Gates Scholar Chooses Temple University

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Anonymous wrote:I'm a bit surprised he's not choosing Penn but at the same time, he will have lots of support and family and people rooting for him locally. Get great grades and go to a prestige med school. I can see the wisdom in staying in Philly. Pre-meds have to do tons of volunteering and service. He may be really inspired doing that in his hometown.

Also he’s likely to be a star at Temple.

True, but there will be a lot of pressure to be a star at Temple. Because if he ends up being average at Penn he will still do great. If he ends up being average at Temple the future is less certain (not that he will live an awful life, but his potential outcomes will be a lot less selective). I think he is betting on himself being great at Temple and they will likely give him the support to do this. I wish him the best of luck.

I know plenty of mid Ivy grads. You probably would not characterize them as 'doing great'.

I have lots of Ivy classmates who were mid-level or below (with grade inflation if you don't have honors, you are pretty far from the top of the class) who are definitely doing great. Though everyone has a different definition of great.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:A lot of poor black students don't like Ivy schools for social/community reasons.
He might do a lot better at Temple in a supportive community than as an outsider at Harvard.

It would be a shame if he doesn't get to use the Gates scholarship for med school even though he chose a far less expensive undergra school than he could have

It also just seems he wants to be able to contribute to his community at home while in college. I know a young man from New Haven who choose Yale over Princeton for very similar reasons. He has a very bright future ahead of him; he’s clearly thoughtful

lol.. seriously

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A lot of poor black students don't like Ivy schools for social/community reasons.
He might do a lot better at Temple in a supportive community than as an outsider at Harvard.

It would be a shame if he doesn't get to use the Gates scholarship for med school even though he chose a far less expensive undergra school than he could have

It also just seems he wants to be able to contribute to his community at home while in college. I know a young man from New Haven who choose Yale over Princeton for very similar reasons. He has a very bright future ahead of him; he’s clearly thoughtful

lol.. seriously

Yes. He preferred Princeton but now gets to work with his community at home. Not everything needs a snide remark attached, DCUM.

[Anonymous]

My guess is a lot of it had to do with his AA degree and the fact that Temple will accept all of those credits, his time at Temple will be only about 2 years, and he will be off to med school far sooner than any other school would have allowed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My guess is a lot of it had to do with his AA degree and the fact that Temple will accept all of those credits, his time at Temple will be only about 2 years, and he will be off to med school far sooner than any other school would have allowed.

Where did it mention an AA degree?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A lot of poor black students don't like Ivy schools for social/community reasons.
He might do a lot better at Temple in a supportive community than as an outsider at Harvard.

It would be a shame if he doesn't get to use the Gates scholarship for med school even though he chose a far less expensive undergra school than he could have

It also just seems he wants to be able to contribute to his community at home while in college. I know a young man from New Haven who choose Yale over Princeton for very similar reasons. He has a very bright future ahead of him; he’s clearly thoughtful

lol.. seriously

Yes. He preferred Princeton but now gets to work with his community at home. Not everything needs a snide remark attached, DCUM.

OK, we'll slow it down for you, since you know the young man who went to Yale, and you didn't go to Yale:
Yale is not Temple.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My guess is a lot of it had to do with his AA degree and the fact that Temple will accept all of those credits, his time at Temple will be only about 2 years, and he will be off to med school far sooner than any other school would have allowed.

For someone who wants to be a medical researcher, not a GP, skipping years of college, where he could start learning research and take more advanced bio/chemistry/engineering classes, would not be the best plan.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I'm a bit surprised he's not choosing Penn but at the same time, he will have lots of support and family and people rooting for him locally. Get great grades and go to a prestige med school. I can see the wisdom in staying in Philly. Pre-meds have to do tons of volunteering and service. He may be really inspired doing that in his hometown.

Also he’s likely to be a star at Temple.

True, but there will be a lot of pressure to be a star at Temple. Because if he ends up being average at Penn he will still do great. If he ends up being average at Temple the future is less certain (not that he will live an awful life, but his potential outcomes will be a lot less selective). I think he is betting on himself being great at Temple and they will likely give him the support to do this. I wish him the best of luck.

I know plenty of mid Ivy grads. You probably would not characterize them as 'doing great'.

I know plenty of below mid Ivy grads. I would characterize most of them as 'doing great' on at least a Temple scale.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My guess is a lot of it had to do with his AA degree and the fact that Temple will accept all of those credits, his time at Temple will be only about 2 years, and he will be off to med school far sooner than any other school would have allowed.

Where did it mention an AA degree?

It didn't. I'd said that for 11th grade he transfered to a school that offered AP classes.

[Anonymous]

Can we just leave this kid and his choice alone, other than to congratulate him and wish him well?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My guess is a lot of it had to do with his AA degree and the fact that Temple will accept all of those credits, his time at Temple will be only about 2 years, and he will be off to med school far sooner than any other school would have allowed.

For someone who wants to be a medical researcher, not a GP, skipping years of college, where he could start learning research and take more advanced bio/chemistry/engineering classes, would not be the best plan.

Spending extra years in an MD PhD will be much more useful than spending those same extra years of undergrad.

[Anonymous]

Anybody who isn't rooting for this kid to absolutely crush it totally sux.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Horrible decision that will probably bring shame to his family. Very scary.

You're a disgusting person.

Temple is an outstanding university. Yes, the neighborhood sucks. Guess what? He's familiar. He will absolutely thrive there.

[Anonymous]

This is an awesome feel good story. Now we need these stories to be so commonplace that it doesn't merit a write up in newspaper. Baby steps, but hopefully we get there.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I'm a bit surprised he's not choosing Penn but at the same time, he will have lots of support and family and people rooting for him locally. Get great grades and go to a prestige med school. I can see the wisdom in staying in Philly. Pre-meds have to do tons of volunteering and service. He may be really inspired doing that in his hometown.

Also he’s likely to be a star at Temple.

True, but there will be a lot of pressure to be a star at Temple. Because if he ends up being average at Penn he will still do great. If he ends up being average at Temple the future is less certain (not that he will live an awful life, but his potential outcomes will be a lot less selective). I think he is betting on himself being great at Temple and they will likely give him the support to do this. I wish him the best of luck.

Come on.

+1 such a DCUM statement. Plenty of successful people from both Penn and Temple in the Philly area (where he seems interested in staying). Medicine is a big industry there and no one is hung up on where you went to undergrad.