Biology at Caltech and MIT

jessiehl
Tue, 25 Sep 2007 16:44:36 +0000

You will absolutely get a great bio preparation at MIT or Caltech; they are among the top programs in the country. Do realize, though, that while the bio program is excellent and has many premeds, it doesn’t really cater to premeds. You’re graded as hard as everyone else, you have to complete the same GIRs as everyone else, and the focus is more molecular/cellular/biochem than human bio.

I don’t know about Caltech, but getting into MIT as a transfer is very, very difficult, though I know someone who did it. I believe it is somewhat more selective than getting in as a frosh.