Harvard or Stanford Pre-med???

bluedevilmike
Mon, 05 Apr 2010 20:02:43 +0000

Yeah, you should absolutely go to Harvard. (Yale and Princeton might be even better options, if you got in there.) Moving far away is a really helpful part of growing up, especially in the college years when it can be easy not to fully immerse yourself in the campus itself.

Honestly, being a college student is the best time to experience “weather” – you don’t have to shovel walks, drive, etc.

Harvard’s a more national school (draws kids from all over), is better connected to most industries, has a better reputation on the East Coast, and (for whatever reason) does a little bit better in professional school placement. (Both Stanford and Harvard have horrible advising, by the way.)

But none of that matters. What matters is that you’ll be eighteen years old. There’s a big difference between going to your local school and going away on your own. If you were from Boston, I’d tell you to pick Stanford, easily. No question.