental for undergrad, which would end up being more beneficial for med/dental school?
There’s no wrong choice.
LSU Honors will likely be more supportive of your pre-med aspirations because you’ll have a personal adviser and smaller, more supportive classes, whereas Michigan is notorious for weeding out it’d pre-meds. On the other hand, if you don’t go through with premed (like 75% freshmen) then a UMichigan degree will be good, as long as you’re not in biology.
Is there a cost difference?
The cost isn’t the issue. It’s more the program aspect for me.
Michigan State honors is really an excellent program and to me gets overlooked. Many come with research built in, study abroad opportunities and intern opportunities.
As stated many don’t finish where they started major wise. Is there a fit /feel with one college over the other? Even though both are Big Ten rivals there is no question a completely different fit /feel between the two.
You could look at outcome results between the two schools but I assume they would be very similar.
There was a great article several years ago about two best friends in engineering. One at State and one at Michigan. Same field and both got jobs at the same firm. The Michigan State guy wrote he felt he had more fun since the atmosphere was not as intense as it was at Michigan.
I would go to Facebook groups at both and ask questions. See if there is a consensus or you find the type of people you are looking for this way.
There is no wrong choice here and I am saying this having a son at Michigan.
You’d be well served by both schools, and both have medical schools as part of their universities. Did either school appeal to you more/was cheaper/better location, etc?
And the 75% number mentioned above has no basis in objective data; the only thing that matters is what you do in college. Good luck; it’s a great profession.
Yeah, I It is likely higher.
You should never assume you will make it to medical school. I would think about which college would give you better opportunities in the event you are weeded out of the physician career track. Statistically speaking, it is the most likely outcome, by far. If you are truly open to dental, that can change things.
How would dental change things?