*** BS/MD Results For Class Of 2016***

tenderp
Thu, 26 May 2016 23:02:47 +0000

@GoldenRock What @Roentgen mentioned in the first paragraph (whether or not the school offered MD/MBA wasn’t as big of a concern to me… at least at the time) plus, beyond the stipulations of the guaranteed med admission, I also looked at how feasible it would be for me to focus on areas outside of premed, since I am interested in an interdisciplinary education–at finalist’s week, I got the notion that USP was only concerned with pre-med education/activities, unlike HPME and PLME, which encourage outside exploration in fields outside of pre-med. For some, that sharp focus of USP is extremely desirable, which is why I guess they’ll commit to USP (but even then, the retention rate for the program is ~50%, as one of the finalists was told by the director).

Additionally, even with the full tuition scholarship, I’d still be paying more than what I’d pay for Penn/NU/Columbia/Brown. In fact, I appealed my FA offer, was awarded an extra scholarship, and even then I still had to pay more for WashU than all the previous schools.

All 3 BS/MD programs were my top contenders with LSM, though, with HPME right behind LSM because of the Kellogg school, Northwestern’s MD/MBA program, and the opportunity to explore other majors (like economics) due to the comparatively laxer guaranteed admission requirements. But in the end, I followed my gut and chose LSM. Definitely the toughest choice I’ve made (committed at the last minute), but I’m not looking back!