<p>My physician partner’s daughter went to OSU Honors college on what was then the Presidential scholarship (now the Maximus, name changed - how’s that for politics?) and loved it, turned down Cornell and UPenn for OSU Maximus, eventually recruited many of her unhappy Ivy friends to join her, graduated with a 4.0 and great MCAT scores and lots of research, and had a wide choice of med school acceptances. The Honors college students have priority class choice, separate beautiful dorms, mentorships and research opportunities handed to them, and great pre-med advising with the med school and hospital ON CAMPUS. Maximus gives you free room and board and 3K a year for “enrichment” so she did public health tours in Africa and South America during some breaks. </p>
<p>NW is in a gorgeous location, and is a great school, but the med school is no where close and the pre-med experience can be painful - look on the pre-med forums about NW gen chem. </p>