<p>i want to do pre-med. recently i got accepted to the following schools</p>
<p>suny stony brook
pace university (honors)
rutgers university</p>
<p>which school would be the best for pre med curriculum. if anyone can explain i would greatly appreciate.</p>
<p>Stony Brook is a great school for premed</p>
<p>Yeah I second that. I heard great things about Stony Brook for premed</p>
<p>look for posts by bigredmed. He had discussed how to choose a premed school many times.</p>
<p><em>THIS IS FROM ANOTHER POST, HOPE IT HELPS</em></p>
<p>Hey, I just happened to be scanning the board and came across your post. Your posts are from a bit back, but should you happen to return hopefully this helps. </p>
<p>I am currently a senior at Pace (Pleasantville) and will be attending Columbia Dental in the fall. Here is what I can tell you about my experience at Pace. </p>
<p>I originally went to the University of Maryland- College Park. I stayed a year and realized it was not the school for me. It was easy enough to get good grades (I did not transfer because it was academically grueling), but the school was huge. </p>
<p>I transferred to Pace because it was near my hometown, had rolling admissions (so I could get out of UMD, hated it) and I thought it would be a safe bet until I could transfer out to a top 20 school. I ended up loving it. The classes were small, the professors were all excellent and I did research with a professor for 2 years publishing several papers in the process. </p>
<p>The thought of transferring to a top school crossed my mind many times. I had to ask myself if I wanted to be one of the top students at a less prestigious school, or a good student alongside many other good students at a very prestigious school. For me, my decision to stay ended up working out. </p>
<p>I would highly recommend the school. It has some kids that aren’t the brightest (UMD had the same problem), some students that are very bright and took a full ride, and many students who were very intelligent, but never applied themselves in high school. For them, this was their second and last chance. </p>
<p>In the end, if you were accepted to an Ivy League school or a handful of other schools, it would be tough to turn down (then of course you wouldn’t be reading this post). If it comes down to tier II-III schools, it’s really a personal decision. A degree from Rutgers isn’t going to do you much better than Pace, Hofstra etc. (being ranked 80 vs. 120 doesn’t matter- you need to fall somewhere after Harvard!) It’s what you make of it. Pace prides itself on small class sizes and solid relationships with your professors. It has this, and for me, this made all the difference. </p>
<p>Just incase you’re wondering: </p>
<p>If you’re applying to a top grad school from Pace, will they accept you?</p>
<p>If you’re competitive with the other applicants, you have a good shot. Of course they are going to take more people from the top schools because there are more people with better stats. Harvard didn’t make the students, the students made Harvard. Top students, with top grades get into top schools. They may only take a few each year from Pace, but it’s not as large and there aren’t as many students who get the grades and standardized test scores to get into a "top" school. It’s what you make of the school, not the other way around. </p>
<p>I hope this helped!</p>