jenjen9ny

harvard has law and yale has medical but what about columbia ??? any replies are appreciated

cherrycoke102

political science

schmivy

law and med are both graduate programs (I guess there's pre-law and pre-med, but medical school and law school are graduate programs)

Columbia2002

There's a list of the most popular majors somewhere. But I think it's econ then political science then history.

Um, not sure where you pulled your post out of and where you're going with this... FWIW, Harvard has the #1 med school in the nation and Yale has the #1 law school in the nation.

There's no such thing as pre-law or pre-med as majors at top schools.

schmivy

well excuse me for not knowing everything

I just know that medical school and law school aren't typically undergrad.

Columbia2002

They're never undergrad in the US, unless you count ugrad+grad joint programs.

cherrycoke102

you're both saying the same thing

Columbia2002

He's right as to what's outside the parenthetical. But that's inside the parenthetical should be corrected.

jenjen9ny

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5626574/site/newsweek/ this is what i mean

Columbia2002

Not sure what that link has to do with the question you posed. Why don't you explain what you mean.

No Pain No Gain

Hey, I think Phoenix online has law!!!!!!!!

Those TV schools have law! You, know get your degree and get a job.

columbia2007

This is for CC. The most popular are at the bottom:

http://media.collegepublisher.com/me...51426-12-1.jpg

As you can see, it goes:

1. Econ
2. Poli Sci
3. History
4. English
5. Biology
6. Psychology
7. Philosophy

No Pain No Gain

Since Columbia 2002 was posting here thought you might need a little help!

Columbia does have a law school. Here's a link to their admissions area: http://www.law.columbia.edu/jd_applicants

Columbia does have a medical school. http://www.cumc.columbia.edu/dept/ps/

There are specific courses you must take for med school but you can major in anything you want and just take those courses. However, Columbia has something that many Universities do not have.

I guess Columbia 2002 did not know about this. This is why you question does make a lot of sense. I'm sorry she put you down for your question, but hey, she did that to me, too. That's why I looked on this site. She got it totally wrong with my question, too.

What Columbia has is a fifth year. It's is an undergraduate year if you majored in something that didn't get you the required courses for medical school. For example if you were a poli-sci major, the most popular major and thought you were going to law school and changed your mind and decided to go to medical school you could take the fifth year, undergrad medical school courses required for admission to medical school.

My brother has a room mate that is doing that. Columbia 2002 actually said, "and we should care about your brother why?" I don't get her really.

Sorry, to mention my brother it makes Columbia 2002 mad. Maybe she dated my brother, I don't know.

Anyway, go to the School of General Studies for the fifth year pre-medical school program at Columbia.

So tonight I'll get the pre-med courses which are basically organic, inorganic, bio I and II, calculus, it's not that much really. not enough to blow having a really cool columbia major.

cherrycoke102

sorry to use this thread but i have a related question. Is it too late to go premed your junior year? is there any way to fit in the required courses in two years (with hard work of course)?

boingydude

ummm i think it depends on what you;ve taken already....i think premed requires 2 semesters of bio with lab, orgo with lab, general chemistry with lab, either 1 or 2 semesters of mathematics, english and some other humaniies elective (lit hum or cc work for that) and i think some random schools require biochem. gluckkk! you might have to take summer courses...i know someone who switched back into premed second semester of his soph year so maybe it can be done