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<p>I got a 5 on my AP Bio exam, so I assume I would be out of the intro level bio courses.</p>
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<p>Since I’m probably going to use my AP bio credits to skip foundations 1 and 2, I think I’m going to start with honors genetics (as recommended by CuttingEdge). As for professors, I have no idea which ones are good or bad (I would have to check ratemyprofessors again). Are there any other non-intro honors bio courses that are good? I don’t mind difficult, I just don’t want it to be absurdly unfair or uninformative. </p>
<p>Regarding the competition among premeds – as good of a school that Pitt is, it’s no Harvard or Princeton, so I don’t really think the competition will affect me as much. I come from a good high school, and I’m near the top of my class, so I don’t think I will have much trouble at Pitt.</p>
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<p>Thanks, I’ll keep that in mind.</p>
<p>Also, would anyone happen to know how the chem or biochem professors are (especially at the honors level)? How about microbiology? Now, I know I want to major in something biological, but I’m thinking about chem as a second major because its a better fallback than biology. </p>
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<p>Lol I was actually considering studying philosophy but I thought I would gain more from studying Biology. That is, some bio courses overlap with premed and chem major requirements.</p>