<p>I’m deciding whether to go a school with a significant amount of pre-meds, and a school that only has a few.</p>
<p>I’ve visited both and I figured I’d be happy at both.</p>
<p>Do you have any suggestions?</p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>How few is “only a few?” And what are the proportions, not just the numbers?</p>
<p>Well I don’t know the exact numbers, but in general what would be better?</p>
<p>Large number, small percentage, small school. Yes, I realize this is mathematically impossible.</p>
<p>If you’re an independent sort of person who prefers to make their own track, then you don’t really need other pre-meds and might be best off at a school with fewer.</p>
<p>But if you’re the type of person who needs other people around you to be doing similar things to you, then you might want a larger number of pre-meds.</p>
<p>Personally, I find it nice to have pre-med friends since you can keep each other on track with stuff, you’ll get to take the same classes, volunteer together, etc. I’m also more motivated to work hard when my friends are working hard. But some people swear that it only ends in brutal competition (which I haven’t really seen).</p>
<p>No, not remotely what I meant. The key is that you need a strong advising office which knows what it’s doing. They’ll gain more experience with a high number of premeds. You want a low percentage so that they’re not too busy. And you want a small school so that they get more resources.</p>
<p>I don’t think akx was referring to your earlier post.</p>
<p>Plus, I’m sure there are schools like that. Just need to find them, no need to be close-minded like you.</p>
<p>Large number, small percentage, small school is mathematically not possible. The key is to pick which variables you’re sacrificing a little bit on.</p>
<p>“And you want a small school so that they get more resources.”</p>
<p>Probably why some liberal art schools like Amherst do so well on med school admissions.</p>