Stay at Rutgers or Transfer to Penn??

seattlems333
Thu, 12 Jun 2008 19:44:14 +0000

I’m not going to a top-flight medical school just so I can brag and say “Oh I went to so-and-so for med school.” If that were the case, I would have applied that same logic in selecting my undergraduate college, when I chose to go to Rutgers (with no financial aid whatsoever) rather than UNC Chapel Hill. My belief (and it may be incorrect, so let me know if it is wrong) is that when you end up looking for a residency and job, future employers almost certainly look at what school you came from. It will not entirely determine whether or not you land a job/residency, but it certainly factors into the decision. It’s like if a law firm were looking at two candidates with similar credentials, but one went to law school at Yale while the other went to a state university, which one do you think the employer will hire?? You’re lying to yourself if you say that name-brand has no impact whatsoever in getting jobs/residencies.