Hey guys!
So I was going to a college in TN for a bit but they screwed me over this year. I was taking summer classes near my hometown and when I signed the consorting agreement with my school for financial aid they didn’t tell me about a certain rule ( you have to take a certain amount of hours). It wasn’t in the contract I signed and for 14-15 the rule was just for fall and spring semester. My advisors not financial aid told me about this and they even had a copy of my schedule. I got an email from financial aid 2 days before the due date for fees telling me my financial aid was suspended because of that. I called my advisor and a bunch of different departments and NO ONE knew about this rule… Any way that’s the gist of things won’t get into the rest. So this Fall semester I have to go to a community college because all classes for schools here start Monday and I only found out I wouldn’t be attending my university Thursday. I am very upset so I told my school I would not be attending anymore and withdrew entirely.
I am looking to transfer to another college preferably in VA ( my fiancé is there) or in TN since it’s my home state. I am also looking at some SC schools. I am majoring in neuroscience so that limits the schools I can go into. I’m wondering out of this list which has the better pre med department/ better choice? For some I’ve read that they have really good research and a lot of pre med support and high med school acceptance rates.
Rhodes college- Memphis TN
Belmont- Nashville TN
Furman - South Carolina ( might be a reach)
Christopher Newport- Newport News, VA
George Mason- fairfax, VA
Virginia Tech- VA
As far as I know these are the only schools that have neuroscience and aren’t totally outrageous for tuition and stuff ( yes I know schools like Duke and Vanderbilt have it to but they are super expensive).
Thoughts on any of these universities from a pre med perspective ? Or even just a university perspective?
Also how bad will it look for me to go from a 4 year college to a community college to another 4 year college?
Really liking VA Tech, Belmont. Christopher Newport is the cheapest out of all these but I heard its not prestigious at all but on their website it says that 80% of their students get into medical school and they have alot of resources available for pre med
Thanks for the help guys! I just really want to figure out where I’m going in the spring cause some schools have early spring application deadlines.
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website it says that 80% of their students get into medical school and they have alot of resources available for pre med
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What do you think that means? Do you think that means that 80% of their freshmen premeds get thru undergrad and get admitted to a US med school?
No but I think it says something about the school and that they might work with their pre meds more and give them support and stuff to make them successful. They have alot of research opportunities and things there.
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they might work with their pre meds more and give them support and stuff to make them successful. They have alot of research opportunities and things there.
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No, it doesn’t mean that.
The school probably had 80-100 frosh who were premed, but after heavy weeding, maybe only 10 apply to med school…and only 7-8 who were successful. I wouldn’t say that having that result as being supportive to make their premeds successful
this last app cycle, CNU had a small number of students get accepted to MD or DO schools…
Dmitry Lembersky - Touro University School of Osteopathic Medicine
Robert Dufour - George Washington University
Jessica Peak - Eastern Virginia Medical School
Heather White - Eastern Virginia Medical School
Jennifer Bowen - Edward Via Virginia College of Osteopathic Medicine
David Woodson - Edward Via Virginia College of Osteopathic Medicine
Lawrence Anthony Montaldo - Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine (PCOM)
Where are you seeing the 80% claim?
Also…be aware of what stats are being included. Many/most schools that report acceptance rates are reporting acceptances to MD med schools. CNU is including DO schools in their stats. Compared to other schools that are only reporting their MD successes, CNU’s rate drops to below 40%.
So you think it would be a bad idea to go there? I just sucks cause it is the cheapest out of all the school listed. The second cheapest is about $13,000+ more
What @mom2collegekids is trying to say is, don’t depend on the college to get into medical school. GPA, MCAT, and medical ECs are what matter, not the name on your degree (even major is irrelevant).
Statistics for medical school matriculations are useless, as pointed out above.
What is your budget, GPA, and home state?
Yes but some school have better science programs and prepare students better than others. I am not relying on the name but what school has better teachers, research opportunities, etc… As of now my GPA is a 3.2 because I took some dual enrollment in high school and did good for the most part but failed one and just retook it this summer. After this semester of school my GPA should be around 3.4. I am from TN. I would love for the total cost to be 30k or below.
Are your parents willing to pay $30K/year?
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Why are you focused on neuroscience as a major? As a premed, it’s useless. Just major in psychology or something at a good school that is inexpensive.
MD schools don’t allow grade replacement…DO schools do.
Who will pay the $30k per year? Your parents?
Rhodes is a terrific school with programs at St. Jude’s.
If you can get into Rhodes, Furman should also be an admit, not a reach.
Good luck!
You can also construct something approximating a neuroscience major by majoring in psychology and minoring in biology, or vice versa. Not everyone who’s pre-med actually goes to medical school so I can see the value in majoring in something close to what you want, but especially if cost is a factor, having some flexibility in what you’ll major in is a good idea.
That said - it sounds like you are a TN resident. Is cost a factor for you? Because if it is, those VA public universities won’t give you much if any transfer aid and the privates in your own state might be out of your reach financially, since none of them meet full need and typically transfer students get less financial aid than non-transfers. Are you opposed to attending TN’s public universities? Annual tuition at Middle Tennessee State is about $8400 (total cost of attendance is < $25K) while Christopher Newport’s cost of attendance is nearly $40K for a nonresident student. Even UT-Knoxville, your state’s flagship, is less expensive than attending a VA school as a nonresident student - and if you think you’re competitive for Rhodes and Furman you are definitely competitive for UT.
Look at Rhodes as well as all Tennessee public’s.
Vanderbilt meets need for its transfers but with a 3.2 or 3.4 I’m not sure you’re competitive.might be worth trying though if our parents ’ income is below 125k.
In Virginia, you’d probably end up paying less at Roanoke, Randolph Macon, Mary Washington.
As a public service :
What was the University that voted a rule and didn’t advise anyone about it?