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Hi. I'm currently a senior in High School about to go on the Pre-Med Track and I was wondering if anyone here could give me a little insight on which college to attend for Pre-Med. I'm stuck between Fordham University, Stony Brook University and Binghamton University. Right now, I'm 75% in favor of Fordham because I plan to be a commuter so I'd have the advantage of staying home and studying at the comfort of my home. I'd also have time to spend with my parents which is partially why I don't like Bing because I'd leave for 4 years and be 5 hours away from them. In addition to that Fordham is linked to Kaplan and they have a ton of MCAT classes going on during the school year. Also Fordham doesn't have that many Pre-Meds so I'd have the chance to compete for opportunities without too much competition and they also seem to be very involved with their students. All Med School applicants submit their applications to a Medical Committee who gives mock interviews, helps with the essays. It's also close to Mount Sinai hospital and other hospitals so I'd have a lot of volunteering opportunities and shadowing. The money isn't an issue because they've given me a lot of financial aid with scholarships so the price of Fordham would be equivalent to that of Bing and Stony. Also if worst comes to worst, I was offered a transfer option at Cornell so I can immediately transfer to Cornell if my GPA is above a certain criteria and I take certain classes. But what I wanted to ask all of you was, is it good to go to a school without a ton of Pre-meds? I'm not saying Fordham doesn't have any Pre-Meds, there's a good amount where I can find a friend to study with. But would it be better to go to somewhere like Stony Brook where there a lot of PreMeds. I just think I can thrive at a school without a lot of Pre-Meds. You see, I came from a very competitive and prestigious High School so I believe that going to a prestigious college wouldn't be a good idea if I wanted to go to a prestigious Medical School because these schools select only a one or maybe none from each college. I feel that if I can work hard, do well on my MCATS, take the research opportunities given to me at Fordham, and work on my EC's then I think I have a good shot at my childhood dream of Harvard Medical. So, if any of you, who's read up to this part, have any experience with this then please give me your advice. At the end I'm pretty much asking: Am I making the right decision to go to Fordham? Is it a good idea to go to a school without that many Pre-Meds? Am I going in with the correct mindset?
P.S I'm not blaming all of my faults due to the competitiveness of my high school. I admit that I did slack here and there during High School and I take fault. I consider myself so lucky to have a transfer option at Cornell and that maybe not going to an elite college now would be a good thing for me going into medical college. Also I appreciate that I've been given the opportunity to be exposed to research a great work ethic at my high school and I want to move on learning from my mistakes in High School to be the best Pre-Med student possible.
P.S I'm not blaming all of my faults due to the competitiveness of my high school. I admit that I did slack here and there during High School and I take fault. I consider myself so lucky to have a transfer option at Cornell and that maybe not going to an elite college now would be a good thing for me going into medical college. Also I appreciate that I've been given the opportunity to be exposed to research a great work ethic at my high school and I want to move on learning from my mistakes in High School to be the best Pre-Med student possible.