IU Chemistry Department for Pre-Med?

Colleges & Universities Indiana University - Bloomington
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<p>IU Graduate school is pretty good as ranked 34th by US News. </p>

<p>[Rankings</a> - Chemistry - Graduate Schools - Education - US News and World Report](<a href=“http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-chemistry-schools/rankings]Rankings”>http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-chemistry-schools/rankings)</p>

<p>Is the Chemistry undergraduate school very tough for giving low scores for the following courses or their honor counterparts? I heard about some professors at another college had special treatment for students with Pre-med as the career goal. </p>

<p>CHEM-C 117 Principles of Chemistry and Biochemistry I
CHEM-C 341 Organic Chemistry I Lectures
CHEM-C 342 Organic Chemistry II Lectures
CHEM-C 343 Organic Chemistry I Laboratory 3
CHEM-N 330 Intermediate Inorganic Chemistry </p>

<p>How about the biology department? </p>

<p>Biological sciences, 8-10 credit hours
(one academic year) BIOL-L 111, 112, and 113 or
BIOL-L 112, 113, and 211</p>

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<p>I suggest you check out the following links:</p>

<p>[Schedule</a> of Classes: Office of the Registrar: Indiana University Bloomington](<a href=“http://registrar.indiana.edu/scheofclass.shtml]Schedule”>http://registrar.indiana.edu/scheofclass.shtml)</p>

<p>[Grade</a> Distribution Database: Office of the Registrar: Indiana University Bloomington](<a href=“http://registrar.indiana.edu/gradedist.shtml]Grade”>http://registrar.indiana.edu/gradedist.shtml)</p>

<p>The first link allows you to look up who has taught each of the courses you listed in previous semesters. </p>

<p>Then go to the second link and use one of the items listed there (probably the one requesting previous grades for a semester for a particular professor) to determine the average grades given in each class.</p>

<p>For example, if I look up CHEM C341 (Organic Chemistry I) I see that in Spring 2009, many of the courses were taught by Widlanski. (using the “student” schedule of classes list).</p>

<p>Then using the “Instructor” link under the second link above, I find that the average GPA in Widlanski’s classes for CHEM C-341 was 2.476 It also said that the average GPA of the students in the class (their GPAs prior to taking the course was 3.208) This means that this was a very difficult class–and was graded accordingly. Either that or Widlanski is a very tough grader.</p>

<p>Anyway, you can look up the averages for all of these courses in the same way.</p>

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<p>Calcruzer,</p>

<p>Thanks for the great info. It (C-341) does look like a tough one. However, the distribution is not unreasonable. The things troubled me were the high F(33) and W(134). I heard about that 400 potential Pre-med students entering into the college ended up with 150 applicants for medical school. And, 75 of the 150 students usually get accepted by , at least, one medical school. The students getting B or above totaled 134 from a total class of 432. This is not too far from the 150/400 ratio. It is reasonable to say that a student needs to get B+ or above for this course to keep pursuing Pre-med considering there might be other professors offering the same course. </p>

<p>I also found the course S-341 by Prof. Aron.</p>

<p>Total: 42 students enrolled. 28 students got B+ or above. The Honor students had an average GPA of 3.68 with a course GPA of 3.08 while the regular students had an average GPA of 3.2 with a course GPA of 2.4. From what I see, the honor class may not be any easier. The grade distribution may be similar (I do not believe that the section GPA was correct probably due to the F/W grade.). I am wondering if the tests for the two classes are the same though.</p>