biology major in purdue?

velleity
Thu, 27 Aug 2009 17:31:01 +0000

I’ve been in pretty close contact with purdue for quite some years. I’m also in your graduating class. I agree with Jimgotkp that Purdue is trying to increase its standards–you can find more about it on their website. But i doubt that will shift the school profile very much.

I actually work for one of Purdue’s structural biology professors (the big one), and I can tell you that this subdivision of biology is very strong in research. Purdue Bio is somewhat more focused on research than teaching, and so some undergrads complain of having an overabundance of TA’s. Since I’m in the building a lot since Purdue has started classes, I’ve got a superficial sense of the students. From them, I get the sense that biology seems to be one of the “easy” majors. If you want more information, i could ask some of the people here about the quality of undergraduate education.

So to answer your question, Purdue’s program is good, but not among the best.

Unfortunately I can’t help you much about dentistry. Though from my experience, people tend to go to Indiana University (the other big school in Indiana) for dentistry school.

If you have any more questions about Purdue, feel free to message me. I will be applying there, though I really dislike their essay choices.