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Sunday, January 23, 2005

GREGG EASTERBROOK'S POINT EXACTLY.

[see UD, 9/3/04]


‘[Monica] Saumoy, [a] pre-med student [currently at Princeton], said she is not sure that [graduating from Princeton] will help her get a spot in medical schools, where top students from schools with less prestige than Princeton will also apply.

"I've heard that med schools don't really care what school you came from," Saumoy said. '