Duke vs. Brown

afan
Thu, 28 Dec 2006 13:04:52 +0000

Most Duke kids – and, in fact, most Brown kids – are likely to end up at medical schools they prefer to Brown’s.



Although I agree that Duke’s med school is far more prestigious than Brown’s, I think the above overstates the case. Brown for medical school is a pretty good option, and a look at the residency match results suggests that it is a fine place to launch a career into top hospitals, esp those who want to train in the northeast.

Duke vs Brown overall is really a question of where the individual fits. Both places send the vast majority of their applicants to medical school, and at both places the vast majority of applicants go somewhere other than their parent university.