<p>How is the undergrad chemistry program for us non-premed?</p>
<p>you mean chem major but not premed?</p>
<p>I thought you weren’t interested in Cornell?</p>
<p>The undergraduate chemistry major is very strong – but not for the faint of heart. It features separate courses, independent of pre-meds and chemical engineer – with a lot of faculty interaction and only 20 to 30 students per graduating class.</p>
<p>I doubt that any Cornell chemistry major graduates without significant research experience and independent time in the lab.</p>
<p>What’s exciting for the physical science majors is that a brand new chemical biology building has just opening, and will be complemented by a new physical science building. There are a lot of exciting things happening with chemical biology these days.</p>
<p>I would say about half of all students go on for a PhD. The remainder go into industry or medicine. Two of my good friends were chemistry majors and went on for PhDs – one to Harvard and one to Berkeley. They feel Cornell served them very well.</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.arts.cornell.edu/career/careersafter/CHEM_06.pdf[/url]”>http://www.arts.cornell.edu/career/careersafter/CHEM_06.pdf</a></p>
<p><a href=“http://www.chem.cornell.edu/undergrad/Info_for_Majors.pdf[/url]”>http://www.chem.cornell.edu/undergrad/Info_for_Majors.pdf</a></p>
<p>hard but very reputable… building sucks, new one is under construction.</p>
<p>It’s a very well designed major. Every chem major graduates with tons of undergraduate research experience. This year, almost everyone who applied to graduate school (which is almost all of the standard chem majors) got into a top ten grad school. I just have to add that the Cornell Chemistry department is more focused on physical, organometallic, and theoretical chem than most departments.</p>
<p>Cayuga, maybe I didn’t look enough into the Chemistry Department. I’ve heard nothing but good things, now.</p>