Stay at Rutgers or Transfer to Penn??

seattlems333
Fri, 06 Jun 2008 16:28:24 +0000

I am a rising junior at Rutgers University, but I was recently accepted as a transfer to Penn. Does a pre-med student’s undergraduate college factor heavily into the med school application? Basically, is it worth it for me to pay $45k/year to go to Penn so that I come out with a Penn degree, or am I better off paying $18k/year at Rutgers and saving my money for a top-flight med school? Would my med school application look that much stronger with a Penn degree as opposed to a Rutgers degree?