<p>Ok, to be honest, I've never looked at Cornell much. I've always been a Brown bear and I instantly fell in love with their Liberal Medical Education Program since I would be a premed major. But, (of course) my interests have changed slightly and Cornell is starting to look pretty nice. If I did go there, I would be a Human Ecology: Human Biology, Health, and Society major. I still want to go to medical school but I really want to focus on the "society" part since I plan on becoming a missionary doctor.</p>
<p>I'm liking Cornell a lot in that respect but I'm not sure if my personality matches up with it. I love Brown because of their Open Curriculum and how their classes are supposedly more "discussion based". I'm pretty sure Brown is also smaller than Cornell (not positive) which would be a good thing. </p>
<p>So, Cornell: The school with my heart as a major or Brown: The school with my personality?</p>
<p>Thanks in advance,
Stepping Stones</p>
<p>I don’t have much to contribute to this other than to say that yes, brown is smaller with roughly ~6,000 undergrads compared to cornell’s ~13,000 and ~8,000 students overall compared to cornell’s ~19,000.</p>
<p>you should look at faculty who will be teaching your med school courses…</p>
<p>i’d say cornell is the place to be if interested in underdeveloped countries…</p>
<p>although i’m not familiar with brown’s faculty either</p>
<p>PLME is a cool thing, but don’t get your hopes up. The acceptance rates are abysmal in those programs.</p>
<p>I got into Cornell, but didn’t even get in interview with PLME, HPME, or BU, and I’ve had shadowing and research and a tremendous courseload. Granted, my grades weren’t straight A’s, but you’ve got to be truly special to get into those programs.</p>
<p>Cornell’s “requirements” aren’t really that strict, IMO. Yes, they say take a language and PE and a few other things, but their distribution and depth requirements are there in order to get you learn about different areas. That’s the purpose of Brown’s open curriculum. Basically, Cornell has guidelines, Brown has none.</p>
<p>I’d say Brown would be better for social sciences and humanities, whereas Cornell excels in most other things.</p>
<p>Do some research, and don’t let applying to one exclude you from applying to the other. However, don’t get your hopes up for PLME, you’d sooner get into Oxford than that.</p>
<p>Hey Stepping Stones! I am in a farmiliar situation as you are careerwise. I hope to work in serving the underprivalged abroad through the practice of medicine. I was considering Georgetown until I found out about Cornell’s Language House. It’s a program where you can only speak a foreign lang w/ your roomates, live with a native speaker, and have a facutly member help you along the way. Did I mention you travel abroad once a year to a country that speaks your target language? Google it: Cornell Language House! They have Spanish(what I’m studying), French, Arabic, German, Mandrin, and Japanese. Hope that sways you towards Cornell :)</p>
<p>lol thanks ZFanatic. I’m now trying to mull over in my head what “truly special” would actually mean. I’m turning 15 actually and going to Bard College at Simon’s Rock which is a college meant for younger students. I would be there for two years, get an AA, and then transfer over to Brown/Cornell/whatever school I decide when I’m turning 17. Who knows if thats special enough :/</p>
<p>Anyway, thanks FLCornellian’11 (and everyone else) for the input as well. </p>
<p>Stepping Stones
Yeah, I thought Cornell was larger…</p>
<p>Special as in you have straight A’s, 750+ in SAT’s, and have had tons of medical EC’s and can write an essay that rocks their world about why you want to be a doctor.</p>
<p>If you can do that, more power to you. </p>
<p>I thought I could- I was wrong. Haha.</p>
<p><em>head explodes</em></p>
<p>Stepping Stones</p>
<p>to be frank, if you’re ready to work hard and study a ton to get a great education go to Cornell. If you’re not ready to work hard and and still want get a great education, go to Brown.</p>