<p>Hey guys!</p>
<p>I'm a student currently at a UT Austin in Texas and just got accepted to UPenn CAS and Brown.</p>
<p>I'm having a tough time trying to choose between the two. As a transfer and premed student, which school would you guys say I'm better off at? Also, coming from Austin, I've adopted a work hard/play hard kind of attitude so I don't really want to study all the time...</p>
<p>thanks</p>
<p>I think they are both excellent for premed. However, they are very different schools in terms of crowd and general vibe even though they are both decently social. I see them as pretty much opposites on the east-coast prep vs. socks-in-sandles hippies. You should decide based on fit.</p>
<p>I have nothing to back this up, but I was always under the impression that Brown's premed advising was not as good as the other Ivies?...</p>
<p>But other than that I would say the main difference between Penn and Brown is that Penn is in Philly and Brown is in Providence (2 vastly different environments), and Penn is a much bigger school (something like 20,000 vs. 8,000).</p>
<p>Obviously I've never been IN college (freshman fall 2007), but I would like to believe generalizations about the people that go to Ivies are overly done. The composition of the schools is probably spread out enough where there's something for everyone and not one group dominates campus. I MIGHT, however, understand the generalizations for schools like MIT and Carnegie Mellon.</p>
<p>Hope this helps any.</p>
<p>and oh yes, it is true that most average US residents will confuse UPenn for Penn State...every Penn student will have had this happen to them at least a couple times. But don't worry, the people whose good impression you'll actually want to make will know what UPenn is (or just non-idiots).</p>
<p>Penn and Brown are very different schools. Good luck figuring out which is for you. Penn will probably be closer to the "work hard, play hard" environment you seek (though you'll work harder and play less than you did at UT). Brown seems more laid back and chill, but you want some academic rigor in college right?</p>
<p>congrats quatumguy. when did u get ur reply on transfer to both schools?</p>
<p>penn and brown are both amazing ivy league schools.
visit each to get a feel for them. you should also check out graduation statistics on the career websites to get a general idea of med school placement from each schools.</p>
<p>i've been looking on the web for med school placement info, but have yet to find it, not sure where to look.</p>
<p>does anybody have a link for that? thanks.</p>
<p>apparently i neglected to search here... <a href="http://www.vpul.upenn.edu/careerservices/%5B/url%5D">http://www.vpul.upenn.edu/careerservices/</a></p>
<p>Penn is much sexier</p>