<p>I’d love to hear any opinions anyone may have on my current situation, whether you have attended these schools or not. </p>
<p>I was waitlisted for Yale, and therefore verified my acceptance to Texas A&M. </p>
<p>A&M offered me a little over $10,000 a year in scholarships to study there, and because they accept my dual credit from my high school and my AP scores for college hours, I would finish my undergraduate in three years. As well, it is in fairly close proximity to home (San Antonio, TX), friends attend there, etc.</p>
<p>I found out today that Yale took me off the waitlist and is extending me admission. What are yall’s opinions on the matter? Any insight into the pro’s and con’s of each school?</p>
<p>Other things to consider:
~The distance from my hometown/family and the location of either school (i.e. climate) does not bother me.
~I plan on going to medical school, studying to become a plastic surgeon (would a lower GPA at Yale be looked upon as worse than a 4.0 from A&M?).
~Is the courseload and subject matter difficult beyond comprehension?</p>
<p>I guess my biggest concerns are as to how each will affect my application to med school and whether, in all honestly, I deserve and can handle the intellectually intense undergraduate studies that are associated with Yale.</p>
<p>It depends a lot on the financial situation of your family. with the scholarship, A&M will cost close to 10k a year (correct me if i’m wrong) and yale with cost 50k a year. So you save about $160 a year total. Is that money worth
-extra debt to med school
-the yale experience
-the effect “graduate of yale university etc” has on your resume
-the experience of moving 2000 miles away and growing up in a completely new place
-learning with people who are as motivated as you are intellectually
it’s a personal choice and none of us can decide for you. If it were me though, I would go to yale but then again im not planning on going to med school after. Also, how sure are you that you want to go med school. You may go to college and find that you have different interests and that you don’t want to go to med school. Also, yale will probably better prepare you for the MCAT.</p>
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<p>In response to rad tomato, Yale’s sciences aren’t that great. They only award 7% of their degrees in a science field. In addition, Yale’s lab are from the 1970s. I know this because my aunt is in NIH and she told me that Yale doesn’t get a ton of funding because of their sub-par labs. I would tell the OP to look at the financial situation and then make a decision based on where they see themself. I would personally choose Yale over UT Austin but thats just me.</p>