<p>I have been accepted as a transfer student at both Williams College and Cornell University. Both have offered me a full ride. At Williams I will be in the biochemistry program, at Cornell I will be at the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences majoring in Biology and Society. I want to go to medical school and Weill Medical College seems a very good choice for me and I have heard that is very hard for Cornellians to get accepted there. Nevertheless, I do not really care the medical school I get in as long as it has a good program. I do not not know how good the Williams' biochemistry program is. Does anyone can help me making up my mind?</p>
<p>Go to Cornell. Money is not an issue here. Did you visit both campuses?</p>
<p>Not yet, I'm planning on doing so sometime in june.</p>
<p>Cornell. I don't know much about Williams, but I do know that Cornell has a really good pre-med program. The Bio & Society major is pretty cool, too. It's essentially a watered-down version of the Bio major in that you don't need to take some of the most difficult GPA-killing non-premed Bio requirements (i.e. Genetics, Evo, Biochem, etc), and you get to take more social sciences (i.e soc, ethics, etc), which will help out your GPA.</p>
<p>If you want to dominate the world, Cornell is the school for you</p>
<p>Go where you feel most comfortable. Both school are excellent for undergraduate education, and if you do well at either, you will get into a good medical school.</p>
<p>i thought cornell didn't give full rides...</p>
<p>im assuming the OP got considerable financial aid...lucky</p>
<p>Williams College is a good school, but I personally wouldn't choose a liberal arts school over Cornell. I'm a 2007 Cornell Grad (Biology, Arts & Sci) and I must say that your comment about getting into Weill Cornell is tough as a Cornell student is not entirely true. It's hard to get into Cornell Med no metter where you went, but I personally know 4 people who are going there next year. I have a good friend who graduated with me and was a bio major with a publication in Science, a 4.07 GPA, and 37 MCAT - he is now going to do an MD/PhD at WashU. He was accepted to Cornell, but only for the MD program (plus WashU is the #4 ranked med school anyway)... and he said that when we went to his interviews the other students in line went to very competitive undergrad schools - so no matter what your GPA ends up to be, it's important to put yourself in a competitive environment - and Cornell IS THAT, definitely.</p>
<p>Hope this helps</p>
<p>metter = matter ... for all you typo junkies</p>
<p>I think williams has better grad placement for med school</p>
<p>personally I'd go for williams 'cos I think it places a greater emphasis on the quality of undergraduate education than does cornell, but that's just me (if you were going for grad school it would be a different story). </p>
<p>then again, I'm only offering you an academically-minded perspective; there are lots of other things about both schools that you should consider (size, extracurriculars, sports, food, housing, social scenes, internship opportunities, etc). besides, the strength of each school is dependent on your major; I wouldn't go to williams, for example, if I planned to pursue a career in engineering. you should visit both Williams and Cornell before making your decision.</p>
<p>Weil Cornell is a hard school to get into for anybody. I mean, don't they have an acceptance rate of 4.3%?</p>
<p>williams sounds like a more traditional college...smaller classes, etc...but i durno i would visit both...though at this point it's a bit late?</p>
<p>Damn hardddd choice! Williams is an ammmmazing college...noone can deny that. The thing that might make Cornell come out on top is if you are doing research Cornell is the place to be hands down (sooooo many research opportunities!). Both schools are exceptional so CONGRATS on having to make this decision and gl! (And don't think that because I am going to Cornell I'd auto say Cornell...if u hadn't said something that had to do w/ needing research I might have said Williams because it is a greattttt school).</p>
<p>There is no better place in the country to be a biology major than Cornell. With 5 undergraduate biology majors (Biology and Society, Human Biology Health and Society, Bio Engineering, Biology in ALS, and Biology in A&S), and all corresponding faculty, facilities, and research dollars, there are considerably more opportunities available to you than at Williams. Williams might be a more traditional college in the sense of smaller classes and arguably a greater emphasis on undergraduate education, but you will not make great strides in your biology education from a textbook. At Cornell, every biology major I know is engaged in research or interdisciplinary studies. Think about it..</p>