thank you so much. i truly appreciated your sincere input. my family will sit down after she visits all the schools she has an interest and decide. we understand that there is no right/wrong way but we would like to get as close as possible to the right decision for her.
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I am not in East CoastâŠnot sure it matters 
Suny > SB > NJMS > AMC
SB increasing because of new programs to fund more by state
SUNY because 100+ years⊠dang they should be doin something right
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she received the Chancellorâs scholarship with full tuition and stipends. You are right there is no full COA free ride at Vanderbilt.
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thank you
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Thank you! Just sent a DM.
did your son enjoy his UG at Vandy? Did Vandy prepared him well for medical school? What medical school he got into after Vandy?
thank you!
My son was awarded Cornelius Vanderbilt scholarship 5 years back, that plus UPenn admission prompted him to give up BU SMED.
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He had best UG experience one can imagine. He got research position during admitted students visit in a big lab and was given his own project. He won several awards and additional scholarship to do research abroad. He had active social life also.
He had multiple T10 admissions with scholarships. Vandy Premed advisor is very good, she was involved with MD/PhD admissions at Vandy.
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also what is your opinion about Rice pre med UG? I hear that 90% of its pre med UG get into medical schools and not only in Texas medical schools. That is a pretty high percentage.
Rice and Vandy are very similar.
My daughter is also a graduate of Vandy and I disagree. Many of the students are getting into state schools only for medicine and have very high MCAT scores and gpa and wonderful ECâs/research. There arenât enough medicinal school advisors at Vandy IMO.
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Vandy, or any other school wonât get a student into ANY med school. Advisors are there to do just that, advise. They can guide you in coursework, give you suggestions and leads for ECs, summer programs etc, but it is ultimately up to each student to do their own due diligence to maximize their necessary requirements and extras for med school admissions. @buffswife, what more would you have liked advisors to do?
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Who all got into plme and ppsp?
Stony Brook = NJMS = Upstate = AMC.
All are comparable solid medical schools with reputations with program directors of residency programs.
Location wise Long Island is better than Newark and collectively may be better than Syracuse and Albany.
If you factor in location, Stony Brook is âfirst among equals.â
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No one in Texas cares that a bunch of the schools keep getting and losing their rank every other year because they have been around a while, their students get into all the same residencies every other school does and have huge alumni networks since they are have all been around a while. A professor who had been at Baylor for 40 years recently told me that the best medical school in texas is Dell which is barely 6 years old, graduated only 2 batches so far (second one hasnât yet but finished matching) and his impression is solely based on their step averages. They probably wont be ranked for another 10 years.
People have who have gone through RPI/Union/Siena - AMC over the years have done well for themselves. It is a nice program for people who can afford it or willing to borrow and there is absolutely nothing wrong with going to AMC for medicine - USNews be darned.
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@gradedu,
Are you instate to any of these? Did you look at this from COA perspective?
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They are on West Coast - so, OOS for all.
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I like Rice and the resources they bring to bear for pre-med and other students.
One student told me they could do research from semester 1 and typically there are more research opportunities than students. The school culture is, therefore, more collaborative. Students that I have spoken to tell me they are happy with their experiences.
Yes, Rice does share that 90% of students get into medical school. These percentages refer to students who survived the weed out classes and also include students with gap years. Usually, about 175 to 200 pre-med kids from Rice apply to medical school. Rice freshmen intake is about 1200-1300. So, the cohort is equivalent to about 15%-17% of the incoming class.
Rice, this year, has been generous with aid - both need-based and merit-based.
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My son got in PLME not PPSP though
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