<p>I'm having the dilemma of my life in choosing between these two. I'm set on becoming a doctor, but Stanford is Stanford. Any inputs, especially about the difficulty of Stanford premed, will be appreciated. Thanks.</p>
<p>I suppose it depends on how rich you are. Stanford + 4 years of med school is going to cost WAY WAY more than Rice/Baylor.</p>
<p>Lol, I'm sure there are plenty of people who would die to be in your "dilemma". take rice/baylor. Good med school and most importantly, guaranteed med school admission. What do you want from stanford? The name? its probably not worth as much as a combined med program in my opinion.</p>
<p>rice/baylor definately
rice is a very top university and baylor med is ranked 13 in the country
u cant beat that
congrats on getting accepted to the best accelerated program in the country</p>
<p>i'm going to be the devil's advocate here and say that you should go to Stanford (if, as jenskate said, you can afford it). yes, rice/baylor is an awesome med prog, but stanford is an awesome undergrad. what people find most attractive about the medical progs is that they guarantee, for the most part, a seat in the medical school. i think that if you are smart and talented enough to get into stanford, then you will do fine there, and i think you should have full confidence that you will get into a great medical school.</p>
<p>also, i'm sure that you can switch out of the medical prog after completing the undergrad portion (at least, at bu you can, and that's the one i am looking into), but not many people do. i think that it's important to get to know different people not only within your school, but also people from different schools in different parts of the country. you may or may not switch out of rice/baylor if you should choose to go there, but i think for an overall college experience, i'd go with stanford....but that's just me....</p>
<p>My D. had to make similar choice between Stanford and UCSD. She is leaning towards UCSD, given the ranking of UCSD, the guaranteed seat in the School of Medicine as well as very competitive biology program in undergraduate. And cost is a very important factor too.</p>
<p>Go to rice/baylor. Im debating b/t r/b and hpme. I eliminated stanford, emory scholars (full tuition), brown plme, and harvard. No looking back. haha. good luck.</p>
<p>Definitely rice/baylor.
i've read on another thread that someone gave up stanford for bu's accel med program; another is leaning more towards usc's bac/md program than stanford; and my friend & classmate chose ucsd's med scholars program over stanford.
while stanford is a great university, beautifully situated in california, you cannot beat the combined med program, especially rice/baylor!</p>
<p>definitely rice/baylor - baylor is an AMAZING med school!</p>
<p>aznstealth17 - you had awesome choices! no regrets about giving up harvard? (I would probably do the same, not to worry)</p>
<p>There's a girl who's a freshman at rice this year who gave up Harvard for Rice Baylor, so aznstealth, you aren't alone.</p>
<p>I reiterate my point, definitely go with Rice/Baylor. Baylor is ranked 13 as stated above and is an excellent excellent med school. Rice is great for undergrad but if thats what ur concerned about, undergrad doesn't matter at all. It's med school that counts.</p>
<p>Thanks for the inputs. The one major issue I have with Rice/Baylor is the recent split between Baylor and Methodist. I'm concerned about the impact that the split will have on the financial security and research capabilities of Baylor (especially since I won't be going to BCM until 4 years from now).</p>
<p>Unless you have any doubts that you want to be a physician, I would go with Rice/Baylor.</p>
<p>Even if you finished at Stanford and did fairly well, you are unlikely to do a whole lot better than Baylor when it comes to med school.</p>
<p>The other thing is that even when one looks at it in terms of comparing undergrad schools - Rice vs Stanford - the former is an excellent school even if it is not as prestigious as Stanford.</p>
<p>Corean, the split is kind of a shame, but it doesn't make Baylor really worse. Baylor is affilliated with several hospitals, providing a wide range of exposure to tons of patients, certainly more than at most university hospitals.</p>
<p>Let's say, worst case scenario, that the split really does cause problems at Baylor (doubtful, i think.) - you apply out from the program, have saved yourself a lot of money, and are really at no disadvantage when applying to other med schools. Maybe you are even at an advantage, if you get better grades and recommendations at Rice because of the smaller classes and better student/faculty interaction.</p>
<p>Plus, you have to ask yourself - is another med school (say Harvard, or Wash U) 4-5x better? Because I don't think they are. So I don't think it makes sense to pay 4-5x more to go to them if you get in.</p>
<p>This is my first time hearing about the split between Baylor and Methodist? Any more info about this?</p>
<p>here's a good article about it, originally published in the houston chronicle:
<a href="http://www.uh.edu/ednews/2005/hc/200502/20050222baylorpartner.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.uh.edu/ednews/2005/hc/200502/20050222baylorpartner.html</a></p>
<p>Note that as an undergrad, the resources of Methodist hospital are still quite valuable, as it is a good place to shadow doctors, do research, or volunteer.</p>
<p>CoreanKim:</p>
<p>I would not be concerned about the Methodist situation. The alliance with St. Luke's actually will place Baylor Med in closer collaboration with the Texas Heart Institute. And don't forget about the rest of the neighborhood, including Texas Children's and M.D. Anderson Cancer Center. The realignment will not diminish either the financial security or the research opportunities. </p>
<p>Baylor Med itself is one of the toughest admits among US med schools. If you went to Stanford, or to HYP for that matter, in four years you would consider yourself very fortunate if you were admitted to Baylor Med. And do not overlook the fact that if you are Rice/Baylor and you become a bona fide Texas resident (no, you don't have to buy a gun rack) you will save about 100k in tuition in comparison to other top med schools. Fortune has smiled on you.</p>
<p>anyone in this situation?</p>
<p>Watch this - [Baylor</a> College of Medicine Faces NIH Sanctions Over Financial Conflicts - Research - The Chronicle of Higher Education](<a href=“Baylor College of Medicine Faces NIH Sanctions Over Financial Conflicts”>Baylor College of Medicine Faces NIH Sanctions Over Financial Conflicts)
Baylor seems has NIH funding issue.</p>
<p>Baylor’s current rank is #22, [Best</a> Medical Schools | Research Rankings | Top Medical Schools for Research | US News Best Graduate Schools](<a href=“http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-medical-schools/research-rankings]Best”>http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-medical-schools/research-rankings), which is no bad, but its ranking might sink in the coming years, then go up again. Besides Baylor has lots of resources near by. And most appealing thing about Baylor is location and cheap tuition. </p>
<p>What Stanford can offer you? Not much, when comparing to BS/MD guaranteed seat.</p>
<p>aznstealth7, why not take PLME? just curious…</p>