Which college should I choose?

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<p>I got into Rice, Bowdoin, Haverford, and Pomona. I’m studying biology, and think I might go pre-med, so which one has the highest medical school acceptance rate? </p>

<p>Also, I would like to know about career placement and social life at these schools too.</p>

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<p>bumpity bump!</p>

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<p>RICE!!! It’s named after food. How could you not wanna go there. And im sure they have great rice too!</p>

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<p>I do want to go there, but I want to research all of my options thoroughly before I send in a deposit. If I could, I would probably go to all of these colleges, since they’re all good. </p>

<p>Thanks. Anyone else?</p>

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<p>Houston is terrible with huge spiders and wasps.</p>

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<p>but thats probably good for biology</p>

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<p>bumppppppp</p>

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<p>You’d probably get more input if you switched this thread to the “College Search” section.</p>

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<p>Yeah, that would make more sense. Thanks, I’ll go do that instead.</p>

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<p>Rice sends 12% of its students to med school, Pomona 9%. Don’t know about Bowdoin and Haverford. I’m not sure if graduate paths really say much about how good the biology programs of these schools are, but you asked for it. Honestly, all four are all-round good schools and I’m sure that whichever one you go to you will have a good shot at getting into med school.</p>

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<p>Wall Street Journal List of top feeder schools: link below… its a few years old

  1. Harvard University Cambridge, Mass.
  2. Yale University New Haven, Conn.
  3. Princeton University Princeton, N.J.
  4. Stanford University Stanford, Calif.
  5. Williams College Williamstown, Mass.
  6. Duke University Durham, N.C.
  7. Dartmouth college Hanover, N.H.
  8. Massachusetts Institution of Tech. Cambridge, Mass.
  9. Amherst College Amherst, Mass.
  10. Swarthmore College Swarthmore, Pa.
  11. Columbia University New York
  12. Brown University Providence, R.I.
  13. Pomona College Claremont, Calif.
  14. University of Chicago Chicago
  15. Wellesley College Wellesley, Mass.
  16. University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia
  17. Georgetown University Washington, D.C.
  18. Haverford College Haverford, Pa.
  19. Bowdoin College Brunswick, Maine
  20. Rice University </p>

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<p>Pomona vs. Rice.</p>

<p>I think it comes down to whether you want to live in Cali or Texas…</p>

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<p>From what I know, they all seem about equal difficulty/prestige. It should come down to fit, or $ if you’re in need. Where do you want to live? Pomona is one of the Claremont colleges, so it’s a small community that’s nearby 4 other good small schools. Plus it’s in SoCal, if you like that. I’ve heard Bowdoin is somewhat hard to travel to up in remote Maine. Rice is in Texas…that in itself sounds sketch. Haverford…no idea.</p>