Hi. I was accepted into Boston University MAMs and Rutgers Newark MBS and I would appreciate peoples' opinion on which they would choose. I have listed out some of the pros and cons of selecting one over the other.
BU MAMS is one of the oldest and most established special master programs. Performing well here would look better to other med schools than performing well at Rutgers. There website reports that 85% of students who average a 3.6 GPA matriculate into a medical school. Some of the cons in selecting BU is that they do not offer a guaranteed interview like Rutgers does and I also keep hearing that the course work is especially challenging.
Rutgers guarantees an interview to students who score a 3.6 GPA and a MCAT score of at least 127 on each section, which is still a pretty high score and not one that I can guarantee I can get. The class size is smaller than BU(70-80 students at Rutgers vs 170 students at BU). Some of the cons in selecting this problem would be that it does not have the reputation that BU does and so other schools will not view success here in the same way that they will success at BU. I am not sure how the difficulty of this program would compare to BU MAMS.
Which would you chose?
* Edit :I want to add that was just recently accepted into Drexel's MBS program as well so I am now considering this program as well.
BU MAMS is one of the oldest and most established special master programs. Performing well here would look better to other med schools than performing well at Rutgers. There website reports that 85% of students who average a 3.6 GPA matriculate into a medical school. Some of the cons in selecting BU is that they do not offer a guaranteed interview like Rutgers does and I also keep hearing that the course work is especially challenging.
Rutgers guarantees an interview to students who score a 3.6 GPA and a MCAT score of at least 127 on each section, which is still a pretty high score and not one that I can guarantee I can get. The class size is smaller than BU(70-80 students at Rutgers vs 170 students at BU). Some of the cons in selecting this problem would be that it does not have the reputation that BU does and so other schools will not view success here in the same way that they will success at BU. I am not sure how the difficulty of this program would compare to BU MAMS.
Which would you chose?
* Edit :I want to add that was just recently accepted into Drexel's MBS program as well so I am now considering this program as well.
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