Going to a not so prestigous school for pre-med?

blazinyan300
Fri, 27 Apr 2007 19:04:24 +0000

I am currently a senior in high school. In fall of 2007, I will be entering Stony Brook University as an undergraduate. I have aspirations of one day attending medical school. However, I have also been offered a guaranteed transfer to Cornell for Fall of 2008? My question is should I take it. I want to go to a really good medical school, but I am scared that by going to Cornell, I will ruin my chances because nearly everyone who goes into Cornell wanting to do pre-med ends up changing majors. Also Cornell’s medical school acceptance rate is pretty low because like 60 ppl apply and only like 30 get in. My parents are telling me to stay at Stony Brook and get a high GPA so that I could get into a good medical school. They feel that by staying at Stony I could get more sleep, be less stressed out, and have more time for Ecs such as research. I also have aspirations of possibly doing an MD/PhD in medical school and that program is extremely competitive. Would I have a better shot getting itno it from Stony Brook because I would get a better GPA and have more Ecs? Or should I go to Cornell and work hard and hope that the name along with the Ec’s that I do there will get me in. I really want to go to Cornell Medical School in Manhattan and I have heard that it’s harder to get in there from Cornell undergraduate then from another college? Please someone tell me what you think I should do. Thanks.