Columbia vs UPenn for premed

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The answers won’t change from the last time you asked:

For premed - Amherst over Columbia or Penn?

S is facing this tough call right now. May 1 is fast approaching. Amherst seems to be a safer choice given the individual attention each student receives and it seems weedout is not as much of an issue for premed students. Columbia and Penn are major ivies. But students there are more competitive in nature and there are way more of them. If getting in medical school is the goal, then is it worthwhile to put oneself through all the uncertainties of the weedout process at Columbia/Penn? But you only go to undergraduate once and a school like Columbia is really hard to give up.

What does your son want?