Baylor's Pre-med

leviathan353 · 07-07-2006, 10:27 PM

I'm considering Baylor as my top choice of college primarily for the affordable pre-med program. I have heard from students currently attending Baylor that it's pre-med is on par with Rice. Can anyone substantiate this claim?
Furthermore, I heard that music majors have a high acceptance rate in medical school, but I'm not sure of what extent I should pursue music at Baylor. I want to take classes in a wide range of subjects, but not get overwhelmed. Any advice?

BookAddict · 08-27-2006, 03:06 PM

I'm not pre-med, nor was I ever particularly interested in it, so I don't know how good the program is. However, a good number of the honors students at least are pre-med.

As for taking classes in a wide range of subjects, Baylor offers a major called University Scholars, designed for people who want to do just that. Basically, you design your own major with the help of advisors, so you can take pretty much any classes you want (though you do have a few emphases). And you have less core classes you have to worry about.

speech529 · 09-19-2006, 01:00 AM

Baylor has always had a high med school acceptance rate (95%) but I don't think I would put the school on par with Rice. Rice is beyond Baylor in its reputation in all areas. I think one day Baylor will get there....

When I moved in Houston in the mid-1970s, Rice was called "Harvard of the South" . It was competetive to gain entrance.

Rice University has a Rice/Baylor program--if you are accepted you go to Rice Undergrad and Baylor College of Medicine after...you are automatically accepted to both. By the way BCOM has no affiliation with Baylor University.