Best small school for pre-health

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Lol. Let’s get in big debt and go to second rate schools.

It is the shame that you feel the need to spout an opinion...when you are clearly so lacking on knowledge.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Lol. Let’s get in big debt and go to second rate schools.

Many of these schools will cost LESS for OP than, say, UVa or W&M.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would look at Denison.

Juniata would be a good safety and their science departments are excellent.

Seconding the recommendation of Juniata as a safety.

They are excellent for science and have a strong track record for getting kids into health professional schools.

They are also generous with financial aid.

I would put it ahead of Allegheny, which--although a good school-- is located in a sadly sketchy town, in WAY northern PA, close to Ohio.

Huntingdon is not exciting, but it is sleepy and safe.

Can you expand on what you mean about Allegheny being in a sketchy town? Allegheny and Juiata are both on DD’s list, but Allegheny sounds more appealing to her. Obviously, we haven’t been able to visit either school yet.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:BU is too big. Bucknell would be good and stats are high.

Actually, I wouldn't discount BU. It’s a big school, but Sargent is its own health sciences school within the university, and there would be an intentional cohort of peers interested in what your DD wants to explore. Probably more research opportunities, too.

Northeastern also has a health sciences school, and uses the co-op model.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would look at Denison.

Juniata would be a good safety and their science departments are excellent.

Seconding the recommendation of Juniata as a safety.

They are excellent for science and have a strong track record for getting kids into health professional schools.

They are also generous with financial aid.

I would put it ahead of Allegheny, which--although a good school-- is located in a sadly sketchy town, in WAY northern PA, close to Ohio.

Huntingdon is not exciting, but it is sleepy and safe.

Can you expand on what you mean about Allegheny being in a sketchy town? Allegheny and Juiata are both on DD’s list, but Allegheny sounds more appealing to her. Obviously, we haven’t been able to visit either school yet.

Juniata is also in a fairly sketchy area. Plus, massive prison.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Lol. Let’s get in big debt and go to second rate schools.

Many of these schools will cost LESS for OP than, say, UVa or W&M.

Yes, they have good merit aid packages. And some have fantastic med school admission rates for good students. Think about it this way, you go to a top-notch school and decide to do pre-med, you might not find yourself with good enough grades to be admitted. You might be weeded out of the majors or the health science req courses. If you go to a lower ranked school that is known for a strong program in pre-med and your GPA/scores put you in the top 10-20% of admitted students, you earn merit aid and increase your likelihood for admission into med school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:BU is too big. Bucknell would be good and stats are high.

Actually, I wouldn't discount BU. It’s a big school, but Sargent is its own health sciences school within the university, and there would be an intentional cohort of peers interested in what your DD wants to explore. Probably more research opportunities, too.

Northeastern also has a health sciences school, and uses the co-op model.

OP, I added this comment about BU and Northeastern. Boston is one of the best areas of the country for health sciences, but there are certainly other areas that offer lots of resources.

Have you look at The Russell Sage Colleges, in the Albany area? They have both health sciences and traditional sciences programs spread over two campuses.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Davidson in NC always has a high percentage of pre-meds.

Great school, but FA can been really limited. Plus it's in North Carolina and OP's kid doesn't want to go south.

Davidson has the Premedical/Prehealth Advisory Committee specifically to assist students in the medical and other health professional schools process: https://www.davidson.edu/academic-departments/premedicine-and-allied-health-professions/premedicalprehealth-advisory-committee

[Anonymous]

With pre- health as a major, I assume she wants to attend graduate school in a health field. Can you be more specific? Med school, dental school, pharmacy etc?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would look at Denison.

Juniata would be a good safety and their science departments are excellent.

Seconding the recommendation of Juniata as a safety.

They are excellent for science and have a strong track record for getting kids into health professional schools.

They are also generous with financial aid.

I would put it ahead of Allegheny, which--although a good school-- is located in a sadly sketchy town, in WAY northern PA, close to Ohio.

Huntingdon is not exciting, but it is sleepy and safe.

Can you expand on what you mean about Allegheny being in a sketchy town? Allegheny and Juiata are both on DD’s list, but Allegheny sounds more appealing to her. Obviously, we haven’t been able to visit either school yet.

84% of survey respondents on UNIGO say they feel "extremely safe" at Juniata. That number is 60% at Allegheny. Still most mind you, but that is one piece of data that confirms our perception.
Median income in Huntingdon is 40K, in Meadville it is 32K.

We went there two years ago to visit. The nicest B & B in town was right next store to a boarded up building (which seemed odd to us, and we are not spoiled people). The other family staying there, who had also driven hours to attend the Open House, literally left before the event began, because of how the town looked in their tour around the evening before. The mother said, "I could never leave my kid in this town and drive away." I don't mean to offend anyone but that made an impression on us. We went to the school's Open House and it seemed like a great institution...but in the end, we could not get past how rundown and failed the town looked. The main supermarket was next to a Goodwill and sold predominantly products like giant bags of pork rinds . And again, I am not someone who only buys groceries at Whole Foods, but the town just seemed so so past its prime. And I did see people nodding out at bus stops. Very downtrodden. NOT just rural or low income. It was like the documentaries you see about the Rust Belt dying. And Crawford County does appear to have more of a drug problem than Huntingdon County:

https://www.dea.gov/sites/default/files/2018-10/PA%20Opioid%20Report%20Final%20FINAL.pdf

I am not sure of the basis of the PP's information...but this "review" is based upon spending time in both towns.

Good luck with your decision.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would look at Denison.

Juniata would be a good safety and their science departments are excellent.

Seconding the recommendation of Juniata as a safety.

They are excellent for science and have a strong track record for getting kids into health professional schools.

They are also generous with financial aid.

I would put it ahead of Allegheny, which--although a good school-- is located in a sadly sketchy town, in WAY northern PA, close to Ohio.

Huntingdon is not exciting, but it is sleepy and safe.

Can you expand on what you mean about Allegheny being in a sketchy town? Allegheny and Juiata are both on DD’s list, but Allegheny sounds more appealing to her. Obviously, we haven’t been able to visit either school yet.

84% of survey respondents on UNIGO say they feel "extremely safe" at Juniata. That number is 60% at Allegheny. Still most mind you, but that is one piece of data that confirms our perception.
Median income in Huntingdon is 40K, in Meadville it is 32K.

We went there two years ago to visit. The nicest B & B in town was right next store to a boarded up building (which seemed odd to us, and we are not spoiled people). The other family staying there, who had also driven hours to attend the Open House, literally left before the event began, because of how the town looked in their tour around the evening before. The mother said, "I could never leave my kid in this town and drive away." I don't mean to offend anyone but that made an impression on us. We went to the school's Open House and it seemed like a great institution...but in the end, we could not get past how rundown and failed the town looked. The main supermarket was next to a Goodwill and sold predominantly products like giant bags of pork rinds . And again, I am not someone who only buys groceries at Whole Foods, but the town just seemed so so past its prime. And I did see people nodding out at bus stops. Very downtrodden. NOT just rural or low income. It was like the documentaries you see about the Rust Belt dying. And Crawford County does appear to have more of a drug problem than Huntingdon County:

https://www.dea.gov/sites/default/files/2018-10/PA%20Opioid%20Report%20Final%20FINAL.pdf

I am not sure of the basis of the PP's information...but this "review" is based upon spending time in both towns.

Good luck with your decision.

Thanks so much for this information. Allegheny is nowhere near any other school DD is looking at. It would be challenging to include it in the same trip as other schools. So we are trying to figure out if it’s worth it to drive six hours to see this one school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Lol. Let’s get in big debt and go to second rate schools.

Many of these schools will cost LESS for OP than, say, UVa or W&M.

Lol. Not!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would look at Denison.

Juniata would be a good safety and their science departments are excellent.

Seconding the recommendation of Juniata as a safety.

They are excellent for science and have a strong track record for getting kids into health professional schools.

They are also generous with financial aid.

I would put it ahead of Allegheny, which--although a good school-- is located in a sadly sketchy town, in WAY northern PA, close to Ohio.

Huntingdon is not exciting, but it is sleepy and safe.

Can you expand on what you mean about Allegheny being in a sketchy town? Allegheny and Juiata are both on DD’s list, but Allegheny sounds more appealing to her. Obviously, we haven’t been able to visit either school yet.

Juniata is also in a fairly sketchy area. Plus, massive prison.

Do you anticipate your kid going to prison?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Lol. Let’s get in big debt and go to second rate schools.

Many of these schools will cost LESS for OP than, say, UVa or W&M.

Lol. Not!

Um yes they would. Juniata would for sure, don’t know much about the others

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would look at Denison.

Juniata would be a good safety and their science departments are excellent.

Seconding the recommendation of Juniata as a safety.

They are excellent for science and have a strong track record for getting kids into health professional schools.

They are also generous with financial aid.

I would put it ahead of Allegheny, which--although a good school-- is located in a sadly sketchy town, in WAY northern PA, close to Ohio.

Huntingdon is not exciting, but it is sleepy and safe.

Can you expand on what you mean about Allegheny being in a sketchy town? Allegheny and Juiata are both on DD’s list, but Allegheny sounds more appealing to her. Obviously, we haven’t been able to visit either school yet.

84% of survey respondents on UNIGO say they feel "extremely safe" at Juniata. That number is 60% at Allegheny. Still most mind you, but that is one piece of data that confirms our perception.
Median income in Huntingdon is 40K, in Meadville it is 32K.

We went there two years ago to visit. The nicest B & B in town was right next store to a boarded up building (which seemed odd to us, and we are not spoiled people). The other family staying there, who had also driven hours to attend the Open House, literally left before the event began, because of how the town looked in their tour around the evening before. The mother said, "I could never leave my kid in this town and drive away." I don't mean to offend anyone but that made an impression on us. We went to the school's Open House and it seemed like a great institution...but in the end, we could not get past how rundown and failed the town looked. The main supermarket was next to a Goodwill and sold predominantly products like giant bags of pork rinds . And again, I am not someone who only buys groceries at Whole Foods, but the town just seemed so so past its prime. And I did see people nodding out at bus stops. Very downtrodden. NOT just rural or low income. It was like the documentaries you see about the Rust Belt dying. And Crawford County does appear to have more of a drug problem than Huntingdon County:

https://www.dea.gov/sites/default/files/2018-10/PA%20Opioid%20Report%20Final%20FINAL.pdf

I am not sure of the basis of the PP's information...but this "review" is based upon spending time in both towns.

Good luck with your decision.

NP here. I’ve never been to Meadville but I grew up in PA about 5 hours east of Meadville
so I’m very familiar with “Pennsyltucky!”