Dartmouth or Cornell (premed)

jerseyindian
Sun, 15 Aug 2010 17:36:56 +0000

Well Cornell undergrads seeking to graduate with honors also work for a year one on one. Regardless, Cornell gives LORs issued by a committee which will interview you and get commentary from the professors you’ve had (so you aren’t just a number). Cornell also has premed advising and I don’t think we can truly quantify that against Dartmouth’s premed advising. I really don’t think you have to worry about doing research at Cornell. True the med school isn’t on campus but Cornell is pretty good when it comes to research (see the ARWU rankings, which are based heavily on research). There are a lot of research opportunities (also see post #7). For better or worse, you are going to have to get used to the competitive nature of premeds.