<p>My D really wanted to get into an elite private school, and had great grades and exra-curriculars to back it up, but got rejected by the IVYs. She is really disappointed and knows that she wants to be a doctor . She has the following acceptances:
1) regents scholarship at UC Berkeley pre-med(in state: cheapest option and preferential choice of classes and research opportunities due to regents) ; needs to compete for med school in 4 years)<br>
2) north western undergrad( expensive); needs to compete for med school in 4 years)<br>
3) BS/MD 7 year accelerated medical program at boston university( assured medical seat so long as you fulfill the minimal academic requirements)this will eliminate the need to reapply for medical school after undergrad years and shaves a year off
She however does not know what to choose. She really wants to chose form the first two as she feels that the undergraduate experience will be lacking at the latter as both the BU undergrad and med school are not ranked very high by the USnews . she is very research focused and feels she can try to get into a better medical school if she attends a better undergrad college. However she is afraid to throw away the security of a guaranteed medical school admission.
Will appreciate any advice</p>
<p>[Seven-Year</a> Liberal Arts/Medical Education Program » Academics | Boston University](<a href=“http://www.bu.edu/academics/cas/programs/seven-year-liberal-arts-medical-education-program/]Seven-Year”>http://www.bu.edu/academics/cas/programs/seven-year-liberal-arts-medical-education-program/) indicates that there is a GPA requirement of 3.20 (both overall and science GPAs) and an MCAT score requirement of 30 to remain eligible for entry into the medical school. In addition, there are some subjective ways to be disqualified (“motivational”, “emotional”). The program does not allow applying to other medical schools without leaving the program.</p>
<p>Boston University medical school tuition can be compared with others at <a href=“https://services.aamc.org/tsfreports/select.cfm?year_of_study=2013[/url]”>https://services.aamc.org/tsfreports/select.cfm?year_of_study=2013</a> .</p>
<p>thank you for the link on comparing costs,I guess even though expensive, virtually all medical schools are, and it helps that the BU combined program shaves off the cost for one year.</p>
<p>Med school admissions is very numbers based. The BU choice will be the most certain, but if she goes to Cal and does well, she can go to the best med schools in the nation. If she doesn’t do well, she wouldn’t be able to make it anywhere. </p>
<p>If your D is extremely motivated and mature, Cal might be the best choice. But it is very easy to lose focus, and most Bio majors at Cal never go to med school.</p>