Is Brown worth the premium over William & Mary in-state?

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Anonymous wrote:A good friend's daughter went to Brown. Total party girl, super wealthy family -- classic Brown stereotype, or so I thought. She's now a first year medical student. I don't think you can buy your way into a US medical school.

Is this true? I know a number of people who went to GW med school. They are all local doctors' kids and went to mediocre undergrad schools with mediocre test scores, had to take time off to get a postbac or do research, etc. but they all ended up at GW med. I assumed they probably did ok but their parental connections or money helped them get in. No?

I was under the impression that GW was a pretty easy school to get into, as far as med schools go. They were on the verge of losing accreditation a while back.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A good friend's daughter went to Brown. Total party girl, super wealthy family -- classic Brown stereotype, or so I thought. She's now a first year medical student. I don't think you can buy your way into a US medical school.

Is this true? I know a number of people who went to GW med school. They are all local doctors' kids and went to mediocre undergrad schools with mediocre test scores, had to take time off to get a postbac or do research, etc. but they all ended up at GW med. I assumed they probably did ok but their parental connections or money helped them get in. No?

A doctor is a doctor. And GW is far better than spending 4 years at University of Toledo or Kentucky College.