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Hi Everyone,
Like many of you, I am also mulling over which postbacc school to go to this upcoming fall. I just graduated (Hopkins '04), and it seems very difficult to get straight, unbiased answers from advisors at each school. (Columbia's infosession was full of comments by the faculty bashing the NYU program because they dont "care about their students".. which is the exact impression i received from Columbia)
I was suprised to learn that these linkage programs Columbia touts have specific preferences regarding the students they select... many schools look for students who have had extensive experience in the healthcare field, and not the more younger students who have yet to work fulltime.
I am having a difficult time deciding which of these three schools i should go to. Columbia's program seems most comprehensive - they want me to retake a couple of core science courses... which I really do not want to do. I am hoping that my performance in any postbacc program would help overlook previous undergraduate grades.
Also, I am curious as to what most people do in their "lag year" at Columbia. I have no interest in waiting around a year till I apply to medical school. If I go by name and reputation, the choice would be Columbia. If i went by cost and possible linkage to Cornell, then I would choose Hunter. NYU on the other hand, with its smaller class size and fewer requirements may also better suit my needs. Basically what I'm interested in is this: if I get the same grades at each school, will it make a difference to any medical school where I did my postbacc?
Brian
Like many of you, I am also mulling over which postbacc school to go to this upcoming fall. I just graduated (Hopkins '04), and it seems very difficult to get straight, unbiased answers from advisors at each school. (Columbia's infosession was full of comments by the faculty bashing the NYU program because they dont "care about their students".. which is the exact impression i received from Columbia)
I was suprised to learn that these linkage programs Columbia touts have specific preferences regarding the students they select... many schools look for students who have had extensive experience in the healthcare field, and not the more younger students who have yet to work fulltime.
I am having a difficult time deciding which of these three schools i should go to. Columbia's program seems most comprehensive - they want me to retake a couple of core science courses... which I really do not want to do. I am hoping that my performance in any postbacc program would help overlook previous undergraduate grades.
Also, I am curious as to what most people do in their "lag year" at Columbia. I have no interest in waiting around a year till I apply to medical school. If I go by name and reputation, the choice would be Columbia. If i went by cost and possible linkage to Cornell, then I would choose Hunter. NYU on the other hand, with its smaller class size and fewer requirements may also better suit my needs. Basically what I'm interested in is this: if I get the same grades at each school, will it make a difference to any medical school where I did my postbacc?
Brian