<p>My son is accepted to both schools. So which one has the better pre-med track??</p>
<p>rutgers, duh!</p>
<p>"rutgers, duh!"</p>
<p>please explain ??</p>
<p>It doesn't matter. He should go where he fits in the best. The school where he will have the most success academically, socially, emotionally, and physically (along with great balance between all these areas) is where he should end up.</p>
<p>Well, Rutgers starts with R, which is the same letter as Rice. Rice has a program set up with Baylor, so you know that's a good place to be. So, to me, the choice seems pretty clearly to be Rutgers.</p>
<p>T? What do you get with T? Closest undergrad school is probably Texas Tech, or perhaps there's a Thomas Jefferson somewhere. Clearly inferior to R for Rice.</p>
<p>R all the way.</p>
<p>LOL to the responses above. I would choose to go to Rutgers because the research opportunities are much greater and also the tuition is much cheaper. Frankly, all that TCNJ can really offer a pre-med student above Rutgers is a smaller class size your freshmen and maybe your sophomore year, by junior year class sizes drop dramatically. Also, TCNJ has a better medical school matriculation rate, but that's only because a lot more people apply to med school from Rutgers. Scarlet Knights all the way on this one.</p>
<p>there are some good answers and funny one as well. Like bigred said, will have to let my son decides which one he's more comfortable with. Almost like chosing PC or Mac. Big and popular vs small not as popluar...........</p>
<p>A preass release on TCNJ stated that it is now ranked in the Barron's College Guide as one of only 75 institutions to merrit their "most competitive" rating. It is also one of only 7 "public" institutions in the country to receive that rating by Barrons. Princeton U and TCNJ are the only 2 schools in NJ to receive that rating. TCNJ also boasts that 86% of their medical applicants get accepted to medical school. I don't know what that % is for Rutgers. TCNJ is now know as one of the "Public Ivys".
Rutgers has a very good reputation, but from most of what I read and hear TCNJ gets higher marks.</p>
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<p>I wouldn't pay attention to that 86%</p>
<p>JFYI, Rutgers is known as a "Public Ivy" as well. It's not a huge deal. Choose whatever between the two you can be most successful at. Rutgers has more opportunities for a pre-med... there's no getting around that (more faculty, more research, more classes, more people, more events). But no one will hold your hand and help you use those opportunities-- it will be up to you. If you're not up to that challenge or you dont think a large school fits your personality, TCNJ will provide a more nurturing environment, I suppose.</p>
<p>well, they're both good, but I think he should go wherever he feels he fits best. I know my teacher's daughter went to TCNJ for pre med and she did fine! She got to go to med school and residency for free!!!</p>
<p>little loans to pay back!!! :)</p>
<p>Well, residency is always free. But a full-ride to medical school is an impressive feat indeed.</p>
<p>From what I understand, Rutgers is widely knowly. I know RU alums who applied to jobs out of state (like Michigan, not Penn & NY which are right there..lol) and people were impressed by the fact that they went to RU. I think within New Jersey, RU is underappreciated, but outside of NJ, it's considered a very good university.</p>
<p>I go to Rutgers now, and I had to choose between Rutgers and TCNJ as well. I chose Rutgers for very specific reasons. Besides scholarships, there was also the fact that I could double major in Psych and Bio. A lot of the colleges I had been looking at don't allow that. There's also the fact that the hospitals nearby are not hard to get to even if you don't have access to a car. That way, you can get involved with shadowing & volunteering without having to go so far out of your way -- just hop on a campus bus. There's also the tutoring that's available. The ones that I'm aware of are extremely helpful.</p>
<p>As for stats, the Heath Professions Office has bulletin boards full of stats. Students have gotten into UPenn, JHU, & Harvard. I'm not sure of the percentages. General med school admissions stats can be found here:</p>
<p><a href="http://lifesci.rutgers.edu/%7Ehpo/stats.htm%5B/url%5D">http://lifesci.rutgers.edu/~hpo/stats.htm</a></p>
<p>Definitely go with Rutgers, a lot more opportunities for clinical exposure and research. </p>
<p>“Public Ivy” is a nonsense term. If you don’t go to an Ivy league school, or an ivy league equivalent (i.e. Stanford, John Hopkins, MIT) then it doesn’t really matter where you went to school, from an admissions perspective.</p>