Chemistry at Macalester

georgecarlin
Sun, 10 Apr 2016 21:23:34 +0000

Sorry, not a major but plenty of friends in the Chemistry department. The people are super collaborative because the Department is difficult. I do not want to scare you away, but I believe the chemistry majors have the lowest GPA On campus. That said, students take chemistry and learn a lot! Is it super-competitive? Well… everyone knows that chemistry is challenging and everyone works hard. Mac students enjoy collaborating. For example, I often see chemistry study groups on Sunday afternoons in the Campus Center Conference Rooms. I see people bringing out their markers, whiteboards, and plastic models of carbon. Everyone is really supportive. And Mac has a healthy mix of students interested in PhD and/or MD. Macalester has always sent many of its graduates to the top grad schools in the country. Mac is really good at that.

Again, be prepared to learn and be challenged at Mac if you are considering chemistry as one of your majors!

Hope that helped!