It is all about how you do in school grade wise and your step 1 and to a lesser extent step 2 score, I would agree with the above post, BU is definitely NOT worth the extra money, as it is usually on of the three most expensive in the country, or at least it was when I was there. For the amount of tuition the support service for students are the worst, and as for help with setting up research let me laugh out loud, my faculty advisor was completely worthless when it came to helping me get the research I wanted, in the end you have to go outside the BU system, which is very myopic. Plus, for the large tuition, none of it seems to go to repairing the library or the decarying facilities or teaching attendings how to respect medical students, there is a total lack of respect by attendings for medical students, especially on the Harrison and BUM-C campus, meeting with my advisors and people in admin gave me the creeps. Oh, and the price for an apartment in Boston is probably the highest in the country, probably around $1,500 a month AND the area around BU is probably the worst part of the city as there are loud parties every friday and saturday night, very loud. If you think the area around BU is interesting then take a look at the Liquor Land right next to the medical school, plus parking has been totally eliminated due to super colossal construction projects eliminating parking lots, try taking a tram to the nearest parking lot 45 minutes away, good luck parking in the area, only those in special clinicals are allowed to park anywhere near the school. Everything about the place just gave me the creeps.