TCNJ vs Rutgers for pre med??

Pre-Med & Medical School Pre-Med Topics
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I would be in state for both, so the cost doesn’t matter. I heard that rutgers is much better for their pre med program, but i really dont like the school that much and i feel that i would like tcnj much better. However, if my ultimate goal is to get into medical school, should I just do rutgers even though i like tcnj better? Would i still have the same chance of getting into medical school if I went to tcnj?

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You’d have the same chance. Med schools aren’t going to view one as “better” than the other.


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heard that rutgers is much better for their pre med program,

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heard from whom??

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@mom2collegekids i read it on a forum here from 2009. i think ill go with rutgers just because of the research opportunities.

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can you show the link?

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@mom2collegekids its actually from 2007

http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/pre-med-topics/301081-rutgers-or-tcnj-for-pre-med.html

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http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/pre-med-topics/1484178-if-you-are-in-high-school-please-read-this-before-posting-p1.html

I don’t really know anything about those two schools. Since you’re posting this here instead of http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-new-jersey/ or http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/rutgers/ I’ll give you the best advice I can which is that Brown is the best place to be a pre med: http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/brown-university/1284648-brown-is-the-best-place-to-be-a-pre-med-p1.html

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Pick a school you’ll be happiest at. TCNJ is the best public school NJ has to offer. The most difficult to get into. But it doesn’t have the same name recognition out of state as Rutgers. But must kids in both schools are from NJ. Rutgers is a bigger research school. But if you’ll be misarable there that won’t be good. My son looked at both also. He absolutely hated Rutgers. They gave him a full ride but but he didn’t take it. TCNJ has a beautiful campus. I was really impressed with it when we visited. Rutgers is just plain ugly. But I’m sure a lot of people that go there are very happy. In terms of research though, keep in mind that since Rutgers is so big, professors won’t be as accessible. And a lot of classes are taught by TAs with heavy accents. TCNJ is a small school so you might have a better chance to get the research you want. Unless you get into Rutgers honors program. Then you’ll have better access to stuff.