Dartmouth or Cornell (premed)

jerseyindian
Sun, 15 Aug 2010 14:42:53 +0000

I am incoming freshman premed so in terms of coursework I can’t tell you much. However, whatever contact I’ve had with cornell to this point has been awesome. A few weeks ago I emailed professors about helping out in their respective labs (cleaning, recording data, pretty basic stuff). I thought this would be a good place to start on the path to doing research. One professor emails me that he wants to see my academic information. I send him grades, SAT scores, AP scores, subject test scores and the essay I submitted to Cornell during the app process. This semester I’m going to be taking BioG 2990 (intro to undergrad research) in his lab. I just don’t think Dartmouth is that science-y. That’s just one experience but I think it does a good job of relating the emphasis that Cornell puts on being a “research university”. Dartmouth is a college. It is very good in economics (lots of future Wall Streeters with prep school backgrounds…one of my friends who fits that exact profile is going to the Big Green) and the social sciences.