<p>iamanapp, I don’t think anyone has been assigned a mentor yet, I’m afraid I don’t have one at any rate. i’m not suggesting BBB is easy at all, I’ve just heard its not quite as cutthroat as biochemistry or some of the other premed majors</p>
<p>happymom, I don’t see finances being too huge of a problem, my parents have been extremely supportive and say that they’ll back my decision no matter what it is. I’m lucky enough to have parents who make significantly more than tuition, even at an Ivy League school, so we won’t have to mortgage the house or anything to pay for anything. I called McMaster and they told me to look at their statistics online, but this are just based off of an entrance survey and show how many end into medicine, it isn’t broken down by school. (See here: [Graduates](<a href=“http://fhs.mcmaster.ca/bhsc/graduates.html]Graduates[/url]”>http://fhs.mcmaster.ca/bhsc/graduates.html)</a>)</p>
<p>I’m just a little worries about keeping up at Penn. My SAT scores and class rank relative to my pretty competitive public high school were quite good, but I really don’t know what competition will be like at Penn. That said, it seems to fit me a lot better as a school (Hamilton is a boring city…I wasn’t a huge fan of my visit). Should I pick the school that promises a better time at the risk of failing to reach my long-term goals, or the program that is considered to guarantee medical school in Canada (an exaggeration, but statistically BHSc students do rather well in medical admissions)?</p>
<p>I’m willing to work very hard, but I had some VERY smart friends rejected from Penn so I really don’t know if working hard will be enough considering the competition there</p>