cornell vs. uchicago vs. bu

warblersrule
Fri, 18 Nov 2011 11:54:29 +0000

The city of Boston will always be there, either for medical school or after. I would not let that overly sway your decision.

At the same time, I would not let reputation and rankings overly sway your decision either, if you have thoroughly researched BU and still like it the best. Many, many colleges provide good preparation for med school, BU among them.

Keep in mind cost and pre-med dropout rates. Medical school is extremely expensive, so you need to keep your undergraduate costs down, and BU is not known for being overly generous with financial aid. Most pre-meds do not apply to medical school; only about half of those taking the MCAT end up applying to med school, let alone those who dropped out prior to that point. Would you be comfortable with BU as a non-premed?