Stay at Rutgers or Transfer to Penn??

madamebovary
Sat, 14 Jun 2008 19:56:22 +0000

I think my concern with transferring is that if you are doing really well academically at your undergraduate school and might not like it socially over there, is it worth going to an ivy brand school or just any real big name school. You will have to re-adapt to different teaching styles, maybe going from a curve to point or vise versa system, and just starting over socially. I really dont know the answer, but i am curious on your decision.

I think there is nothing wrong with going to top flight med school for the sake of name as long as you also consider whether its a good fit with your learning style and fits your social liking. Plus there is no guarantee on how well you will do USMLE so better to snatch some sort of brand name in case you do mediocre right? Anyways like i said, if you have the luxury to choose which medical school to attend, find one that fits you best.