<p>I'm a high school senior who's been accepted at Princeton and am wondering which of the two universities I should go to for pre-med. I have heard that Princeton's pre-med has very competitive students, but what is Yale's like in comparison?</p>
<p>Have you visited both schools? To me, they are very different in several respects. Many pre-meds select easier schools to get a high GPA. Either way, if those are your actual choices, then life is good.</p>
<p>athlete likely letter?</p>
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<p>Go where you can excel.
4.0 from a state school trumps 2.5 from Princeton. Visit both schools, ask about opportunities for pre-medy type activities (volunteering, research, clinical exposure...), and decide how you fit into either school.</p>
<p>Ok thanks. How much does grade deflation affect the pre-med students at Princeton? Some people on the forums say that some of Yale's classes give A's to almost half of their students. If GPA is such a concern for med school, then I might end up going to Yale. I haven't visited each of those schools yet (I will be going to Princeton's Preview Day, though I don't know anything about Yale's opportunities). The environment that I've seen from pics makes it seem like Princeton will have the best undergrad experience, so I'm still debating over my decision.</p>
<p>Yale has a preview day too, I believe.</p>
<p>Grade deflation isn't too bad at Princeton, but it seems... extant... to say the least. In intro classes, A+/A/A-s are limited to 35% of the class. That isn't too bad, except for the fact that everyone is going for the A, which means be prepared to work hard (especially for those subjective intro humanity classes where your grade is up to the capricious whims of the prof). On the other hand, Princeton has a good pre-med community, with a ton of opportunities thrown at you (many summer international internships sponsored by the school), including your senior thesis (so you'll definitely have research experience before med school). Plus, the pre-med advisors here put up on their site that if you maintain a 3.3, you're pretty much guaranteed into med school. Not to mention, awesome financial aid and undergrad experience.</p>
<p>Spiel over.</p>
<p>deflation hasn't affected any science department at princeton, which were all meeting the requirements anyways. Can't speak for yale.</p>
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<p>My D just finished taking BioChem at Y, the prof told them at the beginning of the class that As would be limited to the top 20% max. While gpa does matter to Med School, IMO there's not a substantial enough difference between grading at Y & P make it a reason for choosing one school over the other. Both have lots of competitive, high achieving students.</p>
<p>Y has bulldog days for accepted students. They also have the Med School which has many research, clinical and other opportunities. </p>
<p>You can't go wrong with either school.</p>
<p>from phonyreal</p>
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<p>The problem with this analogy (commonly discussed in these forums..) is that this does not happen. No premed that goes to Princeton ends up with a 2.5 at graduation. Too smart, too dedicated and too motivated for that to happen. Useless comparison.</p>
<p>Between Yale and Princeton there is really no difference prestige wise and med school placement. Go to the one you liked the most...and congrats !</p>
<p>How have you been accepted to Princeton already lol?</p>
<p>I got accepted through the Questbrige match scholarship.</p>
<p>Yale and Princeton have very different campuses and, many would say, social environments. If possible, visit both campuses before making a decision. You will likely do better where you are happy.</p>
<p>Y'84</p>
<p>As someone who has seen a lot of data on this subject, Yale does have an edge in medical school admissions. Yale has greater grade inflation and better pre-med opportunities on campus as well (this is my opinion). Remember, Yale has a medical school and its own hospitals while Princeton does not.</p>