General Campus vs. Rosenstiel School

mavitale
Tue, 21 Aug 2012 07:42:05 +0000

My son is getting ready to submit his apps. We visited UM last Spring and he loved it, and we spent one day at the Rosenstiel School (he volunteers at an aquarium in CT, tags horseshoe crabs, etc.). I thought he was going to want to apply there, with a Marine Science/Chemistry track but now he says he wants to major in Biochemistry and NOT apply to RSMAS.

If he gets into UM and changes his mind, how easy will it be for him to move into the Marine Sciences program?

I know RSMAS is great, but i’m not sure how good the other science programs are at UM.

He is also applying to:
Florida Tech
Stetson
FAU
Eckerd
Georgia Tech
U of Rhode Island
(we live in NY)

He has a 32 ACT but his GPA will only be around 3.3 (he does have a compelling backstory though). His ECs are good.

Thoughts?