Stanford vs Yale vs Columbia vs Princeton for Pre-Med

[derekmarshall]

Hi all, I’m a senior in high school from the southeast US. I’m so grateful to be in this situation but confused on which school to attend. I will 100% be doing pre-med probably pursing neuroscience, integrative/computational biology, or biomedical engineering. I want to do an MD and pursue a surgical specialty (ortho or neuro).

I was also offered the Yale Engineering and Science Scholar (YES Scholar) and Columbia Rabi scholars program (I.I. Rabi Scholars Program | Undergraduate Research and Fellowships). The YES scholars program guarantees 1 summer internship with a Yale prof and 5K of funding in addition to some nice networking with professors/deans at Yale. The Rabi scholars program seems similar to YES but has more structure, funding, and lasts for all 4 years of undergrad.

Stanford and Princeton are simply regular admission.

Any opinions would greatly be appreciated, thank you.

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[GoSpursGo]

Congratulations on your accomplishments to date!!!

There is no reason to go to a school that didn't offer you one of these scholarships, unless for some reason you have some specific reason to want to go to Stanford or Princeton. So, would you prefer to live in New Haven or NYC?

 

[morak]

My choice would 100% be Columbia. The Rabi scholarship is probably the best merit-based scholarship you can get at any Ivy League school. Besides, NYC > SF >>> New Haven and Princeton, and Columbia's Zuckerman Institute is one of the best neuroscience-focused research institutions in the world.

Congrats on the acceptances!

 

[NotTheOne]

Whoever gives you the biggest financial package. Columbia it seems like. These schools are all on par with each other as an undergrad institution when you’re applying to medical school

 

[beanie12]

If you have any questions about Yale / premed at Yale feel free to DM me! I was not a YES scholar (lowkey not familiar with that program) but had a great experience there 🙂