<p>Hi I was accepted to stanford early action recently but i wasnt sure if stanford is the place i should go for sure..I want to pursue the premed track/biology major..and i kno cornell has this health program at college of human ecology that prepares u well for medical school....i kno stanford has a much better reputation and might be easier to get good grades than in cornell (although I m not exactly sure on that)....I dont have a problem with the financial aid. If you wanted to become a doctor or a biomedical researcher later in ur life, where would you go? Brown PLME, Cornell Human Ecology, Stanford Biology/biomed, berkeley, emory, and harvard? Could you rank those schools in terms of their premed/biology programs? thx a lot and have a good day~!</p>
<p>I am doing a physics major at Stanford with the hopes of getting into Stanford or Harvard Med School. The grades are not THAT easy to get here. This quarter I worked my ass off and had to pull several all-nighters but I still didn't get straight A's (stupid A minus in multivariable calculus). The professors here are amazing and I think I can get a great grad school recommendation from one professor I've been spending a lot of time with. His name is Osheroff, the Nobel Prize laureate in physics, and I might even do a research project under him (crosses fingers). I feel like the program here is fantastic, but I'm sure a bio major at Cornell would prepare you just as well for being a doctor. </p>
<p>At this point, however, it doesn't matter about the strength of a school's pre-med program because the ones you mentioned are all top notch. I bet the same opportunities at Stanford are available at any other top 10 school. Therefore, what should matter to you the most is the college atmosphere, social scene, and all the other factors that go beyond prestige. Visit all the schools before you make your decision. Please don't let prestige get in the way of your true happiness. Go to a school because you think you will like it there, not because some grad-school admissions board will be impressed by the name. If you go to a school solely based on prestige, you will end up regretting it a lot. I am almost positive that if I chose to attend Harvard just because of the prestige I would have NOT liked it there. So just follow your heart and go to the school that is your own personal paradise. </p>
<p>Although you are faced with some tough choices for college, most people would die to be in your shoes. Congrats!</p>
<p>Stanford by far. If anything, the climate is nicer</p>
<p>I 100% agree with rooster, at a certain point it starts to not matter. I think Stanford would be slightly less intense than Cornell, and knowing how important GPA is to the process, that is where I personally would go. I also think stanford has the highest quality of life of the bunch.</p>
<p>Dang rooster, your post makes Stanford seem even MORE excellent. Sucks they rejected me. Bastards. :)</p>
<p>Cornell is tough. Go to Stanford.<br>
Stanford has even more grade inflation than Harvard... According to <a href="http://www.gradeinflation.com%5B/url%5D">www.gradeinflation.com</a> and a number of other studies, Stanford has the highest grade inflation in the country... for example, in 1992, Stanford had ave g.p.a. of 3.44, harvard 3.31, princeton 3.25.
In 2001, harvard edged up to 3.39, princeton up to 3.40... they didn't say what stanford increased to, but it did increase higher... </p>
<p>Harvard got alot of press not so much because of grade inflation, but because it gives almost everyone honors... to get the lowest form of honors, you only needed a B- average... they recently changed it, so its much harder, but in the past, 80% of students graduated with some kind of honors... harvard used to have 4 levels of honors: summa, magna, cum, and cum in general studies... the last category was for anyone who had at least a B- average. Getting summa and magna were always tough, though... summa was restricted to top 5%... magna for the next 10-15%.</p>
<p>An A-!!!! Has your family disowned you yet?</p>
<p>"Cornell is tough. Go to Stanford. "</p>
<p>Cornell is probably tougher to survive academically than Stanford, but I think most employers/teachers know that, so they factor the GPA accordingly. Between the two of them, I'd choose Stanford, since I'm on the west coast. Although Cornell would be a close second!</p>
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<p>Golubb,</p>
<p>Amazingly they actually dont account for this. I know how grad school eval works (I am active in admissions at my top grad school) and they basically rank all the top schools equally when examining GPA.</p>
<p>Hmm...that seems odd. I've seen GPA conversion tables, and 3.5 at Cornell is weighted at a 3.75 at Stanford. I can't remember the other conversions, but a Cornell/Caltech GPA is almost always scored up.</p>