<p>NYULawyer - thanks for the great advice. I assume you are far more experienced than I in terms of grad school admissions, but I do think the med school acceptance stats are more than meaningless. GPA and MCAT’s are essential for med school (along with ec’s of course) and if I go to a school like Cornell where GPA seems to be slightly deflated compared to peers and applicants don’t seem to be rewarded at all (compared to peer schools) in med school admissions for the rigor of its curriculum and quality of students , then it is tough to choose Cornell. I think the stats do at least a decent job of showing which colleges have a track record of solid med school placement, and Cornell’s stats seem to highlight they do not have this solid track record.</p>
<p>Coriander23 - thanks for the response, I agree with you and I think I am leaning toward WashU. I really love Cornell, and in creating this thread, I was hoping to get some insight/reassurance from current/past premeds at Cornell. I guess it was wishful thinking on my part, as I really wanted to go to Cornell. However, Cornell just doesn’t seem to be a great premed school (again why it isn’t baffles me), so in that case WashU does serve my future goals far better. </p>
<p>It just doesn’t make sense to me how Cornell lags behind its peer schools in med school placement and why the pre health committee/school does nothing significant to change this (the overall acceptance rate has stayed in the in the 60’s/low 70’s for the past 10 years). Again if any Cornell premed would like to object, then I would love to hear it, but I have come to the conclusion that schools like Dartmouth, Duke, Brown, Rice, and yes WashU are obvious choices over Cornell for premed (assuming one likes and “fits” well with the aforementioned schools). It is a shame, because Cornell is such a great school…</p>