HPME vs. other top schools

Sam_Lee
Sat, 28 Mar 2009 10:40:14 +0000

Despite what some may say, this is ultimately about prestige vs risk aversion/how much you want the stress free undergrad. As far as the risk goes, note that you have to do very well even at Harvard in order to get into any med school similar to Northwestern. It’d make sense it’s likely HPME offers better undergrad experience since all that premed stress is gone and you’ll have the liberty to take on challenging courses without fear of lowering your GPA. Because this is about prestige on the other side, you can throw UPenn Vagelos out.