<p>one consideration, perhaps, is the location of available clinical medical research / physician shadowing opportunities</p>
<p>cornell’s med school is hours away from ithaca, in nyc; closest hospital is the county medical center
columbia’s medical center is 50 blocks up on west 168th (though st luke’s hospital is adjacent to campus)
penn’s med school and med center is right on campus; if you lived in the quad, you’d be right next door!</p>
<p>and biomedical engineering is a lot different from biology…</p>