Temple Med Scholars vs. RPI/AMC

Pre-Med & Medical School Multiple Degree Programs
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<p>Hey,
I got into Temple Med Scholars and RPI/AMC and now i'm having a really hard time choosing which one to go to.</p>

<p>I want to go to phily, i think temple's medical school is amazing, new med school by the time i get there, just a place where i can see myself, but they require a 30 MCAT (no lower than 8 on each section) and a 3.5 GPA overall and in the sciences alone), lowest grade allowed is a C. Plus i got more money from scholarships.</p>

<p>On the other hand, I really cant say i like too much about RPI/AMC. Not in the city atmosphere i want, not a greatest feeling at the med school (seems very rundown), rpi = not the greatest social life but not to say i cant make it fun for myself, 3/1 guys to grl ratio. However, they require no MCAT, 3.4 gpa in sciences and overall. Undergrad will cost double compared to temple.</p>

<p>Both med schools cost about the same. Both 7 yr programs.</p>

<p>The only thing keeping me from choosing TEMPLE is the MCAT. Should i be too worried? Once again, C.R. and reading comp. are not my strengths.</p>

<p>Here are my sat scores again:
CR 610
W 710
M 800</p>

<p>Phsyics 760
Math 2C 740
Math 1C 720</p>

<p>One of the major reasons i choose to apply to programs was because of the stories i have heard abou the MCAT difficulty and how at many programs u are not required to take the MCAT. Knowing myself and how i studied for the SATs and the score i got in CR makes me concerned. Should take the easy way out and risk not enjoying my college years the most i could or should i take the risk?</p>

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<p>please someone answer.
this decision process is killin me</p>

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<p>I would suggest you take the gaurnteed route because you do not want to be stuck not being admited to a med school</p>

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<p>I agree. Taking MCAT is stressful. My sister tried hard on MCAT but still the scores are under 30. She's depressed. I'd rather go RPI/Albany to make life easier.:)</p>

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<p>with out a doubt rpi wud make life easier. And its great to say i got a spot in med school already. But idk if i would enjoy 7 yrs there.</p>

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<p>go where you would have the best time
but keep in mind premed is hard wherever you go</p>

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<p>that advice above i gave seems kinda common sense and maybe not that helpful</p>

<p>i know a girl in the rpi progrm right now and she seems to be enjoying herself there. they seem to party a good amount, though thats not what i expected.
no mcat is going to be great if you go there. thats cool that you can see yourself going to temples med school but can you see yourself spending four years at temple. if you can then maybe temple is the right choice for you. i know these schools are far but do yourself a favor and visit each one again on like a weekend and see what the kids do and are like. you're going to be spending lots of weekends wherever you go and you dont want to be bored out of your mind commenting on CC on saturday lol (thats a personal attack at myself). </p>

<p>no, so look my advice to anyone thats deciding between schools is simple - maybe the school has a program set up where you can visit and live with some kids in the program for a weekend or if this doesnt exist you can simply ask kids in the prgoram if you can do it - im sure theyl be more than happy to, and then you'll get a real sense for how happy kids really are.</p>

<p>both programs you are deciding between are great so now its up to you to see where you fit in better</p>

<p>good luck, i hope that was helpful</p>

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<p>answer to that.. i'd go to temple</p>

<p>However, my main concern is more of how hard gettin a 30 is. I'm hearing som many diff things. Some say its hard, some say you can do it, some say its not too bad. </p>

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<p>Dont say there is no correlation, we kno that and thats not the question. I'm talkin about how hard it is to get a score on each test.</p>

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<p>Temple sounds good for you. Don't base your decision out of morbid fear of a test.</p>

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<p>about your question about mcat
dude no one can predict that...
i have absolutely no idea how smart you are and how hard you'll study for the mcat</p>

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<p>I got into the Med Scholars program at Temple too, and I've decided to go there.
Look. Premed is premed. It's going to be hard wherever you go. The Premed course is designed to weed out the ones who are actually going to make it. Knowledge is definitely needed for the medical program, but knowledge alone is not going to get someone through medical school. So regardless or whether or not you're going to take the MCATs, if you really want your MD, i think you'd do whatever it takes to make it. Both med programs seem worthwhile. If you're committing 8 to 7 years of your life towards working for an MD, don't let one MCAT get in your way.
=] good luck with everything</p>

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<p>I've heard that the area Temple is in is really crappy/ghetto/dangerous.</p>

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<p>How many apply and how many actually get into Temple Med?</p>

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<p>i wanted to know that too, but I heard they prefer students in PA?</p>