Northwestern Vs Duke

Vctory
Sun, 06 Jul 2014 19:30:23 +0000

I’d answer that the right school is the one where you can graduate with the smallest amount of debt. Med School is expensive enough without debt from undergrad.



This.

My suggestion would be to go to a school with grade inflation (read: Dartmouth, Penn, something like that) over NU/Duke, or go to your local state school and minimize debt.

Regarding med school admissions, it’s all about where you can get the highest GPA for the lowest cost (unless you’re doing HPME). Your local state school might be best; they don’t usually “deflate” grades there like you said earlier. At HMS/CMS, you’ll see your classmates have their undergrad degrees from UF, Rutgers, etc. etc., and probably paid a lot less than those who shelled out 60k/year on an undergrad degree.