UMass Amherst versus WPI

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I’m deciding between UMass Amherst and WPI. UMass Amherst would be $32000, and WPI would be $42,000 (after scholarship). I am planning to double-major (first major- Biochemistry, second major- Public Health (for Amherst) Bio/Biotech (for WPI)), and I will be on the pre-med track.

  1. Which college is better for pre-med?
  2. Are they equally difficult in getting a good GPA?
  3. Which one has better research and volunteering opportunities?

Or, just in general, which one would you recommend?

Thank you so much for your help! Every time I think I am leaning towards one, I think about an advantage of the other one and then I’m back to square one.

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WPI has an amazing partnership for biomedical engineering with UMASS Medical school and UMASS Memorial Health care in the city. It is a small and focused program and kind of a well kept secret. I would check it out.

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The UMass Hospital and Medical School are only about three miles from WPI and they have a long standing research interface with WPI in medical and biomedical research. It dates back to the early 70’s.

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@greatestfly - where did you end up? My daughter is a rising sophomore bio/bio tech major at WPI and has friend at UMASS in bio. program