Multiple Acceptances: need help deciding

[jvsurf85]

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Hello everyone thank you for your attention to my post. I have been accepted into several postbac premed programs for the summer and fall. I have already declined Montana, Drew, Dominican, and LaSalle. Of the remaining schools these are the ones I am having trouble deciding between. UPenn, Drexel Evening Postbac, U Rochester, American, Hofstra, and UMiami. Any input would be great and much appreciated.
Thanks!

 

[Humble Spirit]

I would do the following:
1. make a list of the things you wish to get out this experience (MCAT help, GPA increase, self confidence, more experience, fulfill requirements)

2. find which place would offer you the most from the list you made

3. weigh other factors (relocation, tuition cost, scholarships, success rates, a link-age with a med school, degree/certificate program...)

4. decide

5. if you still can't pick after doing this then enne-meanie-minee-moe it 🙂

hope this helped

 

[Goucher2013]

I'd add that you might want to favor those schools whose med schools interest you most. If you're particularly taken by Penn and have a high GPA, for instance, the linkage option might be worth its weight in gold. Rochester state that they have a very close relationship with their med school, even if there isn't a linkage. I'd "trust but verify" on that one and ask for some rough acceptance stats. The med school is wonderful and has a unique atmosphere, so it's worth researching.

I'd check the same out with Hofstra. I was very impressed by their curriculum and would have applied to link if there if the location hadn't been bad for my wife. I'm hoping that school is going to go places, fast. Hofstra med school hasn't been around long enough for the postbac to build an admissions track record with it, so you might want to sound out both the postbac and the med school admissions office to find out how enthusiastic they are about Hofstra postbacs.

Bottom line is that you have a bunch of postbac programs with potentially close ties to med schools that also happen to have distinct GPA ranges for you to match to. The more you can stack the odds in your favor with a med school you can see yourself being happy at, the better.

But do make sure you do your research first, because it's tough to decide you love a med school so early on (and most people enamored with places like Penn tend to be so because of the name, not the specifics).

 

[SavantFtw]

Go with UPenn.