Penn vs. Princeton

Venkat89
Sat, 08 Aug 2009 12:31:36 +0000

Penn is arguably the best place for premeds. We have great advising, strong admit numbers, several hospitals on campus for you to volunteer at, tons of research opportunities (I got a life science one and I’m not even a bio major), and no outright grade deflation so you can still do well in competitive premed classes. One of the more experienced posters in the premed forum who went to Duke and is now in a top 10 med school (bluedevilmike) claimed that Penn was the best place for premeds because we have a lower average GPA for admitted students into med schools (meaning you don’t need a 4.0 to get into med school from Penn). Most of my premed friends were able to get year round research positions (some funding, especially over the summer) and volunteer positions at the different hospitals.



@necro: if u graduate from m&t, can u apply to med school AND biz school?

You don’t need to do M+T to apply to med school or business school. You shouldn’t apply to business school right out of undergrad unless you are the son of God or planning to go to one a lot lower ranked than Wharton. You can be an Africana Studies major and get into a top 10 med school then a top 5 business school. If you do M+T you’ll need to take the premed requirements to apply to med school (same as any student at any school at Penn) and work a few years before applying for business school.