Who Turned Down HPME For an Ivy League?

bluedevilmike
Mon, 30 Apr 2007 19:42:35 +0000

1.) Actually, a 3.4 BCPM isn’t a particularly bad BCPM GPA from most private undergrads, but I understand your point. While it’s true that science grades are somewhat “diluted” for a prelaw, the point remains that you can’t go around scoring poorly in them. People are going to notice aberrant grades.

2.) I certainly concede that you get more flexibility if you are an HPME for non-professional interests. (I meant to concede this all along but miscommunicated quite severely in an earlier post.)

What I do not concede is that this flexibility provides considerable assistance in the pursuit of a second degree. Again: premed summers overlap considerably with the requirements for science PhD’s and could overlap with a pre-MBA track. Law schools don’t care about extracurriculars. I will concede an advantage if you are pursuing a non-science PhD.

4.) The reputation of NU and Duke probably is “subpar” relative to Yale and Princeton, although of course the educational experience itself is much harder to measure.

5.) From page one of this thread:

If you happen to like NU better anyway, then by all means go there and be glad for the guarantee. But don’t give up an excellent dream school for it.