Best Pre-Med Program: FSU, UGA, LSU?

21NFK94
Mon, 08 Oct 2012 17:39:56 +0000

My parents don’t have much to say about the situation. Not to say they don’t care, they just know I’m extremely frugal and responsible, so they trust me to pick the right option. They know that if I choose a pricier school, it will be because I truly feel it is worth the extra money. It’s an odd situation, but that’s just how we function. I think they know that I know more about colleges than they do.

UF is pretty much off the list. One, because they are a huge rival of LSU (who I have grown up cheering for), and there is just no way I could get myself to truly cheer for them. But going deeper than football, I’ve visited the school many times and I just never felt at home. I’m also just ready to get outside of that area of Florida… FSU is practically in Georgia, and it’s a much different vibe than the one I get in Gainseville and where I live.

papertiger87, those are really good points. I’ve never been much of a partier, so that’s a big concern for me. Do you think you’d like FSU better if you were younger, more around the typical undergraduate age? My friend’s cousin is in grad school at FSU, and she has similar views as you do; she was practically counting down the days until she could leave. On the other hand, two of the girls I stayed with (freshmen in undergrad) LOVED FSU. But I’ll keep what you said in mind for sure, especially the point about me being stressed as a pre-med student. I did meet a pre-med freshman, and to be honest she seemed a little overwhelmed by it all. Not so much by the studying itself, but more by the fact that I think she felt like she was the only one who was studying…

My stats are 3.3 unweighted GPA (due to some bad middle school grades that transferred over), 3.8 weighted. Thirteen total AP classes, the rest honors or graduation requirements. 29 on the ACT, 1230/1890 on the SAT. Strong ECs (captain of cross country, captain of track, president of Latin Club)