Emory PreMed and Student Life

bernie2012
Tue, 27 Apr 2010 00:03:14 +0000

I don’t know if Duke’s program is worth that much more. We are still very similar institutions. They just rank higher. It certainly not the difference between tier 1 and tier 2. I don’t know if the rigor will differ that much unless you are in the engineering school or something. I have a friend there who is currently enjoying their biology program. He is amazing at bio, but when I sent him one of our bio 142 sets for help, he was clueless. He was also enrolled in a bio class at the time. This was last year, and we were both freshmen. One thing about Emory is that the pre-med advising is new, so being able to figure the pre-med in and outs on your own is advantageous. Again, I don’t think Emory will get to the point where it just hands the pre-med students stuff, which some people think is bad. Some people think the best pre-med programs/advising are the ones that just throw opportunities at students, which is fair enough. I am still on the side of my friend that thinks a person that truly wants to be a doctor should not expect this. If you already know resources/opportunities are plentiful at the institution you attend, you should seek them, and not expect them to fall into your hand. Also, things like course selection should be common sense. An adviser should not have to tell you your limitations, or state the unfeasible. Sorry for the rant, but it’s kind of annoying that more people here start getting into med-school only when pre-health advising office is established. Just suggesting that our med-school acceptance rates may partially be because of the students themselves.