<p>I got into both Stony Brook and Fordham. Financially, if i commute to fordham vs staying on campus at stony brook, it will cost me the same. Which school has better research facilities available? Which school has more people being accepted into medical school? What are your views about weeding out pre-meds and grade deflation at each school. Also, where should i attend college? I like both schools, i am confused and need help deciding.</p>
<p>Stony Brook is a better research and science oriented school. Grade deflation?..not sure, but Stony Brook is extremely competitive in the pre-health classes due to many students attending the school that are on that track. I do know Fordham is known more for business ( but thats just my opinion). </p>
<p>Stony Brook, like most school, will have weed out classes, which is typically either gen chem or usually Organic Chemistry. I am unfamiliar with Fordham. </p>
<p>Did you get a scholarship to Fordham? because tuition is 38K a year ( collegeboard.com) , Stony Brook tuition a year is about 5k, and room and board is about 10K i believe ( roughly). </p>
<p>Let me just warn you again, Stony Brook has many students pursuing health care related fields, so it will be quite competitive. You can get into med school from any school. Honestly, if they both cost the same, Fordham might be easier for the pre-med only due to the fact it would most probably be less competitive than stony brook, but thats obviously just purely my opinion. At the end of the day, Med schools care about your gpa, science gpa, and MCAT score. What school you went to matters only on a fairly small scale ( almost does not matter if you score well on the MCAT and have a great gpa). </p>
<p>I would recommend to go to each campus, attend a chemistry/bio/organic chem lecture, talk to as many students as you can, find out what they curve the avg score. Say Stony Brook curves to a C( the average), and Fordham does B/B- for the same class, then I would suggest to go wherever there is less of deflation going on. Also, go and visit Fordham and do the same thing, talking to students will get you quite alot of information, just ask many questions. Also attend the pre-med clubs at each college. College students will not mind, they are open to younger students who are curious. </p>
<p>GL</p>