<p>My son was accepted to Princeton, Yale, Columbia, Caltech, Duke, Darthmouth, Cornell, Brown, and Emory(full-ride). </p>
<p>Princeton and Yale financial aid packages are good. He wants to do pre-med. We visited both colleges last year. He is oscillating between Princeton and Yale. Your input is greatly appreciated. We live in South Carolina.</p>
<p>If you check these threads:
<a href=âhttp://talk.collegeconfidential.com/princeton-university/896715-huntsman-vs-princeton.html[/url]â>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/princeton-university/896715-huntsman-vs-princeton.html</a>
<a href=âhttp://talk.collegeconfidential.com/princeton-university/896626-princeton-vs-penn-m-t.html[/url]â>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/princeton-university/896626-princeton-vs-penn-m-t.html</a></p>
<p>Youâll see that Iâm very biased towards Princeton. I love Princeton.</p>
<p>But for pre-med, I have to say that Yale is superior. No grade deflation â> better chances of having a good GPA â> better medical school. Yes, most med schools take into account the difference between a Princeton GPA and some other schoolsâ GPA, but believe me when I say a 3.7 from Yale is easier to obtain (0.19 above their average) and looked at more favorably than a 3.6 (0.32 above our average) from Princeton.</p>
<p>Yale UG gets home advantage when applying to Yale MD PhD JD MBA Schools.</p>
<p>For example, at Yale Law </p>
<p>82 Yale UG are enrolled while only 17 Princeton UG there.
[Yale</a> University Bulletin | Yale Law School 2009?2010 | Law School Students](<a href=âWelcome | Office of the University Printerâ>Welcome | Office of the University Printer)</p>
<p>Harvard, Yale, Columbia, Stanford MD PhD JD MBA programs all give strong preferences to their own UG applicants. Princeton UG need really really outstanding GPA and test scores etc âŠ</p>
<p>Thanks you so much randombetch and german_car. Please Bump</p>
<p>If your son is really set on being premed, go for Yale. The average grade in science courses (premed reqs) is a 3.0-3.2. It is EXTREMELY difficult to do pre-med at Princeton. Many students here have voiced this concern and ended up having to fulfill premed requirements at different universities. Yale, on the other hand, is much easier to do well/get higher gpa. On the other hand, if youâre interested in investment banking, economics, math, and business in general, come to Princeton. Youâll be in great hands.</p>
<p>But just to let you know, most HS students who come into college wanting to do premed change their minds after the first semester anyway. It really depends how much your son wants to do premed.</p>
<p>German_carâs just a â â â â â here who posts the same link on every post. Princeton and Yale are pretty much on par for law school admissions.</p>
<p>More unbiased suggestions please.</p>
<p>How many students go to medical colleges from Princeton every year?</p>
<p>If you look at this link, you will see that approximately 93% of Princeton students applying to medical school in 2009 were accepted. [Princeton</a> University - Dean of the College - FAQ](<a href=âhttp://www.princeton.edu/odoc/faculty/grading/faq/]Princetonâ>http://www.princeton.edu/odoc/faculty/grading/faq/)
Numbers of students applying to medical school each year ranged from approximately 115-125, but I canât tell how many apply directly as seniors and how many have worked or done something else and then applied to medical school.</p>
<p>Princeton does very well in medical school admissions (90% or higher), which is on par with its Ivy league peers. However, being a pre-med here will probably be more stressful due to the stricter grading policy here. If you are absolutely sure you want to be pre-med, Yale may be a better fit for you because it would be easier to get a higher GPA, but coming here, while it means you may have a lower GPA, doesnât mean that youâll be any less equipped to go to med school.</p>
<p>Once again, I really wouldnât worry about grade deflation as a pre-med, it never effected any of the hard sciences.</p>
<p>Once again, I really wouldnât worry about grade deflation as a pre-med, it never effected any of the hard sciences.</p>
<p>Pre-meds take non-science courses too⊠The average GPA of Princeton pre-meds is significantly lower than the average GPA of Yale pre-meds.</p>
<p>Princetonâs lack of medical school is more serious problem than grade deflation. </p>
<p>Harvard Yale Stanford Columbia UG partifipate in medical research or volunteer work at their medical school school. You may get the letter of recommendation from a faculty member who is very well known to the admissions committee. </p>
<p>Medical school also very strongly prefers application from their own undergraduate college.</p>
<p>Penn students also benefit from the medical research that goes on at Penn Med School, it is one of Americaâs best med schools (top 3) along with Harvard and Johns Hopkins.</p>
<p>That is correct. Penn Med school is one of the best.<br>
Penn UG are also most represnted at Penn Med School.</p>
<p>At Penn Med school, Penn UG applicants will considered with âfirst priorityâ. </p>
<p>At Princeton Med school, Princeton UG w⊠sorry Princeton doesnât have medical school.</p>
<p>^Iâve personally talked to the Dean of Admissions of Penn Med - heâs actually a Princeton alum and loves accepting Princeton students. He actually emphasized that he takes into account our grade deflation when making admissions decisions.</p>
<p>That is correct. Princeton and Penn Med also have a close association. Any top medical school should, and they do, want Princeton grads because they are very bright kids. Having a close association with Princeton is an advantage for any medical school. I was not agreeing with German_car, I was just correcting his ommission of Penn.</p>
<p>Itâs quite a shame Princeton doesnât have its own medical school. Fortunately, Princeton is consistently a top 5 feeder school for all elite graduate schools.</p>
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<p>I suggest you take a look German_Car, Iâm sure even whatever limited capability for logical thought you possess can process that information.</p>
<p>Ouch, lol.</p>
<p>Congrats to your son</p>
<p>Your son should visit the schools. Yes, Princeton has taken a tough line on grades; but other schools may follow. The acceptance rate into med school runs 90% to 95% so the tough grading standards have not prevented Princeton students from getting into med school.</p>
<p>One major many pre-med students choose is molecular biology. All Molecular Biology undergraduates are given the opportunity to become fully integrated members of cutting-edge research laboratories. One indication of the success of the program is the number of research publications with undergraduates as authors. Since the inception of the department in 1985, over 160 undergraduates have co-authored significant research papers. Another hallmark of success is the career paths taken by Molecular Biology majors. Approximately 70 per cent of Princeton University Molecular Biology majors obtain a higher educational degree, including MD, MD/PhD, MD/M.P.H. and PhD.</p>
<p>Molecular Biology juniors writing a laboratory-based senior thesis are invited to participate in the Summer Undergraduate Research Program. Each student joins a world-class research group  headed by a faculty member  and carries out an original research project. Participants are immersed in a culture of close collaboration with other undergraduates, graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and faculty, and thereby experience first-hand what it is like to be a scientist. Over half of the molecular biology majors become paid researchers through this program while attending Princeton.</p>
<p>Princeton has made the life sciences a major focus for funding and growth. The Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics was established to innovate in research and teaching at the interface of modern biology and the more quantitative sciences. Professor David Botstein, director of the institute won the $500,000 Albany Medical Center Prize in Medicine and Biomedical Research; the award is the largest prize in medicine in the United States and is considered second only to the Nobel Prize. In 1980, Botstein and three colleagues proposed a method for mapping genes that laid the groundwork for the Human Genome Project. The Princeton Neuroscience Institute is designed to integrate the work of theorists and experimentalists through new quantitative methods and an arsenal of cutting-edge technologies. The facilities include an EEG lab, a neuroimaging facility, and a Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS)/Eye tracking laboratory, and a functional MRI scanner specially designed to focus exclusively on brain study.</p>
<p>At Preview weekend your son should visit the Molecular Biology Department, the Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics, the Princeton Neuroscience Institute, and talk to pre-meds. He will have more information to make a decision.</p>