Tufts or Boston University?

proudterrier
Fri, 18 Dec 2015 19:26:44 +0000

OP, late to this thread but glad I saw it. You may want to rethink your view of BU… it may be easier to get into than Tufts, but that doesn’t make it easier to excel at. Google “BU grade deflation” (or search for my posts here on CC!). It’s real, and as the poster above me mentions–there are notorious “weed out” courses at BU for pre-med/science kids that can be brutal.

To give you an idea: I had a 3.47 and graduated magna cum laude (right below the summa cut-off too). The highest summa kid I met got it with a 3.7. I once met a BU alum who graduated with a 3.9, but I’m still convinced they were a unicorn and I imagined it. I knew a LOT of BU kids in my time there and since graduating. My GPA was considered high. Now, many med schools are aware of the grading rigor at BU, but I usually advise anyone aiming to fluff up their GPA for graduate admissions to reconsider BU. Its not the right school for anyone with that mentality, or who will get overly anxious at not having a “perfect” GPA. But if you want a rigorous pre-med education that will prepare you for your MCAT and med school? BU is great.