College comparison [Drexel vs Penn State for pre-med]

MYOS1634
Mon, 01 Apr 2024 20:39:49 +0000

This student has a 3.4 GPA and has been admitted to selective universities : they ARE ready for college and do not need remedial classes nor a CC as a bridge … not to mention CC classes wouldn’t “count” for med school (and the PA system isn’t set up for CC->flagship…)

Some 4-year colleges are more nurturing than others - I think I listed Juniata, which is very good at making B+ students ready for health professions&grad schools. There are others, which certainly wouldn’t be PSU UP but Altoona, Behrend, Harrisburg, or even Abington would be easier for the first premed classes. In PA, Elizabethtown or Muhlenberg are supportive for premeds.

@eagerparent4 : premeds have to remember it’s a marathon, not a sprint.
A good premed schedule for 1st semester would be: 1st year English, General chem+Lab, Calculus1, either Sociology1 or Psychology1, plus the cushion of the 1st year “methods seminar” where basically if you do what they tell you you get an A, the only easy A in a premed’s life (and despite this some kids scoff at it because it is easy, not understanding it’s a gift to cushion their GPA.)
2nd semester, GenChem2+Lab, Gen Bio1+lab, Statistics or Biostats, Sociology1 or Psychology1, and either Spanish, another gen ed, or nothing else.