<p>I personally want to attend duke for its science program, but i’m afraid if i check that box on the app next to pre-med, the adcoms will compare me to other prospective pre-meds…</p>
<p>all i can say is…be honest with your application, the adcom committee has seen hundreds of thousands of applications and it’s not a hard task for them to tell if you’ll eventually switch to premed or not (especially if your ec’s/stats/essays point that way).</p>