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So after application season I ended up with some pretty good decisions, even if I was rejected by all my dream schools. I need help deciding where I will go for the next 4 to 8 years. I am hoping to pursue a career in medicine.
Options: 1) Cornell - 30k/yr - Biomedical Engineering - I dislike stress culture in general. I usually prefer collaboration over competition. Also, I covet my free time and I feel like Eng at Cornell + premed classes + research + a job + shadowing would be pretty rough on my life. Also, it is really god damn expensive.
2) Northwestern 20k/yr - Electrical Engineering. I like the atmosphere at NU but I am apprehensive about the premed attrition rate, esp in engineering. I want to make it back into the Texas med school system so I don't want to be screwed with a low GPA.
3) Rice 8k/yr (but can be reduced if I conduct research) - Bioengineering. I like the collaborative atmosphere of Rice a lot, I love the Houston area and a great deal of BioEs do get into med school. Unfortunately Rice took away the 4.3 GPA thing if you get an A+.
4) GA Tech 10k/yr (reduced by a small amount by pursuing research which I set up over there) Biomedical Engineering. Number one for BME and really prestigious which makes me love it. Also, I love the engineering culture over there and I don't know why but I love the vibe of the school. That being said, most BME premeds go to a GA med school and I'm OOS so I don't really know what will happen to me considering that the program is insanely hard.
5) UT Austin 0k/yr - BME. I like UT a lot, but I hear complaints abt their department quite a bit. Also, its disconcerting that such a great portion of their class ends up in finance rather than engineering/med school. The course is really long and most people take 5, rather than 4 years, which I don't want to do ever.
6) UAB EMSAP (5k/yr for BS, matches tuition of any Tx med school I get into (11k a yr) otherwise 27k/yr for 4 yrs. I get guaranteed acceptance into their med school after 4 years, I can apply anywhere I want without losing it as well. I can attempt to graduate in 3 years and apply to other med schools as well, all without forfeiting my seat. Furthermore, they have placed several students in top med schools like Harvard, Yale, JHU (18-20% get into t20 med schools). I don't really want to go to a t20 med school because I enjoy my money and I don't know if I will receive enough FA.
7)HBS 3/4 (0k/yr 3 years, then 11k/yr 4 years but I can take a research position and get like 2k/yr med school tuition). I have the option to apply to other med schools while keeping my guaranteed med school spot in either McGovern or UTMB - Galveston. I dislike Galveston because everyone is super cutthroat from what I saw when I visited, and McGovern seems to have a more collaborative atmosphere.
I don't know what type of doctor I want to become, although I do enjoy critical care, trauma surgery, and rads based on my admittedly limited exposure. I want to continue to research because it is actually enjoyable.
I am kind of putting my top 3 as Rice and the BSMD programs and I really don't want to spend a lot of money. Also because I have the engineering scholarship at Rice, if I switch out of that major, I think my tuition goes up a crap ton so I gotta stick it out.
Oh, and, I have like 3 days to make my decision because I procrastinated for an extremely long time. Someone please send help.
Options: 1) Cornell - 30k/yr - Biomedical Engineering - I dislike stress culture in general. I usually prefer collaboration over competition. Also, I covet my free time and I feel like Eng at Cornell + premed classes + research + a job + shadowing would be pretty rough on my life. Also, it is really god damn expensive.
2) Northwestern 20k/yr - Electrical Engineering. I like the atmosphere at NU but I am apprehensive about the premed attrition rate, esp in engineering. I want to make it back into the Texas med school system so I don't want to be screwed with a low GPA.
3) Rice 8k/yr (but can be reduced if I conduct research) - Bioengineering. I like the collaborative atmosphere of Rice a lot, I love the Houston area and a great deal of BioEs do get into med school. Unfortunately Rice took away the 4.3 GPA thing if you get an A+.
4) GA Tech 10k/yr (reduced by a small amount by pursuing research which I set up over there) Biomedical Engineering. Number one for BME and really prestigious which makes me love it. Also, I love the engineering culture over there and I don't know why but I love the vibe of the school. That being said, most BME premeds go to a GA med school and I'm OOS so I don't really know what will happen to me considering that the program is insanely hard.
5) UT Austin 0k/yr - BME. I like UT a lot, but I hear complaints abt their department quite a bit. Also, its disconcerting that such a great portion of their class ends up in finance rather than engineering/med school. The course is really long and most people take 5, rather than 4 years, which I don't want to do ever.
6) UAB EMSAP (5k/yr for BS, matches tuition of any Tx med school I get into (11k a yr) otherwise 27k/yr for 4 yrs. I get guaranteed acceptance into their med school after 4 years, I can apply anywhere I want without losing it as well. I can attempt to graduate in 3 years and apply to other med schools as well, all without forfeiting my seat. Furthermore, they have placed several students in top med schools like Harvard, Yale, JHU (18-20% get into t20 med schools). I don't really want to go to a t20 med school because I enjoy my money and I don't know if I will receive enough FA.
7)HBS 3/4 (0k/yr 3 years, then 11k/yr 4 years but I can take a research position and get like 2k/yr med school tuition). I have the option to apply to other med schools while keeping my guaranteed med school spot in either McGovern or UTMB - Galveston. I dislike Galveston because everyone is super cutthroat from what I saw when I visited, and McGovern seems to have a more collaborative atmosphere.
I don't know what type of doctor I want to become, although I do enjoy critical care, trauma surgery, and rads based on my admittedly limited exposure. I want to continue to research because it is actually enjoyable.
I am kind of putting my top 3 as Rice and the BSMD programs and I really don't want to spend a lot of money. Also because I have the engineering scholarship at Rice, if I switch out of that major, I think my tuition goes up a crap ton so I gotta stick it out.
Oh, and, I have like 3 days to make my decision because I procrastinated for an extremely long time. Someone please send help.
