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Discussion: The Official College/University Discussion Thread
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Originally posted by Haus
Honestly who cares about where you go to med school? This is one thing I don't get about pre-med and people having top choices. Like, all of them will prepare you equally for the medical field and you will have the same exact job no matter where you graduate from. It isn't like a community college vs. Ivy league kind of situation where you're going to get a notably better education getting into a super selective med school.
Yeah, it'd be cool to say you got into ~Harvard med skewl~ but I've read a lot online that you apply for 20+ schools, be happy with the couple that you get accepted to, and move on. And when the standard target for med school is a 3.7+ GPA, it isn't like a 3.8 vs. a 4.0 will make much of a difference in an admission decision.
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Yeah, I thought getting into Harvard, Yale and such was only a top priority if you're studying law. Careers in that area more cliquey and many firms will only select from graduates of those two schools.
With med school you have more options. You could go to JHU, Harvard, Cornell, Emory, Wash U, etc. and emerge post-graduation with high prospects.
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Originally posted by Saeju
I finally finished submitting my 12 college apps.  |
I'm working on 14, already got 8 done and sent.
Where did you apply?
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When I first entered college, I was super focused on GPA, and getting an A- in my first semester pissed me off soooo much, because I wanted a 4.0. But now, in my junior year, I have come to realize that there is much more to the college experience than just grades. Definitely shoot for a strong GPA, but don't make that your only goal, because you could end up as a one-dimensional, robotic person in the long run. Do you really want to sacrifice potential social events, internships, and work experience for a number that won't really affect you in ten years? So just keep that in mind -- work hard and do your best, but do not physically or mentally stress yourself out if you cannot get the highest GPA possible.
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I think I'm going to change my major from Theatre to Communications. This semester has been **** and I've realized I don't love theatre as much as I thought(plus I can literally just volunteer at shows if I wanted to, ****ing waste of money tbh)
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Member Since: 8/7/2015
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Originally posted by LaNathan
I'm working on 14, already got 8 done and sent.
Where did you apply?
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Cornell University, Harvard University, Tufts University, Northeastern University, Boston University, University of Rochester, Villanova University, Temple University (accepted with full tuition merit scholarship  ), University of Pittsburgh, SUNY Binghamton, SUNY Stonybrook, SUNY Albany
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Originally posted by wesleywalrus
My advisor sucks big time. I'm going to have 2 classes on Tuesdays and Thursdays but there's 4 HOURS in between them like  the first is 9:30-10:45 and the other is 3:30-4:50. Why can't she just put me in a 8am or 11am there ARE sections with those times too is what sucks |
I had that my first semester in college. It wasn't bad. Nap and lunch time.
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Next Sunday is my final exam of this semester.
I'm screaming "yassss" in my head right now!
It's about time for me to finish this ****!
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Originally posted by Saeju
Cornell University, Harvard University, Tufts University, Northeastern University, Boston University, University of Rochester, Villanova University, Temple University (accepted with full tuition merit scholarship ), University of Pittsburgh, SUNY Binghamton, SUNY Stonybrook, SUNY Albany |
Nice!
For me, I'm applying to Cornell, Columbia, Harvard, Northwestern, Boston University, Butler University, University of Michigan, Dartmouth, Duke, Stanford, Syracuse, Georgetown, University of Pennsylvania, and Vanderbilt.
Butler University, Syracuse, and University of Michigan are my safety schools.
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I've done about 10 so far and I have 10 more to go.
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How can I study the Beyonce course? Do they allow it for off-campus study?
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Originally posted by Haus
Honestly who cares about where you go to med school? This is one thing I don't get about pre-med and people having top choices. Like, all of them will prepare you equally for the medical field and you will have the same exact job no matter where you graduate from. It isn't like a community college vs. Ivy league kind of situation where you're going to get a notably better education getting into a super selective med school.
Yeah, it'd be cool to say you got into ~Harvard med skewl~ but I've read a lot online that you apply for 20+ schools, be happy with the couple that you get accepted to, and move on. And when the standard target for med school is a 3.7+ GPA, it isn't like a 3.8 vs. a 4.0 will make much of a difference in an admission decision.
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Are you pre-med? Because I'm not so sure otherwise you'd be saying the BIB.
Obviously getting into medical school and doing well is more important than what school you get into, but for those of us who want to go into competitive specialties like pediatric surgery or radiology, getting into a top medical school increases your chances of getting into these specialities, and especially getting into the top residency programs. I'm ambitious. I'm not content with just being a good doctor or even a great doctor. I want to be the doctor in my field. The name that people research and seek out for treatment.
Now, can you simply coast on the Harvard name? Maybe, but more than likely not so I agree with you on that point.
And you are correct that at the end of the day if you graduate medical school successfully you will still be an MD. But depending on the school, you may have access to more resources, better research opportunities, more connections/networking, which will all give you a leg up when it comes time to match with your residency.
So while I'm all down with the new notion that people shouldn't freak out if they don't go to a name brand school, I don't think it's completely accurate or true to say that these schools are equal in terms of the opportunities they can provide or the networks they can open up.
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Originally posted by LaNathan
Nice!
For me, I'm applying to Cornell, Columbia, Harvard, Northwestern, Boston University, Butler University, University of Michigan, Dartmouth, Duke, Stanford, Syracuse, Georgetown, University of Pennsylvania, and Vanderbilt.
Butler University, Syracuse, and University of Michigan are my safety schools.
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You should add Hopkins and Brown to your list if you need anymore 'reach' schools.
Hopkins just broke the Top 10 this year, and I know a bunch of people from high school who go there who absolutely love it. Obviously it's good for engineering and science, but surprisingly a bunch of its humanties programs are well ranked too. I thought all they did was medicine 
Brown is just super chill, and a pretty decent school. Definitely in the upper end of the Ivies for STEM subjects. Have friends at Brown and they seem to have an pretty awesome balance between work and play.
Glad to see Georgetown is there!!
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Originally posted by LaNathan
Nice!
For me, I'm applying to Cornell, Columbia, Harvard, Northwestern, Boston University, Butler University, University of Michigan, Dartmouth, Duke, Stanford, Syracuse, Georgetown, University of Pennsylvania, and Vanderbilt.
Butler University, Syracuse, and University of Michigan are my safety schools.
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You must be from Michigan because there's no way UMich is a safety for an out of state student and Boston U isn't.
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Originally posted by Team_Avatar
Are you pre-med? Because I'm not so sure otherwise you'd be saying the BIB.
Obviously getting into medical school and doing well is more important than what school you get into, but for those of us who want to go into competitive specialties like pediatric surgery or radiology, getting into a top medical school increases your chances of getting into these specialities, and especially getting into the top residency programs. I'm ambitious. I'm not content with just being a good doctor or even a great doctor. I want to be the doctor in my field. The name that people research and seek out for treatment.
Now, can you simply coast on the Harvard name? Maybe, but more than likely not so I agree with you on that point.
And you are correct that at the end of the day if you graduate medical school successfully you will still be an MD. But depending on the school, you may have access to more resources, better research opportunities, more connections/networking, which will all give you a leg up when it comes time to match with your residency.
So while I'm all down with the new notion that people shouldn't freak out if they don't go to a name brand school, I don't think it's completely accurate or true to say that these schools are equal in terms of the opportunities they can provide or the networks they can open up.
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I was going to add that the one exception to my argument is research opportunities, so it makes sense as to why you want to go to Harvard so badly. Most pre-meds that I know aren't the kind of people that want to do research and just want to do the profession, yet they're constantly mentioning their goals to get into all these top schools as if it makes a difference. It isn't like you're going to get a poor education an any med school; they all have the same standards to meet.
I don't know what "BIB" means but I'm considering pre-med. I currently have no interest in research (even though my field of interest is psychiatry) so I don't care which med school I go to. Yeah, it'd be great to say I got into one of the best schools in the world, but I would go wherever I can come out with the least amount of debt.
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Originally posted by Deuces
You must be from Michigan because there's no way UMich is a safety for an out of state student and Boston U isn't. |
Yeah, I'm from Michigan.
Boston U also has a high acceptance rate, I just forgot to post it as a safety school.
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Originally posted by LaNathan
Nice!
For me, I'm applying to Cornell, Columbia, Harvard, Northwestern, Boston University, Butler University, University of Michigan, Dartmouth, Duke, Stanford, Syracuse, Georgetown, University of Pennsylvania, and Vanderbilt.
Butler University, Syracuse, and University of Michigan are my safety schools.
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I was about to apply EA to UMich but there is no way they are giving me aid. I'm OOS.
Same reason why I didn't apply to some of the UCs. 
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Originally posted by Saeju
I was about to apply EA to UMich but there is no way they are giving me aid. I'm OOS.
Same reason why I didn't apply to some of the UCs. |
My dream was UCLA. That was also my mom's dream school when she was younger. She was too poor and her grades were too bad to even be considered. I would have probably gotten into UCLA but I didn't apply because I realized the aid would be crap and I dont have no 50k to pay for school. Fast forward to now, where I go to school on the opposite side of the country from UCLA 
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Y'all I'm stressing so hard over internships this coming summer. All I want to do is intern for Forbes omg 
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I'm in a messy GPA situation
I need at least 3.0 for an internship
I got 3.56 in a community college, but 2.8 in my university right now
I transferred all the easy classes and electives, but GPA doesn't transfer. I also changed my major after unsuccessful attempts at computer science, and the grades in those higher level courses tanked me (I don't even need those classes anymore)  And now the tough major courses count for my GPA
Do you think internship companies will take this situation into an account? Because of course my university GPA would be higher, if I was taking easy electives in the uni, not in another college
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Out of these colleges that I'm applying to, what would you consider to be safety schools for me (a 4.0 dual enrollment student with 31 ACT (superscored) )?
Boston University
Butler University
Columbia University
Cornell University
Dartmouth College
Duke University
Harvard College
Northwestern University
Stanford University
Syracuse University
University of Michigan
University of Pennsylvania
Vanderbilt University
Is there any other good safety schools you could suggest that I apply to as well?
I'm just super worried about not getting into ANY schools.
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