William and Mary vs. Naval Academy

NROTCgrad
Fri, 04 Apr 2014 01:21:30 +0000

“planning on majoring in chemistry with the hope of becoming a doctor…”

Then you do not belong at the Naval Academy. Each year no more than 15 USNA graduates are given permission to attend medical school. This is the quote from the USNA website “Current Navy regulations cap the maximum number of combined Medical and Dental Corps billets for graduating USNA midshipmen at 15, but, in any given year, the actual number of billets available may be less than that depending on the needs of the Navy.”

Plus, I might add, with all that extra military training your grades might not be as high and in general you might not be as prepared for the MCAT as students from civilian colleges.

Kenyon College is a fantastic small liberal arts college where studying is the norm. No distractions at Kenyon, and the students are down to earth, unpretentious, but razor sharp. I love Kenyon!

Ohio Wesleyan is less than a hour from Kenyon, and offers nothing that Kenyon does not also offer. Cross this one off, unless it is a lot cheaper than Kenyon.

Case Western is great for pre-med, but that kind of ends it. Not many options outside of scientific majors. Plus, Cleveland is sort of a drag, and CWR campus is nothing special… in fact, almost certainly the worst campus of the schools you were admitted to.

Pitt is as good or better than OSU in almost every way, unless you like the idea of being embarrassed by Buckeye football fans for the rest of your life. Certainly the city of Pittsburgh is a far better place to attend college than is Columbus.

William and Mary is marvelous. If you want it, and can afford it then you should go there. You only get to do this once. But compare to Kenyon first.