<p>Hi guys!</p>
<p>First off, congratulations to everyone - we're almost at the end of our admissions season! I got into Princeton SCEA and recently got into Penn's 6 yr program with Jefferson. I've been trying really hard to choose between the two (tuition, keeping GPAs, MCATs, residencies, research opportunities) and would love to hear any opinions you guys might have. Thanks!!</p>
<p>i would go with princeton</p>
<p>Both are solid options. Princeton has a high med school acceptance rate and several of my peers who attended pton did make it into med school. But as you can imagine, it’s still incredibly difficult with pton’s grade deflation. If you aren’t entirely sure about medicine, choose pton. If you know for a fact that you want to go into medicine, jefferson is a good option. If you know that you can get a high GPA, high mcat score, and strong leadership and EC’s at princeton, go the traditional route, but of course, that is never certain : P</p>
<p>I agree with @MrInformed. My son got acceptance from Yale, but has decided to accept one of the bs/md programs he has been admitted to as he has made up his mind about medicine.</p>
<p>thanks MrInformed and matrix007 for your responses and explanations!</p>
<p>I’m definitely committed to medicine which is why I applied to BS/MDs in the first place but Princeton seems too good to pass up. Rice undergrad has also offered me a 21k scholarship so now im even less sure >.<</p>
<p>P does not count AP courses other than to put you into higher level classes. That could be tough on maintaining that 4.0 gpa. Accordingly I would take the lower classes to get easier A’s. There are only 2 majors for bio majors - molecular bio which is tough or ecology which is easier. </p>
<p>Since there are only so many A’s given out in each class and most of your classmates are Val’s or Sals the grade Deflation concern is real . P’s scholarships are need based only and if parents income is less than either 180k or 150k your tuition is ten percent of that income. Since P does not have its own Med School, I believe Rutgers gets more grads into Jersey’s two state medical schools.</p>
<p>For some of the above reasons my D 4 years ago declined another ivy for a 8 year BA/MD with no MCAT with a reasonable merit scholarship since she was sure she wanted medical school. She has no regrets passing on the ivy experience.
Good luck with your choice.</p>