Help me decide! Barnard or Dartmouth?

res_ipsa
Wed, 07 Apr 2010 14:22:59 +0000

This is a decision you should be making for yourself and not for your parents. If you do not want to attend Dartmouth, then it would be a poor use of your parent’s money to send you there and it isn’t fair to a college that admitted you with the belief that you truly want to be there. If you assert yourself and explain your story to your parents as you have to us, there is a good chance they will understand your concerns. Also, as said above, you do not need to give up pre-medical studies to pursue a dream as a magazine editor. You can major in whatever you want and enter medical school as long as take certain required courses and the MCAT. My roommate in college went to dental school after majoring in Jewish studies.

If you ask most adults about their regrets in life, it is having taken the safe course and failing to pursue a passion.

I wish you the best of luck with your decision and your dream.